In one trial, a white, goateed, middle-aged man came up as most resembling the young black comedian Chris Tucker — and onlookers exclaimed, "You know, I can see that."
It took explosives to get the thing off the ground but once it did, it lifted almost a mile high before onlookers in Colorado were left in awe, awe, awe.
Over the years, onlookers were able to see the roofs peeking out of the water during drought season, but the extreme drought this year has revealed the village in its entirety.
It could be anything from a figure standing in front of a mountain and you see another one with a figure standing on a mountain and a figure standing in front of a field. And pretty soon you start collecting onlooker postcards.
Not so on October 15th, when a merry crowd of dons and alumni queued up in robes to cast their votes for a new chancellor of Cambridge University, much to the glee of camera-wielding onlookers.
Edward VII, who also had a November birthday, was the first to standardize the June Trooping the Colour and launched a tradition of a monarchical review of the troops that drew crowds of onlookers.
Donald Trump, for years Mr Cohn's client and ardent pupil, has outdone his mentor: Mr Trump brings out the worst in everyone-enemy, ally and onlooker alike.
Two of those trees were planted by First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, with just a few onlookers present.