Yes, that's right, circumstances require that as of today I take temporary leave of this blog until Monday, September 19th, at which point I will return with regular updates. This leave has been in the offing for quite some time, so don't act all surprised about it, even though I haven't mentioned a thing about it on this blog until just now. Also, I won't bore you with what I'll be doing during my leave, though I can confirm that I will not be doing any of the following:
--Going to Interbike
--Going to Eurobike
--Going to the Vuelta a EspaƱa
--Going to Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp™
--Getting an adult Bar Mitzvah
In my absence, I suggest that you follow my Twittering account just in case I have important news to relate, such as my consumption and enjoyment of a particularly tasty brand of corn chip that I think you might also like to try. (Where's that check, Doritos people?) And speaking of Twitter, a fellow Tweeterer recently alerted me to the existence of this:
It would appear that someone is trying to achieve a sort of arch McSweeney's-meets-Cycle-Chic effect by combining photos of models on bicycles with prose like this:
When piloting your velocipede it is imperative that you consider prudence, modesty, and decorum at all times, lest you be sanctioned by local law-keepers for improper attire. For, you see, high moral conduct is the chief concern of our metropolitan constabulary, and young women on bicycles must bear in mind the moral weakness of pedestrians as they navigate our sin-besotted conurbation.
In other words, don't ride with your ass crack showing.
In other words, don't ride with your ass crack showing.
As for the so-called "Brooklyn Magazine" itself, I had never come across it before, but the following video they've produced is a pretty good summation of the current state of affairs:
Brooklyn Magazine Promo from Louis Gruber on Vimeo.
Yes, Brooklyn does have many faces, and they make you want to grab them by their patterned scarves and shout horrible, horrible things into them.In any event, pending my return, I'm pleased to present you with a quiz. As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer. If you're right you'll feel inexplicably tingly, and if you're wrong you'll hear a song.
Thanks very much for reading, ride safe, and I look forward to "seeing" you when I return on September 19th.
1) The speed at which a retrogrouch goes "Woo hoo!" is:
--46mph
--46kph
--27mph
(Off to a foffing good start.)
2) There is only one Dmitry Fofonov.
--True
--False
“But with the miles, the pain from the hole in my perineum got stronger."
3) Who said this?
4) This $5,500 titanium and belt-driven commuter:
5) Do police officers hate cyclists?
--Yes
--No
6) To this day, nothing gets attention in Williamsburg like a nice set of:
7) Hooray! It's ________:
--Helmets
--Helments
2,023 comments:
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oh, its me again ,sorry about that
just call me wheelshucker,
suckers.
wp
what's this about pissing in a cup? i'm the most tested blogger commentariast ever.
Great shuckin, wp
I need a shorter name.
Sunicorn,
Why pamper life's complexities
when the leather
runs smooth
on the Brooks bicycle saddle?
Congratulations wp. It's your turn to pull us to the next page change.
Wow, the next page change would be at 1001. Guess that would make about 100 real comments and 900 comments just to reach another chance for a podium.
Guess that is what was bound to happen since Wildcat Rock Machine was gone for so long.....
I need my fix! Get back here Snob.
Bottom bracket!
He's in Vegas
A town in Manitoba
He's at a ball game
Top tube?
Don't think that one has been mentioned yet
bar pad
Saddle bag
frame pump
OK, taking things back about half a century.
Clothes pin (to hold the baseball card.)
I guess that would be a bike part, at least to some?
the twirly things on the brakes that I never use
Number Plate
Air forks
Jebezzus, you guys have a lot of time on your hands.
Ghost of Tyrone, your mastery of Phil and Paul-isms is truly deep and impressive, although I am not sure that I saw any reference to anybody turning themselves inside out or accidentally turning into the carpark...
tubing decal
Chain guard
ball bearings
lizard skin (don't have a clue what its regular name is, by the way.)
toe clips
Hey, it's Jeebus, OK
Cranks
Bullets!
spacers
Flags!
seat bolts
Light Saber.
Front Basket
battery pack
Easel, in the basket
knobbies
Training wheels
hey thanks, (raises hands in victory)
i'll be back after a while. these here-the ones i just officially requested on the run up to the finish-are _really_ fresh and something must be done about that.
then, sure i'll come back and take a pull. first things wp1st!
See someone mentioned bullets. I do live in the south, so I guess it is proper to say a bicycle part would include a Model 1911....
podium gurls
'83 where I live.
Only 157 more comments needed to reach the millenium stage in the comment section.
BTW about 100 comments ago:
they go OVER the straps.
And that all I'm going to say about that!
Yea, down here I guess it would be more proper to say a 30-06 model 742.
WP:
To the Victor go the Spoils. Enjoy
That or an 870.
Damn, forgot the wheel magnet & pickup.
I carry a 30-40 Kraig and NO ONE bothers me, not even the cops. Helluva time stayin upright though, if I have to use it.
...i heard that ghostoftyrone & nogocyclist found an ounce of crank (excuse me - that's funky-ass methamphetamines for you younger kids) at the rest stop...i wonder what they did with it ???...
train's leaving for the 9:00
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
BGW, I don't need to use a schedule I. I have enough prescriptions for schedule II's I have not even filled that I could feel no pain if that was my desire.
For some reason all my doctors think if you are disabled, you need painkillers.
just come on along...
864
is it too early to mention
A Thousand Points of Light?
866
867
i'm fine
869
870
easy pace still , no crowding
tacos!
Podium Girls!
873
874
875
876
877
lokking back a little
878
880
881
882
883
884
To keep from messing up the count up, I shall countdown.
1000
885
999
lactic
acid
998
is
997
my
my
996
my
995
994
899
993
992
991
990
989
988
987
986
985
984
983
982
981
980
Now that's fucked up
Enough of that. Let me brainstorm a little and figure out something else to do. That number thing is even boring me, and I am one of the ones doing it.
I think I deserve a podium girl here!
917
podium gurls good...
not so fresh.
monet does the podium count?
warped yo.
919 fo sho
I wonder if Wildcat Rock Machine has his Blogger account set up so it sends him a message every time someone posts a comment.
If he does, after tomorrow, it is likely he will change it.
Getting hundreds of emails saying Another commentator has posted a reply on your blog. Commenter said "917", then "918" ....
That would be worse than getting the normal 20 or 30 spam comments that most people get.
921
Another email from Blogger.
Vito must be tired of reading all this posting from the peloton!
in this South, if i'm on my bike it is north american armed.
for rabid dogs and sech.
923
Well, back to Seinfeld
and such.
I'm missing the podium girls
too much,
to go on pretending with these
squirrels.
When snobstrong left us here all alonesome oh so many weeks or even months ago, what was it, July?; did you even once think just once whilst shaving or shearing sheep-whatever you do with those clippers- that indeed there existed the possibility in this plane or our existence, here as Canada's loincloth, of a chance that there would be compiled right here in our own bloggeries one-frikkin-thousand comments posted?
Huh? didja?
no you didn't.
Congratulations to US ALL!
We all get certificates of appreciation too. Here's how it works: print 8x10 copy of the snobbie seal, scrawl our final number (1,xxx-ish) and the date upon it, add any of your personal achievement posts (123,420,666 etc-your choice) numbers, podium winners past gold, silver, or bronze stars onto certificate.
bonus points for printing on recycled cotton paper with watermark.
Southern Rock Machine
926
Nine
Hundred
Twenty
Seven
nine _hundred_ that is...with a nine
hundred.
Hey Ya'll, what if the counter only has three digits?!
Will it roll over?
simple minds want to know
wp
when do they make the donuts?
OK, look, how many are here?
No cheating or alias's, speak up.
Cuz if there's too many I might not win
so I'm going to bed, now.
OK, 931
forgot to mention the topo map I have taped to my handlebars of the three square miles around my house.
for the bike parts, that is
OK, look NO COUNTING BACKWARDS!
NEW RULE...NO COUNTING BACKWARDS!!
936
cause Jeebus, Lob that was F**ked up
Jeebus...now there's a funny name
Lob...I wonder if there's a tennis connection?
Lob, Lob, Lob
941
Anybody out there? C'mon fess up.
nine forty three
nine forty four
I suppose a religious tennis match would have a lot of lobbing going on.
Oops, Lobbing, sorry.
OK, 947
This could go either way...
Total Snob stardom, in a "I was there that day" sense
Or Epic Fail if someone sneaks up behind me.
I know you're out there...
I've known it for a long time...
953
I wonder if that page will turn over?
Jeebus, all this work for a network error!
Jeebus, now there's a funny name for ya
Please Jeebus, I want world peace and the ability to see the 1001st comment on this blog, please.
niner fifty seven, over
n as in nought
I as in me.
Oh, never mind.
niner sixty 1
niner sixty deux
not sure I spelled that right...
I've always been punctual and punctuational
How about you...what are your strong points?
'Cause I know you're out there!
Lurking, lurking
I'll pause at 969
970
OK, a short pause...
I wonder if Lob, Jeebus, or Snob will recognize my efforts?
This late night race
to an arbitrary number plucked from the blogosphere.
Oh, I know it doesn't really exist.
The blogosphere...silly word.
25 more to the next millenium?
But Lob exists, and Jeebus, and Snob
Oh yeah, 979
Now, if you're out there, please speak up...
What ever happened to the Podium Girl that was holding Lob up so his photo could be taken?
cus we're at 981
and I say we, because
I know you're out there.
I saw what happened to that other poster today.
I am not out here. My Laptop is on Autopost.
It was ghostly what happened...
Hey, NO COUNTING BACKWARDS!
9...8...9
on cat paws, 990
If you post comments, and your blog name is Blog Drafter, are you comments actually "Comments" or are they only drafts?
shhh, go to sleep, it's nothing...
993
Less than ten....Humm
1000 is going to happen!
too close, I'ma goin...
996
997
Post like it was 1..."999".
998
999
999 I want the last in this millinium.
and the winner is:
damn!
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