Zorbing inner and outer orbs. In 1994 three investors created the firm ZORB Limited to commercialize sphereing. Their business model was to develop the activity via a franchise system. Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: "a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills". The orb is double-sectioned, with one ball inside the other with an air layer in between (unlike the water walking ball, which is usually a single thin-walled ball). This acts as
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk "The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured his Larinks, a Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk" is a 1990 science fiction novelette by Dafydd ab Hugh. It was originally published in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" in August 1990, and subsequently republished in "" (edited by Gardner Dozois), in "Best New SF 5" (also edited by Dozois), and in "Nebula Awards 26" (edited by James K. Morrow). The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where all animals have acquired human-level intelligence and the ability to speak –