They won’t get anywhere though — the revolving seat, which fits on top of a bucket, only goes in circles.

To sell one, Heimsoth usually only has to get the customer to try it. And he does that, with a bit of poetry.

“Give it a spin,” he said. “Give it a try, see if it’s something, you’d like to buy.”

The seats were invented by a man named Roger Kammeyer.

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Debbie Rossmanith, of Fort Dodge, heads home after attending The Messenger Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show Saturday. She purchased a rake, some plant food and scored a free cup and brain-shaped stress ball.

“My best friend’s dad made these,” he said. “We grew up sitting on them. His dad made them for the fun of it.”

Six years ago, he said, the family invested in a mold and patented the design.

Heimsoth said he attended 22 shows last year. He expects about the same this year.

Like most, he enjoys the social aspect, after all, he gets to recite his poetry and sell rotating seats.

Alan Angstrom, of Fort Dodge, had a few specific things he was looking for at the show.

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Scott Devereaux demonstrates a Bemer for Karolee Dorsey, of Fort Dodge during The Messenger Home, Garden & LIfestyle Show Saturday.

“We have a bathroom we want to remodel,” he said. “We need everything from tubs to flooring.”

That’s for the family, he has another project that he was going to talk to different vendors about.

“I’m building my man cave garage in the back of the house,” he said. “Looking for concrete and windows.”

He was keeping his fingers crossed for one of the door prizes, $2,000 in flooring from Flooring America.

“I’d like to win some flooring,” he said.

The show featured two speakers on Saturday. Bill McAnaly, who spoke about making realistic building goals and gardening expert Jerry Kluver. Regina Suhrbier held a class on making wood block signs.

Debbie Rossmanith, of Fort Dodge, attended Kluver’s presentation.

“It was great,” she said. “I bought plant food for my plants and I got a wonderful rake.”

She’s ready for spring.

“I’m excited about it,” she said.

Of course, not everything at the show costs money.

Admission is free courtesy of Hy-Vee and many of the vendors offer take-home items that range from candy to water glasses that turn bright orange when they get cold and gold-colored brain-shaped stress balls.

Getting to try a rotating bucket seat isn’t the only hands on display at the show.

Scott Devereaux will be happy to let visitors try out a Bemer.

What’s a Bemer? It’s a chair-shaped medical device that uses bioelectric magnetic energy regulation (Bemer) to treat a variety of ailments. The device, he said, improves blood flow.

Devereaux too just lets his potential customer try out the device by having one of the eight-minute treatments.

So does it work?

Karolee Dorsey, of Fort Dodge, gave it a try.

“It has helped a bit,” she said.

The Messenger Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show continues today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Iowa Central Community College East Campus, 2031 Quail Ave.

Today’s presentation is Britta McCollum, who will talk about her experience keeping bees in Fort Dodge.

Admission is free.