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| <html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>Since 2001, <a href="/index.php?title=Allen_Falkner" title="Allen Falkner">Allen Falkner</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=TSD" title="TSD">TSD</a> have hosted the <b>Texas <a href="/index.php?title=SusCon" title="SusCon">SusCon</a></b>, generally considered to be the world's first and definitive annual suspension convention. Information on upcoming Texas Suscons can be found in the forums at <a href="/index.php?title=Suspension.org" title="Suspension.org">Suspension.org</a>. These events draw amazing artists and enthusiasts of all experience levels from all over the world to take part in suspensions and to build up technical and artistic skills.
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| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Images_from_Hung_Like_a_Texan.2C_the_2002_Texas_Suscon">Images from <b>Hung Like a Texan</b>, the 2002 Texas Suscon</span></h2>
| | ! colspan="2"| ''Mr. Lifto'' |
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| | ! colspan="2"| [[File:MrLifto.jpg|100px|MrLifto.jpg]] |
| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-1.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="119" src="/images/thumb/f/fb/Texas_Suscon-1.jpg/150px-Texas_Suscon-1.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-1.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>2002 Texas Suscon</div></div></div>
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| | |'''Birth Date''' |
| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-2.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="174" src="/images/thumb/4/4a/Texas_Suscon-2.jpg/150px-Texas_Suscon-2.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-2.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>2002 Texas Suscon</div></div></div>
| | | [[1970]] |
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-3.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="118" src="/images/thumb/a/a7/Texas_Suscon-3.jpg/150px-Texas_Suscon-3.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-3.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>2002 Texas Suscon</div></div></div>
| | |'''Birth Place''' |
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-4.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="248" src="/images/thumb/7/7a/Texas_Suscon-4.jpg/150px-Texas_Suscon-4.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Texas_Suscon-4.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>2002 Texas Suscon</div></div></div>
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| | |'''Death Date''' |
| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Trivia"> Trivia </span></h2>
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| <p>The 2001 Texas SusCon was the first time the term "SusCon" was ever used in this context.
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| | |'''Occupation''' |
| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="See_Also">See Also</span></h2>
| | | performer |
| <ul><li> <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Rites_of_Passage" title="Rites of Passage">Rites of Passage</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=IWasCured" title="IWasCured">iWasCured</a>
| | |'''Website''' |
| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Allen_Falkner" title="Allen Falkner">Allen Falkner</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=TSD" title="TSD">TSD</a>
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| | '''Mr. Lifto''', or Joe Hermann, is one of the original and longest-lasting members of the [[Jim Rose Circus Sideshow]], where he is a sideshow performer. |
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| | His primary claim to fame (and the source of his name) is the swinging and lifting of weights and objects from his genital, nipple, and other piercings. While many sideshow acts emulate his act, Lifto can be credited - at least in recent times - with having created the act. |
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| | Mr. Lifto also has forehead [[Implants|implants]] and facial [[tattoos]]. |
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| | == References == |
| | [http://books.google.ca/books?id=gpm91xwIg1QC&pg=PT404&lpg=PT404&dq=joe+hermann+mr+lifto&source=bl&ots=gurlL6uD_1&sig=jy1HGATd1_DBW0GbJLT83Y6sp7M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XEcTUYnsA9OC0QGm5oCIDA&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBQ [1]] |
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| | == External links == |
| | * [http://news.bme.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pubring/people/A10101/mrlifto.html BME interview with Mr. Lifto] |
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Mr. Lifto, or Joe Hermann, is one of the original and longest-lasting members of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, where he is a sideshow performer.
His primary claim to fame (and the source of his name) is the swinging and lifting of weights and objects from his genital, nipple, and other piercings. While many sideshow acts emulate his act, Lifto can be credited - at least in recent times - with having created the act.
Mr. Lifto also has forehead implants and facial tattoos.
References
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