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On Aug 8, 4:25 pm, "Kerry Montgomery" wrote:
"Scott Gordo" wrote in message ps.com... On Aug 6, 8:06 am, Corvus Corvax wrote: On Aug 4, 1:16 pm, "Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman" ""sunsetss0003\"@invalida .com" wrote: What is the deal with single-speed anyway? To think I missed this flamewar! http://www.dirtragmag.com/web/articl...egory=web_only Ride what you want. Life is good. CC It's like the yule log. Looks hot, no heat, and I've got my feel up on the ottoman. Scott, And one should take a feel up wherever one can get it! Kerry "he got a gallon of gas in a can, drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it parked across the street laughing watching it burn, all Halloween orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station got on the Hollywood Freeway headed north Never could stand that dog" /s- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - How Freudian of me! /s "Anatomy is density." |
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:59:34 -0400, Doug Taylor
wrote: On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:49:41 -0500, A Muzi wrote: p.s. Actually some Zen Master or just Grant's article in RR? Who knows? :-) I like this version: Quote:
http://tucorides.blogspot.com/2006/0...ng-quotes.html Dear Doug, A sixth student, often omitted from the parable because the Zen teacher plonked him, replied, "I ride my bike because it allows me to boast of my prowess, insist that racing means nothing, and call other posters punks and poseurs." Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:54:29 -0400, Doug Taylor
wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:51:11 -0600, wrote: Dear Doug, A sixth student, often omitted from the parable because the Zen teacher plonked him, replied, "I ride my bike because it allows me to boast of my prowess, insist that racing means nothing, and call other posters punks and poseurs." Dear Carl: As a (self appointed) Zen master and Guru, I have my own aphorisms: "The quality of the performance is inversely proportional to the quantity of its self-promotion." "A roadie who doesn't also ride off-road has no soul. An off-roadie who doesn't also ride on the road has no legs." I'm sure you must have a few of your own. I'm all ears. Dear Doug, Koans are not quite the same as aphorisms . . . http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl *** Here are a few from "The Clipless Pedal," the bicycle-oriented sequel to "The Gateless Gate." *** "Master," asked a particularly annoying student, "what sound do you make when you unclip from a clipless pedal?" "It's like a threadless headset creaking, only louder," the Zen master explained, giving the student a broken link to a YouTube video with no sound. *** A Zen student too poor to afford a bicycle pump complained to Joshu that he had found a goathead sticking out of the side of his still-inflated rear tire. "You have wasted the goathead's other thorn," said Joshu, who had either skipped his medication that morning or else needed to increase the dosage. The student sold his bicycle, used the money to buy a unicycle, and became famous on RBT for his posts about chain wear. *** A Zen student whose feet were a source of sorrow asked his master what could be done to alleviate his suffering. The master examined the student's cleats carefully. Then he glued them to the student's helmet and said, "This will help you up hills." The master had not been amused by comments about "fatty masters" and did not want to encourage the student to complain about numb hands, back pain, or uncomfortable seats. *** Two Zen masters were sitting next to their bicycles on opposite sides of a road in the rain. "Is that a broken spoke?" the first master asked the other. "You are welcome to use my spare spoke." Being unwary, the second master accepted the generous offer, but found that the spoke was of no value to him. "This is a straight-pull spoke that will not fit my wheel," the second master said, gritting his teeth. "I had forgotten that," lied the first Zen master. "I always carry a spare, even though they never fail." "Thank you anyway," the other master replied, handing the useless spoke back and muttering something about the other master's mother under his breath. "Would you care to borrow my needle to repair your tubular?" The first Zen master was so surprised by this kind response to his wicked behavior that he gladly accepted the needle. After he unsewed his tubular, he was even more surprised to find that there was no thread, no patches, and no glue to go with the needle. "What good is a needle without thread?" he asked the second Zen master. "You can poke more holes in your tubular with it," the second Zen master told him and began pushing his bike down the muddy road. *** Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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, Doug Taylor wrote: On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:49:41 -0500, A Muzi wrote: p.s. Actually some Zen Master or just Grant's article in RR? Who knows? :-) I like this version: Quote:
http://tucorides.blogspot.com/2006/0...ng-quotes.html In any respectable monastery that fifth `student' gets one upside the head. Po faced toad eater. -- Michael Press |
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:06:29 -0700, Tim McNamara
wrote: In article op.twn1x4a3f3vmig@slacker, ?Slack wrote: On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:33:47 -0700, Tim McNamara wrote: In article op.twnx4ftgf3vmig@slacker, ?Slack wrote: On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:21:48 -0700, RonSonic wrote: Just because something is faster doesn't mean it's more fun. Put that bong down! Have you ever had even a little bit of sex? :-D Thanks for offer, but I don't swing that way. The answer's "no," then, or you'd have realized that what RonSonic wrote is quite true. Just because it's faster doesn't mean it's more fun. Remember that the first time you get laid. Please don't publish your baby picture on the Net if you don't want to found out --- http://wallstreetjackass.typepad.com...may_be_gay.jpg -- Slack |
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"Ozark Bicycle" wrote in message oups.com... On Aug 5, 2:29 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote: "Ozark Bicycle" wrote in message ups.com... On Aug 5, 9:59 am, JD wrote: On Aug 5, 4:24 am, Ozark Bicycle wrote: Simple experiment: If you have a manual transmission car, try driving around all day in third, including hills and 'standing starts'. All day, or as long as ya can stand it. Put the banjo down and go ride your bike. JD Anything you say, asshole. Nice come back. You must have put a lot of thought into it. Please do excuse my reluctance to cast pearls before swine. This is the perils of replying to a cross-possting. You just woke up one of the self-righteous kiddies of alt.mountain-biking soapbox. |
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On Aug 10, 11:01 am, "Bellsouth Ijit 2.0 - Global Warming Edition ®"
wrote: "Ozark Bicycle" wrote in message oups.com... On Aug 5, 2:29 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote: "Ozark Bicycle" wrote in message roups.com... On Aug 5, 9:59 am, JD wrote: On Aug 5, 4:24 am, Ozark Bicycle wrote: Simple experiment: If you have a manual transmission car, try driving around all day in third, including hills and 'standing starts'. All day, or as long as ya can stand it. Put the banjo down and go ride your bike. JD Anything you say, asshole. Nice come back. You must have put a lot of thought into it. Please do excuse my reluctance to cast pearls before swine. This is the perils of replying to a cross-possting. You just woke up one of the self-righteous kiddies of alt.mountain-biking soapbox. Yeah, "this is". What a dumbass. Go ride your bike, you pontificating dickhead. JD |
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