Flagons and Foxtrots - a hilarious trip back to the swinging sixties
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Budding thespian aspires to live in the world of theatre
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aretha franklin was singing for churches before she was 10. and lily bourne s pretty cool, too. she saw that her grandfather was having trouble drinking from a glass. his hands shook a lot because he had parkinson s disease. so lily figured out a way to help him. it s just amazing what she created when she was only 8. that s right, 8. my grandfather has parkinson s disease that causes him to shake. he spilled all the time. so i decided to make the kangaroo cup. i came up with the idea when i was around 8 or 9 years old. i wanted to put legs on the cup because i figured that it wouldn t be as likely to spill. the original cup was made out of porcelain. we decided to make a plastic
version so it can be used by anybody. like little kids. people with mobility issues. i have a design team, and they really do help me so much. colorwise. blue? yeah. lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers don t even know what she s doing. it will be like the next big thing. i really do keep the kangaroo cup talk to a minimum. i remember reading about it. the word is getting around school. like wait, lily, she did what? she invented this cup? oh, my gosh. that is so cool. the only it just makes me feel awesome that i m helping people. hi, lily, how are you doing? good. my cup has changed my grandfather s life because that s the only cup he uses now. like once the kangaroo cup came the other cups that he used, they were just out of the