Feel your head spinning nonstop; feel panic because everywhere you look there are rings and rings flying right into your eyes; or, feel like drawing circles on any surface you come in contact with? Perhaps you are in for a SOMERSAULT SYNDROME. Sadly, the NHS website is utterly useless, and your GP will never spare his time to listen to your geometrical anxiety. Who could you turn to? SUPERSWEET! Check out our SOMERSAULT: FACT & MYTH list and see if you are in need of a psychiatrist.

FACT – A somersault grid, sometimes called “somersault ring,” is a merge of three circles and a rhombus. It is an embellished version of the infinity sign and has become fundamental in any geometrical design ranging from the Olympic symbol, the Mercedes-Benz sign, to onion rings and bikinis.

FACT – A person suffering from Somersault Syndrome develops eccentric or repetitive behaviours, such as drawing oddly shaped circles and somersault rings. This could develop into personal rituals.

MYTH – The original layout of the Stonehenge resembled that of a somersault grid, but it was disfigured by aliens.

FACT – King Edward I of England had a carpenter beheaded for crafting somersault rings around his palace. The King associated the rings with witchcraft, paganism and that the rings could turn his son gay.

FACT – The more than 10,000 years old somersault grid has long been part of artistic creations dating back to prehistoric cave paintings and pre-Christian porcelains.

MYTH – The invention of doughnuts also owes much to the somersault grid. Vernon Rudolph, the founder of Krispy Kreme, was admitted into a psycho ward for SS treatments.

MYTH – Relentless staring at a somersault sign can make you insanely high.

FACT – An alternative definition of “somersault syndrome” is that of a spinal dislocation as a result of over-bending mostly suffered by gay men and Olympic gymnasts.

FACT – Information about Somersault Syndrome on Wikipedia page is a hoax. Many images featuring the somersault rings are digitally modified.

FACT – A person suffering from SS has a heightened visual sensitivity and become over-stimulated by somersault rings. This is just like having straight men staring at big boobs.

FACT – A person suffering from SS are similar to those suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome.

FACT – The infatuation with somersault rings is cross-cultural. The Egyptians did it; the Chinese did it; the Muslims did it; but the BNP refuses it.

MYTH – The Nazis broadcast flash images of the somersault grid during prime time television to brainwash the people. This resulted in the Jews being horrifically massacred during WWII.

FACT – 19th century British mathematician Charles Howard Hinton and his theory in “What is the Fourth Dimension?” led to the official recognition of Somersault Syndrome as a disease.

FACT – Somersault Syndrome remains a mystery. We can only learn about SS by watching creepy Hollywood movies.