Dang, I'm of an age to remember them, the trick was to use the muscles...er pecs, to rotate the tassles in a propeller-like fashion..the experts could get them going clockwise and anti-clockwise at the same time..;) and grown men would pay money to see this..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)