A Pole - Pin and Needle

"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
- William Arthur Ward

“So without humor you’ll fall off the tightrope of life.  Yikes.  What would the metaphor have been had he thought of pins and needles.  The mental picture of that in my head is not pretty”

- Arthur Unknows