Quote of the day (from non-riders)



cathwood wrote:
> :D
>
> I always say "ofcourse I will, I'm riding a unicycle".
> But I am afraid of turning to smile at people who make positive
> comments, only to land a faceplant immediately.
>
> Cathy



I always just wave. I'm always waving my arms. :D


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I got one of the classic quotes yesterday, but in a great scenario. I'm
riding a trail, passing three mountain bikers, one of which is
repairing his bike.
"Aren't you missing something?" I think was the quote, or something
similar.
"I don't think so... less stuff to break!" I said.
Then, as the trail curved around and stayed within earshot for a big, I
heard the MTBers listing all the stuff I didn't have (and didn't have
to worry about breaking/fixing). :)


Danny Colyer wrote:
> I've always found clubs easier. The problem with balls is that I'm
> never sure which end to catch. (Seriously, though, clubs are easier to
> catch because they're bigger and because my hands close round them much
> more easily, leaving more room for error in pre-catch hand
> positioning).


It's true, most club jugglers find juggling clubs easier. But if you
have a room full of beginning jugglers, they'll all figure out the
balls first. That said, if you can already juggle clubs, they're much
more visual when riding a unicycle as well. In either case, juggle
while riding to get the hang of it. Hopping is probably easier than
idling, and idling usually takes a while longer to learn (while
juggling). The casual observer will be less impressed by idle-juggling
anyway.


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Danny Colyer wrote:
> I've always found clubs easier.


I figured most beginner riders might be scared of UPDing and impaling
themselves on the clubs.


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i got quite a ridiculous and un-revised quote from a local at the shops
near me, i was hopping a little trials line i put together with pallets
and crates, and the guy comes up and goes " What sports do u play?" and
i replied saying, umm uni-ing and bball and not a stack else coz the
uni is wat i do most! and he replies saying " Yeah, you must have GREAT
ball skills, do u play cricket? " ahahaha, then he kept blabbering on
about cricket and how i must be a great ballsman!

Then he leaves with the quote " I'd love to see you ride that thing on
a gut full 'a' **** " i couldnt stop laughing afterwards !!

P.S
**** = another word for alcohol (aussie slang)


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Hey now thats not very nice. As long as you're not drinking Vomit Beer
(Victora Bitter) we have a few decent drops. I'm not saying they're the
best in the world but you can do worse.


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Siege wrote:
> Hey now thats not very nice.


Yeah, neither is Aussie beer so it kinda evens out in the end.


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Me and Matt were riding in this fenced in hockey rink, and, because the
neighborhood isn't exactly the best neighborhood, we got a lot of "DONT
FALL"s, and "HEY"s, but this one funny kid walking his dog comes up and
goes "hey is that thing hard to ride?", and then, as he starts to
leave, turns and goes "Hey, did you make that thing out of a bike?",
and then walks off.


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GILD wrote:
> Yeah, neither is Aussie beer so it kinda evens out in the end.



*Shakes fist menacingly*


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Ever get this one?

"Is that the 'fad' nowadays" or "Is that the 'thing' with young people
today?"




I've gotten that 5 or 6 times, ironicly all from old people.


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swarbrim wrote:
> hey, hey has anybody got the one 'you,ve lost a wheel' psh
>
> Mike



yeah thats the most common one i get, and alot of "wheres your other
wheel"

P.S. Aussie beer is great!! If you dont like our beer, then dont drink
it, VB is a unique beer, men with real taste drink VB!!
dont get all up in arms about what i sed, u had to bring it up and
give **** to aussie beer!


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trials2k wrote:
> men with real taste drink VB!!

Why is it that I feel a 'no sense of taste' joke coming on? GILD? Is
that you in my subconcious again?

forrestunifreak wrote:
> I've gotten that 5 or 6 times, ironicly all from old people.

The only time I've ever actually conversed with old people they were
really interested in it. Kington99 and I were messing about on the
steps in front of the RSC theatre in Stratford and a few OAPs were
outside during the break in a performance, and came and had a chat to
us. That was the same day the coachload of Japanese tourists filmed us
and applauded after us doing nothing at all.

Loose.


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monkeyman wrote:
> Me and Matt were riding in this fenced in hockey rink


Does that mean you're going to find some other riders and start playing
UniHoki?


Siege wrote:
> *Shakes fist menacingly*


*Ignores Aussie Fist Heartily*


Loosemoose wrote:
> Why is it that I feel a 'no sense of taste' joke coming on? GILD? Is
> that you in my subconcious again?


No, it's John Wayne.

Besides, I'd prefer to wait for the return Cricket Test series in South
Africa in a couple of weeks' time for some serious Aussie Bashing.


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Australian beer got an undeserved bad rap in the U.S. because of
Fosters.
It's not much better now, since the U.S. microbrews take up so much
shelf space. Aussie beers are something you have to go looking for.

Plus the fact that we (human beings in the early 21st century) tend to
be real snobs about our beers.



One thing unicyclers hear all the time is "Is that hard to ride?"
If you think about it, that's not bad. They could be asking, "That's
hard to ride, isn't it?" which sort of anticipates the answer.

My favorite answer is "No."

Sometimes they follow up. "Isn't it hard to balance?" and I answer "It
really take no more balance than walking." I don't know if that's
true, but it certainly makes people take a look at their
preconceptions.

For some reason, people think that if unicycling were easy, everyone
would be doing it, which obviously isn't true.


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Shall we take the Aussie beer discussion to 'Just Conversation'
(http://tinyurl.com/ajolh)?


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GILD wrote:
> Does that mean you're going to find some other riders and start playing
> UniHoki?





as cool as that would be, I know I'm not good enough yet, and I don't
think there are any other unicyclists anywhere near us....I remember
reading something about a directory a while ago to find people near
you...can anyone give me a link? Thanks in advance


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