HEH HEH. OH, WAIT, 'FARTHING
Key Quote Indicating the Ruthlessness Required of a Penny Farthing Operator:
"I thought, 'Well, there's a car there, and there's a car there, and (a young girl) was in the gap. If I hit the cars, it's going to damage my bike and hurt me.If I hit her, it will be a softer landing for me, and she'd learn something from it. Everyone's a winner!' So, I ran her over."
(Thanks to Andrew Hoenig)
Makes sense to me.
(I, of course, have been drinking)
Posted by: Erb's point | June 26, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Ah, for the simpler days of yesteryear, when bicycles were unencumbered by such things as gears or brakes.
Posted by: KJP | June 26, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Ha!
I remember when my mom was learning to drive. Her instructor told her that if she absolutely had no alternative but to crash into something, she should aim for the softest target.
My mom replied, "Well, wouldn't that be a pedestrian?"
(I learned to drive from my aunt, BTW.)
Posted by: Cat R | June 26, 2008 at 01:11 PM
I would suggest wearing a different bicycle club's shirt so it would be tougher to track down the *&^*&^ who ran over a pedestrian, but that's just me.
Posted by: Not my usual alias | June 26, 2008 at 01:11 PM
*was kinda lookin' forward to a guy on a penny... dang!
Posted by: eilbeback | June 26, 2008 at 01:11 PM
NMUalias,
just proves the old coaching mantra: "The name on the FRONT of the jersey is a he11 of a lot more important than the one on the BACK"
Posted by: frodolives | June 26, 2008 at 01:14 PM
*snork* @ Cat's mom (who deserves an honorary Florida driver's license)
Posted by: Siouxie | June 26, 2008 at 01:17 PM
It's such a comfort to know chivalry is not dead.
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 26, 2008 at 01:39 PM
?? I always figured this was where Cat learned to drive...
Posted by: Steve Haller | June 26, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Do a search for "penny farthing."
I won't. And you can't make me.
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 26, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Margaritaville - chivalry may not be dead, but I think it got run over.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 26, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Every time I see one of those bikes I think of this great show -- anyone out there remember this?
And of course Ron Grainer's great score...
Posted by: Steve Haller | June 26, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Well I hope it gets back up and shakes it off, Annie.
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 26, 2008 at 02:43 PM
Chivalry is alive, it's just recovering from having its balls yanked off by a few militant feminists.
Posted by: JayP | June 26, 2008 at 03:03 PM
NTTAWWFeminism. Heck, I married a feminist. It's the people who get offended when I try to do something nice for them, because they assume about me that I must be assuming about them....blah blah blah. OK, enough emoting.
Anyone got an extra beer.
Posted by: JayP | June 26, 2008 at 03:11 PM
It's ok JP. I'm not a feminist. I like it when guys hold the door open for me (even if I'm well capable of holding it myself) and not slam it in my face. THAT makes me angry!
You may buy all us blog wimmin a drink while you're at it ;-P
Posted by: Siouxie | June 26, 2008 at 03:15 PM
JayP - quit trying to be nice or I'll have to smack you.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 26, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Two stories from Frederick in one day...the new Sandusky? or merely the new Mysore?
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 26, 2008 at 05:55 PM
"I am not a number...I am a FREE MAN!"
Points to the first one who makes the connection!
Posted by: jt | June 26, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Sound right. There is an a**hole one a penny farthing who rides around Palo Alto, CA who has absolutely no respect for pedestrians or others.
I watched one day while he appeared to be on a cell phone. He quickly switched sides of the street, the wrong side, and surprised a poor lady getting out of her car who had to duck back. He nether slowed down or apologized.
I think that is called aggression.
Posted by: Roger H | June 27, 2008 at 01:57 PM