Cyclist's Apocrypha

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Bob Downie BobMail@downie-geo#n0spam#.co.uk said:

I found this and laughed

http://www.bikereader.com/solo/apocrypha.html

Apologies if you've seen it already.

Excellent :-)

Bob Downie said:

I found this and laughed

Apologies if you've seen it already.

Very good indeed. I do like No. VIII.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

"John Kane" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1166801835.634431.295710@
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Bob Downie said:

I found this and laughed

Apologies if you've seen it already.

Very good indeed. I do like No. VIII.

And it came to pass some cyclists put engines in their machines,
And Moses came down the mountain in Triumph.

They haven't changed the design since.

--
tallbloke

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Kane <[email hidden]> writes

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Bob Downie said:

I found this and laughed

Apologies if you've seen it already.

Very good indeed. I do like No. VIII.

I especially liked the line about the brace of Bromptons-

as their folded countenance pleasethed Noah.
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Bob Downie
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Bob Downie said:

I found this and laughed

http://www.bikereader.com/solo/apocrypha.html

Not bad, but I wish people would learn 16th century verb endings and
pronouns before trying this sort of thing.

Colin McKenzie

--
No-one has ever proved that cycle helmets make cycling any safer at
the population level, and anyway cycling is about as safe per mile as
walking.
Make an informed choice - visit www.cyclehelmets.org.

"Colin McKenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Not bad, but I wish people would learn 16th century verb endings and
pronouns before trying this sort of thing.

I think the English mangling is deliberate.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:58:52 -0000

Simon Bennett said:

"Colin McKenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Not bad, but I wish people would learn 16th century verb endings
and pronouns before trying this sort of thing.

I think the English mangling is deliberate.

You misspelt painful.

Also best viewed in Lynx.

--
not me guv

In news:[email hidden],
Bob Downie <BobMail@downie-geo#n0spam#.co.uk> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell us:

Quoted message said:

I found this and laughed

http://www.bikereader.com/solo/apocrypha.html

And in it, I found this:

"asswaged the waters"

and did despair...

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Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Mushroom! Mushroom!