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  1. As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring up
    helmets in a way that shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass
    blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off of the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.

  2. Tom Kunich said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring up helmets in a way that
    shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off of the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.

    :-)

    Can you picture Crocodile Dundee in a foam hat?

    How would he attach the animal-claw headband?

    "Aw, no, mate, y'can't be puttin' that on there! Why, what if one of them claws fell off and
    scratched yer chin? That counts as a head injury, y'know!"

    --
    Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]

  3. "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring


    up

    Quoted message said:

    helmets in a way that shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off


    of

    Quoted message said:

    the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.


    Christopher Reeves fell from a horse and landed *helmet first* ... fat lotta good it did him.

    C.Q.C.

  4. "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring up helmets in a way that
    shows helmet [censored] as what they are

    Hey Tom

    Tom since when has the helmet debate been a limited to a certain time of the year? And besides, it's
    summer in Australia and winter in America so you can't say it's due to the weather. Us helmet
    [censored] like to look after our heads all year 'round, unlike the non-helmet [censored] who just don't
    seem to care at all.

    Marty

  5. Marty <[email hidden]> wrote:
    : Us helmet [censored] like to look after our heads all year 'round, unlike the non-helmet [censored] who
    : just don't seem to care at all.

    & we're off ...

    hey, coincidentally look what i rediscovered a few weeks ago. i hadn't seen these in years.

    +-------------------+ .:\:\:/:/:.
    | PLEASE DO NOT | :.:\:\:/:/:.:
    | FEED THE TROLLS | :=.' - - '.=:
    | | '=(\ 9 9 /)='
    | Thank you, | ( (_) )
    | Management | /`-vvv-'\
    +-------------------+ / \
    | | @@@ / /|,,,,,|\ \ @@@ /_// /^\ \\_\
    @x@@x@ | | |/ WW( ( ) )WW \||||/ | | \| __\,,\ /,,/__ \||/ | | | (______Y______)
    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
    ==================================================================

    ... or alternately:
    ___________________________
    /| /| | |
    ||__|| | Please don't |
    / O O\__ feed | / \ the trolls | / \ \ | / _ \ \ ---------------------- / |\____\
    \ || / | | | |\____/ || / \|_|_|/ | __|| / / \ |____| || / | | /| | --|
    | | |// |____ --|
    * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/ *-- _--\ _ \ // | / _ \\ _ // | /
    * / \_ /- | - | |
    * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________

    .. or:

    \|||/
    (o o)
    ,----ooO--(_)-------.
    | Please |
    | don't feed the |
    | TROLL's ! |
    '--------------Ooo--'
    |__|__|
    || ||
    ooO Ooo

    .. or most simply:

    +----------+
    | PLEASE |
    | DO NOT |
    | FEED THE |
    | TROLLS |
    +----------+
    | |
    | |
    .\|.||/..

    tho i don't expect anyone to seriously take the bait, having just had that particuliarly long winded
    helmet thread only a few months back. neat ascii graphics, tho.
    --
    david reuteler [email hidden]

  6. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Tom Kunich said:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off of the cowboy.

    First they came for the motorcyclists, but I didn't care because I didn't ride. Then they came for
    the bicyclists, but I said nothing because I didn't pedal. Then they came for the cowboys, but I
    kept quiet because I didn't ride a horse.

    Who's next?

    Quoted message said:


    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.

    Ok, who's next after that? Are there any helmet laws that effect more than 20% of any population? Or
    is it just minorities who get told what to wear? Easier to get the laws passed when you select some
    small group, and say, "look at these risk takers, they do something you don't! They raise your
    insurance! Make them wear a funny hat so we can all see that they are different. Isn't it fun to
    make other people live they way you want them to live?"

  7. Q. said:

    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring


    up

    Quoted message said:

    helmets in a way that shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off


    of

    Quoted message said:

    the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.


    Christopher Reeves fell from a horse and landed *helmet first* ... fat lotta good it did him.

    C.Q.C.

    You wouldn't expect it to. I don't see any way a helmet can protect against neck injury.

    --
    This transmission is certified free of viruses as no Microsoft products were used in its preparation
    or propagation.

  8. <snip troll stuff>

    Quoted message said:

    neat ascii graphics, tho.

    Yeah well ... take that ...

    tinyurl.com25mqd (way too big to post)

    Live long and prosper!

    C.Q.C.

  9. In article <[email hidden]>, "Q." <LostVideos-AT- hotmail.com> says...

    Quoted message said:

    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring


    up

    Quoted message said:

    helmets in a way that shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off


    of

    Quoted message said:

    the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.


    Christopher Reeves fell from a horse and landed *helmet first* ... fat lotta good it did him.

    He didn't get a head injury, did he? I guess the helmet did its job <G,D&RVVVVVVVVF>

    --
    Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying!

    REAL programmers write self-modifying code.

  10. David Reuteler <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Marty <[email hidden]> wrote:
    : Us helmet [censored] like to look after our heads all year 'round, unlike the non-helmet [censored]
    : who just don't seem to care at all.

    & we're off ...

    hey, coincidentally look what i rediscovered a few weeks ago. i hadn't seen these in years.

    +-------------------+ .:\:\:/:/:.
    | PLEASE DO NOT | :.:\:\:/:/:.:
    | FEED THE TROLLS | :=.' - - '.=:
    | | '=(\ 9 9 /)='
    | Thank you, | ( (_) )
    | Management | /`-vvv-'\
    +-------------------+ / \
    | | @@@ / /|,,,,,|\ \ @@@ /_// /^\ \\_\
    @x@@x@ | | |/ WW( ( ) )WW \||||/ | | \| __\,,\ /,,/__ \||/ | | | (______Y______)
    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
    ==================================================================

    Awww c'mon Dave, you've only got to wave a helmet at Kunich and he starts barking. It's good fun!

    Marty

  11. On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:45:04 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring up helmets in a way that
    shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    As is always the case when some jerkoff wants a MHL, somebody trolls to start another usenet
    helmet war.

    Quoted message said:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    That is pretty dumb.

    Quoted message said:

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off of the cowboy.

    Don't confuse country cowboys with Australian bushmen a la Crocodile Dundee.

    Quoted message said:

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.

    Next: Usenet war about potential mandatory glove laws when somebody loses a hand in a machine and
    OSHA mandates gloves for that industry...
    --
    Rick "You call that a troll? Now THAT'S a troll!" Dundee

  12. On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 03:40:34 -0500, "Q." <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com>

    Quoted message said:

    Yeah well ... take that ... tinyurl.com25mqd (way too big to post)

    *sigh*...even with a fixed-width font, it just doesn't look as good as it would on an old 25 line
    console-mode screen...
    --
    Rick Onanian

  13. "Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:


    As is always the case when some jerkoff wants a MHL, somebody trolls to start another usenet
    helmet war.

    Quoted message said:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    That is pretty dumb.

    Next: Usenet war about potential mandatory glove laws when somebody loses a hand in a machine and
    OSHA mandates gloves for that industry...

    In the park where I do volunteer MTB patrol, a woman died after her horse reared and she struck her
    unhelmeted head on a rock. Most equestrians wear helmets these days.

    I got my first (and only) factory job because the kid who ran the machine before me lost his
    hand in it.

    I take this [censored] seriously. Whatever.

  14. Peter Cole said:

    "Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Next: Usenet war about potential mandatory glove laws when somebody loses a hand in a machine and
    OSHA mandates gloves for that industry...

    In the park where I do volunteer MTB patrol, a woman died after her horse reared and she struck her
    unhelmeted head on a rock. Most equestrians wear helmets these days.

    I got my first (and only) factory job because the kid who ran the machine before me lost his
    hand in it.

    I take this [censored] seriously. Whatever.

    It's great to take it seriously outside of the usenet context; but here, it makes absolutely no
    difference whatsoever, and one can save lots of bandwidth by rapidly defusing it with humor [or a
    reasonable facsimile] before it grows (although there's no guarantee that the fuse will not stay lit
    anyway). Did you see last year's big helmet war? Probably a good two thousand messages among three
    or four threads, and I doubt that there was a single person who was influenced in any way.
    --
    Rick Onanian

  15. Q. <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
    : tinyurl.com25mqd (way too big to post)

    ohh, come on .. i'm old enuf to remember the BBS days. you could have at least given me one of the
    nudie ones.
    --
    david reuteler [email hidden]

  16. I'm sure my head will be influenced in some way if I wear a helmet.

    Rick Onanian said:

    Did you see last year's big helmet war? Probably a good two thousand messages among three or four
    threads, and I doubt that there was a single person who was influenced in any way.
    --
    Rick Onanian

  17. On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:45:04 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to bring up helmets in a way that
    shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid ass blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat off of the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.

    I think we should thank the Australians for being guinea pigs in studying the effects of
    helmet compulsion. If they are willing to be of use to horse riders in other countries as
    well, then why not?

  18. "Trent Piepho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Ok, who's next after that? Are there any helmet laws that effect more


    than

    Quoted message said:

    20% of any population? Or is it just minorities who get told what to


    wear?

    Quoted message said:

    Easier to get the laws passed when you select some small group, and say,


    "look

    Quoted message said:

    at these risk takers, they do something you don't! They raise your


    insurance!

    Quoted message said:

    Make them wear a funny hat so we can all see that they are different.


    Isn't

    Quoted message said:

    it fun to make other people live they way you want them to live?"

    You've hit the nail directly on the head Trent. (better wear a safety helmet for that too)

    If you don't fight it in every single instance you are going to be next.

  19. "Peter Keller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Q. said:

    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As is always the case at this time of the year, some [censored] has to


    bring

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    up

    Quoted message said:

    helmets in a way that shows helmet [censored] as what they are - stupid


    ass

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    blowhards:

    news.bbc.co.uk3451325.stm

    You can take the cowboy out of the country but you can't take the hat


    off

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    of

    Quoted message said:

    the cowboy.

    Next: baby safety helmet for any time they're put in strollers.


    Christopher Reeves fell from a horse and landed *helmet first* ... fat


    lotta

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    good it did him.

    C.Q.C.

    You wouldn't expect it to. I don't see any way a helmet can protect against neck injury.

    --
    This transmission is certified free of viruses as no Microsoft products were used in its
    preparation or propagation.

    Of course you can't relive an old injury but some people believe that if he wasn't wearing the
    helmet he would have sustained a fractured skull that would have given him a better chance of
    complete recovery.

    But "what if's" aren't worth a damn.

  20. "Rick Onanian" <[email hidden]> wrote

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    Did you see last year's big helmet war? Probably a good two thousand messages among three or four
    threads, and I doubt that there was a single person who was influenced in any way.

    I was ... I decided that when I go visit my cousin in the Peoples Republic of Canadia this summer to
    cover my (mandatory) magic foam hat with tin foil
    (c:

    c.A.A.

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