comments about unicyclists

I'm not sure if that was a stupid comment or quite an original one. It
really depends on why and how he said it.

If you were his only audience, he was either being gratuitously
offensive (which is unlikely, because most people are cowards when
alone) or he was trying, be it ever so clumsily, to show approval of
what he perceives to be your extreme zaniness - and, by expressing his
approval, he buys into it and hopes for some vicarious credit.

It's like saying, "Look, I'm not actually doing that right now, but I
can see it's good, and it's the sort of thing that crazee dudes like me
do, even though I'm not actually doing it, but I can be crazee too, in a
different way, by making a crazee comment about it, even though I'm not
actually doing it, but I bet I could."

People with little imagination express themselves by bestowing or
withholding approval. This manifests in everything from stupid comments
about unicyclists - either directed at the unicyclist, or past him to an
audience - to obsessively supporting a football team, wearing a rock
group merchandising T shirt, or joining a racist political party.

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Do you have something against extreme ironing? 🙂

I think that guy's comment was pretty funny. Being compared to something
as obscure as extreme ironing and all. Plus, I remember when I first
heard about that "sport," it was when somebody here mentioned how there
was a unicyclist on there, and they posted a link. That was a long time
ago.

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johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge

John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
"jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com

"Read the rules!"
'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/)
'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/)
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Or perhaps your commenter was Phil Shaw himself, and he was just trying
to get a cheap plug in for his "sport". 🙂

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2176024.stm

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tomblackwood - Registered Nurtz

Tailgate at your own risk.....

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Has anyone published a list of unicycling comments? No matter where
you go across the country you are bound to get the classic "where's the
other wheel" comment. This to me is part of what makes riding uni's
fun. Anyone have any favorite comebacks for this classic comment? I
try to make up a different one each time. I've said tame things like
"it's on my other unicycle" or "it's all I could afford". How about "I
think it got sucked my @$$".

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hedge - Vet Rider
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I just went to see the above link about extreme ironing--I had no idea
what you guys were talking about because I never heard if extreme
ironing before.
I'm still laughing! It's really funny, actually!
I would take it as a compliment if someone said that to me.
In fact, there is something tempting about extreme ironing now that I
have seen the pictures.....just kidding.
But seriously, there is something nice and original about that comment
when you consider all the nasty and unoriginal things that other
non-uni-people sometimes say.

What would be interesting is to try extreme ironing--while riding the
unicycle!

Ted

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wheelie_big_wheel

HOOKED on a HOOKWORM--that's ME!
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I got compared to Sponge Bob Square Pants today which I though was quite
original. As you may or may not know Sponge Bob Square Pants rides an
underwater unicycle (another reason why he is so cool).
Anyway I was up doing some muni and i rode past a woman and her two
kids, as i approached i heard her say "Look, just like sponge bob"

I thought that was quite cool, and a refreshing change from the usual
"where's the other wheel"

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