Bugs

As the weather turns nice, clouds of midges and gnats are starting to
form. Larger and less clean biological specimens are also air-borne and
thickening.

Remembering - how could I forget - the day on my kick-scooter when I
swallowed a large bluebottle (ah, that savour of rotting melon lingering
at the back of my throat for the rest of the week ...), and being
conscious that on a cycle, one sooner or later ends up opening one's
mouth to breathe, I want to ask you people if there are any standard
solutions.

It occurs to me that I have never seen a cyclist wearing a veil. Why
not?

EFR
Ile de France
(mais non M'dame, ce n'est pas un signe ostenatoire d'appartenance
réligieuse ...)

On Tue, 18 May 2004 13:19:06 +0200, Elisa Francesca Roselli wrote:

Remembering - how could I forget - the day on my kick-scooter when I
swallowed a large bluebottle
The solution is given in an old cycling song.
And its very environmentally friendly.

There was a Frenchwoman who rode a bike,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die.

There was a Frenchwoman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

Remembering - how could I forget - the day on my kick-scooter when I
swallowed a large bluebottle
The solution is given in an old cycling song.
And its very environmentally friendly.

There was a Frenchwoman who rode a bike,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die.

There was a Frenchwoman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

NOOO! Don't do that! In the full version she ends up swallowing a bird,
cat, dog and after some more ends up with a cow which kills her.

If you are going to try this at least wear a cycle helmet.

Yours,

Mark.

Mark Thompson wrote:

NOOO! Don't do that! In the full version she ends up swallowing a bird,
cat, dog and after some more ends up with a cow which kills her.

Besides, what about vegetarians?

EFR

On Tue, 18 May 2004 16:07:43 +0200, Elisa Francesca Roselli
wrote:



Mark Thompson wrote:

NOOO! Don't do that! In the full version she ends up swallowing a
bird,
cat, dog and after some more ends up with a cow which kills her.

Besides, what about vegetarians?

I think one goes in somewhere between the dog and the cow by my reckoning.

Colin

NOOO! Don't do that! In the full version she ends up swallowing a
bird, cat, dog and after some more ends up with a cow which kills
her.

Besides, what about vegetarians?

Quorn fed - gotta be tasty :-)

In rec.bicycles.misc Mark Thompson wrote:
Besides, what about vegetarians?

Quorn fed - gotta be tasty :-)

mostly bean fed, sadly. not so tasty. & smelly.
--
david reuteler

I had the misfortune yesterday of accidentally snorting a gnat up my nose
whilst riding through Chinatown. I'm not sure exactly where it went after
that, probably into my lungs somewhere, because it seemed to cause a sort of
horking cough.

What happens to small beasties that get caught in your lungs like that? I
imagine they get caught in the mucus, and die there. Then what? They
dissolve and are absorbed into the body? Kind of disgusting to contemplate,
eh?


Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
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Elisa Francesca Roselli wrote:

Mark Thompson wrote:


NOOO! Don't do that! In the full version she ends up swallowing a bird,
cat, dog and after some more ends up with a cow which kills her.


Besides, what about vegetarians?

Nah, it's a horse.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse...she's dead of course

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

Nah, it's a horse.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse...she's dead of course

But she died of old age....

EFR
Ile de France