Potted-Plant Balancing
Potted-plant balancing is a fun, highly-technical, difficult and competitive sport that involves, you guessed it, balancing potted plants on your head.
The Potted-Plant Balancing teacher at Swedhump Elementary is Morris Steadyneck, who won the Gold Medal at the 1958 inaugural World Championships.
- 2000: Constance Noring
- 2001: Oliver Sutton
- 2002: Eileen Dover
- 2003: Ben Dover
- 2004: Jim Nazium
- 2005: Barb Dwyer
- 2006: Mike Raffone
- 2007: Sheila Tack
- 2008: Mona Lott
- 2009: Anita Bath
- 2010: Olive Yew
- 2011: Hosyuh Snumplewidge
- 2012: Humperdinck Pinsnoffian
- 2013: Augustus Pinsnoffian
- 2014: Horatio Pinsnoffian
- 2015: Anna Larm
- 2016: Mika McLara
- 2017: Joshua & Theodore G.W.Smith
- 2018: Siena Rennie
- 2019: Gabriel Klein
- 2020: Eli Mockton
- 2021: Barkai Kaplan
- 2022: Dominic Garceau
- 2023: Eli Jalbert
- 2024: Hugo Pires Calder
Everything is named for the number of pots.
- 1: monuple
- 2: couple
- 3: triple
- 4: quadruple
- 5: quintuple
- 6: sextuple
- 7: septuple
- 8: octuple
- 9: nonuple
- 10: decuple
- 11: undecuple
- 12: duodecuple
- 13: tredecuple
- 14: quattuordecuple
- 15: quindecuple
- 16: sexdecuple
- 17: septendecuple
- 18: octodecuple
- 19: novemdecuple
- 20: vigintuple
- 21: unvigintuple
- 22: duovigintuple
- 23: trevigintuple
- 24: quattuorvigintuple
- 25: quinvigintuple
- 26: sexvigintuple
- 27: septenvigintuple
- 28: octovigintuple
- 29: novemvigintuple
- 30: trigintuple
- 31: untrigintuple
- 40: quadragintuple
- 41: unquadragintuple
- 50: quinquagintuple
- 60: sexagintuple
- 70: septuagintuple
- 80: octogintuple
- 90: nongentuple
- 100: centuple
- 1,000: milluple
First seen in Book 3, page 7
Research
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The Potted-Plant Balancing teacher at Swedhump Elementary is Morris Steadyneck, who won the Gold Medal at the 1958 inaugural World Championships.
The Potted-Plant Balancing teacher at Swedhump Elementary is Morris Steadyneck, who won the Gold Medal at the 1958 inaugural World Championships. b13:c99:p430
in_world_system (6)
In potted-plant balancing, the term for balancing 1 pot is 'monuple', 2 is 'couple', 3 is 'triple', up to 100 is 'centuple' and 1,000 is 'milluple'.
1: monuple 2: couple 3: triple 4: quadruple 5: quintuple 100: centuple 1,000: milluple al1:c01:p241
Potted-Plant Balancing moves are named by count: monuple (1), couple (2), triple (3), quadruple (4), quintuple (5), sextuple (6), septuple (7), octuple (8), nonuple (9), decuple (10).
1: monuple 2: couple 3: triple 4: quadruple 5: quintuple 6: sextuple 7: septuple 8: octuple 9: nonuple 10: decuple b03:c99:p198
Potted-Plant Balancing moves continue: undecuple (11), duodecuple (12), tredecuple (13), quattuordecuple (14), quindecuple (15), sexdecuple (16), septendecuple (17), octodecuple (18), novemdecuple (19), vigintuple (20).
11: undecuple 12: duodecuple 13: tredecuple 14: quattuordecuple 15: quindecuple 16: sexdecuple 17: septendecuple 18: octodecuple 19: novemdecuple 20: vigintuple b03:c99:p198
Potted-Plant Balancing moves continue: unvigintuple (21), duovigintuple (22), trevigintuple (23), quattuorvigintuple (24), quinvigintuple (25), sexvigintuple (26), septenvigintuple (27), octovigintuple (28), novemvigintuple (29), trigintuple (30).
21: unvigintuple 22: duovigintuple 23: trevigintuple 24: quattuorvigintuple 25: quinvigintuple 26: sexvigintuple 27: septenvigintuple 28: octovigintuple 29: novemvigintuple 30: trigintuple b03:c99:p198
Potted-Plant Balancing moves continue: untrigintuple (31), quadragintuple (40), unquadragintuple (41), quinquagintuple (50), sexagintuple (60), septuagintuple (70), octogintuple (80), nongentuple (90), centuple (100), milluple (1,000).
31: untrigintuple 40: quadragintuple 41: unquadragintuple 50: quinquagintuple 60: sexagintuple 70: septuagintuple 80: octogintuple 90: nongentuple 100: centuple 1,000: milluple b03:c99:p198
Potted-plant balancing is a fun, highly-technical, difficult and competitive sport that involves balancing potted plants on your head.
Potted-plant balancing is a fun, highly-technical, difficult and competitive sport that involves, you guessed it, balancing potted plants on your head. b13:c13:p247 b13:c99:p430
history (1)
World Potted-Plant Balancing Champions this century: 2000 Constance Noring, 2001 Oliver Sutton, 2002 Eileen Dover, 2003 Ben Dover, 2004 Jim Nazium, 2005 Barb Dwyer, 2006 Mike Raffone, 2007 Sheila Tack, 2008 Mona Lott, 2009 Anita Bath, 2010 Olive Yew, 2011 Hosyuh Snumplewidge, 2012 Humperdinck Pinsnoffian, 2013 Augustus Pinsnoffian, 2014 Horatio Pinsnoffian, 2015 Anna Larm, 2016 Mika McLara, 2017 Joshua and Theodore G.W.Smith, 2018 Siena Rennie, 2019 Gabriel Klein, 2020 Eli Mockton, 2021 Barkai Kaplan, 2022 Dominic Garceau, 2023 Eli Jalbert, 2024 Hugo Pires Calder.
2000: Constance Noring 2001: Oliver Sutton 2002: Eileen Dover 2003: Ben Dover 2004: Jim Nazium 2005: Barb Dwyer 2006: Mike Raffone 2007: Sheila Tack 2008: Mona Lott 2009: Anita Bath 2010: Olive Yew 2011: Hosyuh Snumplewidge 2012: Humperdinck Pinsnoffian 2013: Augustus Pinsnoffian 2014: Horatio Pinsnoffian 2015: Anna Larm 2016: Mika McLara 2017: Joshua & Theodore G.W.Smith 2018: Siena Rennie 2019: Gabriel Klein 2020: Eli Mockton 2021: Barkai Kaplan 2022: Dominic Garceau 2023: Eli Jalbert 2024: Hugo Pires Calder b13:c99:p430