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Ode to A Poseur
I think that I shall never like
A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. Ceramic bearings, bling bling wheels, Much better than my old bike feels. My problem now: to show true grit; Lose ten pounds and live up to it. |
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On May 19, 5:57*pm, Doug Taylor wrote:
I think that I shall never like A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. Ceramic bearings, bling bling wheels, Much better than my old bike feels. My problem now: to show true grit; Lose ten pounds and live up to it. Mind if I print that out and tape it to my stem? Joseph |
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, " wrote: On May 19, 5:57*pm, Doug Taylor wrote: I think that I shall never like A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. $5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike. To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps: Set me back a good five grand. That really seems like an adequately overly high price for a bike. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by |
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"Doug Taylor" wrote in message ... I think that I shall never like A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. 5,000,000 (5.000.000 for Europeans) ?! -- Carl |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:36:07 GMT, Ecnerwal
wrote: In article , " wrote: On May 19, 5:57*pm, Doug Taylor wrote: I think that I shall never like A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. $5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike. To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps: Set me back a good five grand. That really seems like an adequately overly high price for a bike. Good point. How about: "Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ? |
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On May 19, 1:02 pm, Doug Taylor wrote:
How about: "Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ? That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about 'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two grand. R |
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RicodJour wrote:
On May 19, 1:02 pm, Doug Taylor wrote: How about: "Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ? That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about 'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two grand. R Mebbe he was just being modest. (This would not be very poseur like, however.) |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:42:44 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote: On May 19, 1:02 pm, Doug Taylor wrote: How about: "Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ? That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about 'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two grand. Touche! I LIKE it! Because to poseur, it has to be LIGHTER than the UCI 15 lb. minimum to be cool enough, and those Lew Wheels are spendy. This is now a collaborative rsa Ode. |
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On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 16:36 +0000, Ecnerwal wrote:
In article , " wrote: On May 19, 5:57pm, Doug Taylor wrote: I think that I shall never like A poem as much as my new bike. Carbon fiber, boutique brand; Set me back five thousand grand. $5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike. To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps: Set me back a good five grand. Set me back eleven grand Or "seventeen", "twenty nine". Or going the way the subject of that poem wouldn't: "one point five", "almost a". |
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