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Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Joel Irby
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:56
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In article Mwn@metronet.com, tharding@metronet.com (Ted Harding) writes:
>Blah, Blah, Blah, Yak, Yak, Yak.  You bicycle guys are so funny.  

.. but not nearly as funny as you rednecks up in Dallas ;-)
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(that's a joke, for the humor-impaired)

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>You think that everyone is going to be standing up for you here on the 
>internet after you get creamed by a Mack truck.  Do ya think they'll be 
>talking about poor old "Bob" and how some driver just wasn't patient 
>enough with him on his bike.  "Heck fire" no.  You'll just be dead.  The 
>only one that will really remember you is that guy who is helping your widow 
>spend that insurance money down in Florida while he is cha-cha with her 
>all night long.  But don't worry, there is solitude in the fact that you 
                                            ^^^^^^^^
Uh, you mean... "solace"?  Now that I think about it, there's solitude
there, too.

>died or got injured for the principal of it all.  Maybe they'll bury you 
                             ^^^^^^^^^
Uh, you mean... "principle"?  Oh, yeah, you probably meant the 
principal on the loan for my (hypothetical) widow's new condo down 
in Florida.  


>in that spandex suit, the one with the tire tread up the back of it.  
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's what's really bugging all you anti-cyclists, isn't it?  We look 
good in lycra/spandex, and you don't (Bwahahahahahaaaa...!)


>That way you can depart this world making a statement.  I am sure that 
>will slow all of the automobile traffic down for you guys.
>
>TH......    

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  _    Joel Irby             irby@akeem.sps.mot.com                
_| ~-. Austin, TX    16-Bit Product Engineering, Motorola-SPS
\, *_} 512-891-8884    "Hey, at least I'm not a 2-bit engineer..."
  \(   Speaking only for myself, and NOT Motorola or its customers.   
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Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
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