Here is Mark with one of our favorite props, CannonBall Light, the light-weight-sensible alternative to 16th Century slaughter.

I forgot how the whole routine went, but the retractable nature of a cannonball on a sting played a pretty prominent part of its appeal, as I recall.

Mark also made a pretty good tether-ball pole when we got bored with the cannon ball aspect of a plastic ball covered in burlap.