nickname for BHIT?

burt said:

Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric, I
thought it might be fun to do the same for those honest,
upstanding moral bankrupts, BHIT.

I'll start;

People Obsessed Over Helmets - POOH

or

People Obsessed Over Cycle Helmets - POOCH

I thought BsHIT and BeHIT were pretty good.

Zog The Undeniable said:

burt said:

Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric, I
thought it might be fun to do the same for those honest,
upstanding moral bankrupts, BHIT.

I thought BsHIT and BeHIT were pretty good.

Me too. But they CHOSE those initials. I sometimes wonder if
they aren't in it purely for the gravy train, or perhaps as
a sort of test of gullibility.

Why not Cycle Helmet Association, or Protected Head and
Rider Trust, or Anti-Cycle Head Injury Society - all
eminently pronounceable as initials.

Colin McKenzie

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Quoted message said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

burt said:

Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric,
I thought it might be fun to do the same for those
honest, upstanding moral bankrupts,

BHIT.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I thought BsHIT and BeHIT were pretty good.

Me too. But they CHOSE those initials. I sometimes wonder
if they aren't in it purely for the gravy train, or
perhaps as a sort of test of gullibility.

Why not Cycle Helmet Association, or Protected Head and
Rider Trust, or Anti-Cycle Head Injury Society - all
eminently pronounceable as initials.

I don't get it ... CHA, PHRT, ACHIS ... ?

Society for Helmet Initiative Tosspots?

Simon Brooke said:

Because they're not interested in protecting heads or
preventing head injuries, they're interested in promoting
helmets. You can't make a profit out of fewer injuries,
but you can make a profit out of more helmets.

I don't think that's right either. What is clear is that
helmet compulsion for some unknown reason increases your
chance of being hit and having a head injury. Therefore I
think the BeHIT name is entirely appropriate. The main
outcome is to increase the chances that you BeHIT. The BsHIT
is the way they try to achieve it.

Tony

elyob said:

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Quoted message said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

burt wrote:

>Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric,
>I thought it might be fun to do the same for those
>honest, upstanding moral bankrupts,

BHIT.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I thought BsHIT and BeHIT were pretty good.

Me too. But they CHOSE those initials. I sometimes wonder
if they aren't in it purely for the gravy train, or
perhaps as a sort of test of gullibility.

Why not Cycle Helmet Association, or Protected Head and
Rider Trust, or Anti-Cycle Head Injury Society - all
eminently pronounceable as initials.

I don't get it ... CHA, PHRT, ACHIS ... ?

Society for Helmet Initiative Tosspots?

PHaRT - hmm ;-)

Interestingly, while talking to my mum about cycle helmets,
she (as a horse-rider of the past - not ridden for 5 years
or so) mentioned that not only did she think cycle helmets
gave quite a lot of protection, especially in the bike/car
type incident, but that the horse riding fraternity were
actively looking at making riding helmets more like bike
helmets (ventilation holes, lighter, etc).

Horse-riding helmets (good ones) these days resemble more
motorbike helmets, because they protect the (apparently)
thinnest part of the skull, which is at the rear as it
slopes back down and under to meet the neck. Cycle helmets
leave this area utterly unprotected. Horse-riding helmets
also have a much stronger outer shell - not this lucky-if-it's-1mm-
thick shell that cycle helmets have over the polystyrene.

Gave her something to think about, when I demonstrated just
how they're actually constructed, and the horse-riding bunch
are already aware that getting a sharp branch/pole/spike
through a vent hole is a Very Bad Thing..

Velvet

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:13:21 GMT, Velvet <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Interestingly, while talking to my mum about cycle helmets,
she (as a horse-rider of the past - not ridden for 5 years
or so) mentioned that not only did she think cycle helmets
gave quite a lot of protection, especially in the bike/car
type incident, but that the horse riding fraternity were
actively looking at making riding helmets more like bike
helmets (ventilation holes, lighter, etc).

Indeed they are. My local bobbies-on-horses wear helmets
which look more like cycle helmets. They may not be quite
the same materials, though.

What's BHIT?

Vivian
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Quoted message said:

Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric, I
thought it might be fun to do the same for those honest,
upstanding moral bankrupts, BHIT.

I'll start;

People Obsessed Over Helmets - POOH

or

People Obsessed Over Cycle Helmets - POOCH

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cheers

Rich

Vivian said:

What's BHIT?

cyclenetwork.org.ukccn67.pdfOpen ↗

Tony