My bicycle bit the postman !!!

On 28 Nov 2006 20:33:19 -0800, "Ed Zagmoon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Help! My bicycle is a very very nasty bicycle, it can't
stop biting people. Yesterday, it bit the poor postman,
now the postman's ass is sore.

How can I teach my bicycle not to bite people?

What did you do to "tame" your bicycle???

Don't do what John Cleese did to his mini in Faulty Towers when it had
a toddler strop (he beat it mercilessly with a branch).

Reward good behaviour with a little gentle oiling, and try to ignore
the occasional misdemeanour.

I hope the postman recovers soon. Bicycle bites can be quite nasty,
but are rarely fatal.

Response to Ed Zagmoon:

Quoted message said:

Help! My bicycle is a very very nasty bicycle, it can't
stop biting people.

Diogenes struck the father when the son swore: I blame the owner.

--
Mark, UK
"When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent
thing to do is to die at once."

In news:[email hidden],
Ed Zagmoon <[email hidden]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

Quoted message said:

Help! My bicycle is a very very nasty bicycle, it can't
stop biting people. Yesterday, it bit the poor postman,
now the postman's ass is sore.

How can I teach my bicycle not to bite people?

What did you do to "tame" your bicycle???

Get a new postman. A proper postman[1] will have cycled enough that his
Number has reached 50, and thus your bicycle will be more amenable to him.

1 - insert joke about Steve Abraham's hi-vis weskit here.

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Three blind mice, see how they run. Is this /really/ the best
way to test shampoo?

In article <[email hidden]>

Tom Crispin said:

On 28 Nov 2006 20:33:19 -0800, "Ed Zagmoon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Help! My bicycle is a very very nasty bicycle, it can't
stop biting people. Yesterday, it bit the poor postman,
now the postman's ass is sore.

How can I teach my bicycle not to bite people?

What did you do to "tame" your bicycle???

Don't do what John Cleese did to his mini in Faulty Towers when it had
a toddler strop (he beat it mercilessly with a branch).

It was an Austin 1100, not a Mini.