Re: Cyclists Boycott Assos

Donald Munro said:

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Quoted message said:

I dunno, I just skimmed it. Never realized there was an ASO/Assos
connection but I guess it makes sense.  No Assos for me.- Hide quoted
text -

Bill C said:

They must all be gay too, and we KNOW that's totally evil, since there's
"ass" in there so we must boycott them.

Which implies they must be liberals, which in turn implies there is a
liberal plot to sell svelte bib shorts to fat fatty masters to make them
look bad.

ASSOS very Scary outfit:

I've always been a bit suspect about Assos ever since
the 1978 World track championship in Munich.

That was when Toni Maier-Moussa and Hans Hess
brought out the very first anatomical skin suit that was
worn by Daniel Gisiger.

Toni Maier-Moussa had been doing funny stuff at the
Zurich Technical University with carbon fiber back
about then, and the US Department of Defense was
going to shut that experiment down but sadly never did.

Donald Munro said:

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Quoted message said:

I dunno, I just skimmed it. Never realized there was an ASO/Assos
connection but I guess it makes sense.  No Assos for me.- Hide quoted
text -

Bill C said:

They must all be gay too, and we KNOW that's totally evil, since there's
"ass" in there so we must boycott them.

Which implies they must be liberals, which in turn implies there is a
liberal plot to sell svelte bib shorts to fat fatty masters to make them
look bad.

Assos sounds sort French too, and I'm not wearing French Shorts.
Freedom shorts for me. These colors don't runnn!!!!!

On Mar 15, 3:59 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Assos sounds sort French too, and I'm not wearing French Shorts.
Freedom shorts for me.  These colors don't runnn!!!!!

Hey, lighten up.

They got sick with Dien Bien Flu over in Indochina and
I think ran into some bad weather.

On Mar 15, 6:59 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:21:31 +0200, Donald Munro

Quoted message said:

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

> I dunno, I just skimmed it. Never realized there was an ASO/Assos
> connection but I guess it makes sense.  No Assos for me.- Hide quoted
> text -

Quoted message said:

Bill C said:

They must all be gay too, and we KNOW that's totally evil, since there's
"ass" in there so we must boycott them.

Quoted message said:

Which implies they must be liberals, which in turn implies there is a
liberal plot to sell svelte bib shorts to fat fatty masters to make them
look bad.

Assos sounds sort French too, and I'm not wearing French Shorts.
Freedom shorts for me.  These colors don't runnn!!!!!

Glad to see you getting with the program. Have some "freedom fries".
Make sure you listen to Rush on monday so you know what to think for
the week though.
Bill C
Bill C

Bill C said:

Quoted message said:

Assos sounds sort French too, and I'm not wearing French Shorts.
Freedom shorts for me.  These colors don't runnn!!!!!

Glad to see you getting with the program. Have some "freedom fries".
Make sure you listen to Rush on monday so you know what to think for
the week though.

Dumbass -

Rush hates John McCain.

Who am I gonna vote for? I'm confused!

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Rush hates John McCain.

True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just like he would
any other Republican candidate.

On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Fabrizio Mazzoleni said:

the 1978 World track championship in Munich.

That was when Toni Maier-Moussa and Hans Hess
brought out the very first anatomical skin suit that was
worn by Daniel Gisiger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Krienbühl

Quoted message said:

   On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

--
                              tanx,
                               Howard

Whatever happened to
                        Leon Trotsky?
                        He got an icepick
                        That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

That's a much better, and more recommended listen for sure, but they
are evil Canadians, and you might be un-American for listening to
them.
Bill C

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Rush hates John McCain.

True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just like
he would
any other Republican candidate.

On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

Totally true. Neil Peart was making phone calls in support of Ron Paul.

Freewill!

Actually, considering how much trouble candidates get in for picking
thematically inappropriate theme songs, one of Rush's instrumental works
might be a reasonable choice.

I wouldn't recommend YYZ, but the 2112 Overture might reinforce the
libertarian credentials of any candidate.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

"Ted van de Weteringe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Fabrizio Mazzoleni said:

the 1978 World track championship in Munich.

That was when Toni Maier-Moussa and Hans Hess
brought out the very first anatomical skin suit that was
worn by Daniel Gisiger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Krienbühl

Well the official Assos website claims they came
out with the first Anatomical skin suit.

I see that Krienbuhl got laughed at.
Nobody laughed at Gisiger.

Krienbuhl's suit was beat out by this:
http://tinyurl.com/36868g

In article <rcousine-E04A03.08554416032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Rush hates John McCain.

True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just like
he would
any other Republican candidate.

On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

Totally true. Neil Peart was making phone calls in support of Ron Paul.

Freewill!

Actually, considering how much trouble candidates get in for picking
thematically inappropriate theme songs, one of Rush's instrumental works
might be a reasonable choice.

I wouldn't recommend YYZ, but the 2112 Overture might reinforce the
libertarian credentials of any candidate.

I'd have to say that if any candidate used a Rush song for their theme music, I'd
be pretty likely to *not* vote for 'em. I recognize that Rush are good musicians, but
I don't like their songs. Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans, Personality
Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7, among others.

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Rush hates John McCain.

True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just like
he would
any other Republican candidate.

On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

Totally true. Neil Peart was making phone calls in support of Ron Paul.

Freewill!

Actually, considering how much trouble candidates get in for picking
thematically inappropriate theme songs, one of Rush's instrumental works
might be a reasonable choice.

I wouldn't recommend YYZ, but the 2112 Overture might reinforce the
libertarian credentials of any candidate.

Skip their music. Make the candidates drive red barchettas and elude
double-wide robot roadsters. Winner gets the White House. It'd make a
great reality TV show too.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article <rcousine-E04A03.08554416032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,
Kurgan Gringioni <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Rush hates John McCain.

True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just
like
he would
any other Republican candidate.

On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

Totally true. Neil Peart was making phone calls in support of Ron Paul.

Freewill!

Actually, considering how much trouble candidates get in for picking
thematically inappropriate theme songs, one of Rush's instrumental works
might be a reasonable choice.

I wouldn't recommend YYZ, but the 2112 Overture might reinforce the
libertarian credentials of any candidate.

I'd have to say that if any candidate used a Rush song for their theme
music, I'd
be pretty likely to *not* vote for 'em. I recognize that Rush are good
musicians, but
I don't like their songs. Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like
better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans,
Personality
Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7, among others.

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

On the other hand, you can imagine how popular a technically skilled
prog-rock band with a libertarian political outlook is up here.

My guilty pleasure is The Tragicaly Hip. I even like their pro-Maple
Leafs songs.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Ryan Cousineau said:

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

Nobody gives a [censored].

In article <rcousine-E1F6A0.18561716032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans,
Personality Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7, among others.

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

I can understand that. But I bet it took a lot of plays of "American Woman" before
that happened...

Quoted message said:

On the other hand, you can imagine how popular a technically skilled
prog-rock band with a libertarian political outlook is up here.

My guilty pleasure is The Tragicaly Hip. I even like their pro-Maple
Leafs songs.

Like "The Lonely End of the Rink"? By the way, I forgot to list No Means No and
their alter egos, the Hanson Brothers (which sort of brings this back on topic, at
least from an rbr-centric perspective). The Hanson Bros. have plenty of hockey
focused songs, if that's your cuppa.

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

In article
<rcousine-E1F6A0.18561716032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,
Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>wrote:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Howard Kveck <[email hidden]>wrote:

Quoted message said:

In article <rcousine-E04A03.08554416032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,
Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>wrote:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Howard Kveck <[email hidden]>wrote:
>In article
><[email hidden]>,
>Kurgan Gringioni <[email hidden]>wrote:
>>Rush hates John McCain.
>
>True - for now. It won't be long before he's supporting McCain just
>like
>he would
>any other Republican candidate.
>
>On the other hand, maybe Bill meant the band Rush...

Totally true. Neil Peart was making phone calls in support of Ron Paul.

Freewill!

Actually, considering how much trouble candidates get in for picking
thematically inappropriate theme songs, one of Rush's instrumental works
might be a reasonable choice.

I wouldn't recommend YYZ, but the 2112 Overture might reinforce the
libertarian credentials of any candidate.

I'd have to say that if any candidate used a Rush song for their theme
music, I'd
be pretty likely to *not* vote for 'em. I recognize that Rush are good
musicians, but
I don't like their songs. Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like
better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans,
Personality
Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7, among others.

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

On the other hand, you can imagine how popular a technically skilled
prog-rock band with a libertarian political outlook is up here.

My guilty pleasure is The Tragicaly Hip. I even like their pro-Maple
Leafs songs.

I remember a Canadian band; taught me how to count to four.
BTO, right?

--
Michael Press

Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

In article
<rcousine-E1F6A0.18561716032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans,
Personality Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7,
among others.

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

I can understand that. But I bet it took a lot of plays of
"American Woman" before
that happened...

Quoted message said:

On the other hand, you can imagine how popular a technically skilled
prog-rock band with a libertarian political outlook is up here.

My guilty pleasure is The Tragicaly Hip. I even like their pro-Maple
Leafs songs.

Like "The Lonely End of the Rink"? By the way, I forgot to list No
Means No and
their alter egos, the Hanson Brothers (which sort of brings this back
on topic, at least from an rbr-centric perspective). The Hanson Bros.
have plenty of hockey focused songs, if that's your cuppa.

Strange, from what Tom says I always figured The Hidden Cameras would be
the most popular Canadian band around here:

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hidden+Cameras/+videos/+1-dpmuCMz8-dg

Incidentally, both tunes are great for those spin workouts on a $7000
bicycle while you're wearing full team kit.

--
Bill Asher

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

In article <rcousine-E1F6A0.18561716032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Anyway, there's so many Canadian bands that I like better:
the Guess Who, the Diodes, the Pointed Sticks, DOA, the Subhumans,
Personality Crisis, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7, among
others.

The Guess Who? I'll let you in on a secret: thanks to years of
can-con-quota overplaying on radio, nobody in Canada likes them.

I can understand that. But I bet it took a lot of plays of "American
Woman" before that happened...

In my role as spokesman for the musical taste of all of Canada (Amit
said it was cool), I can tell you we like the Lenny Kravitz version
better.

Which gives you an idea of how much we hate the Guess Who.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On the other hand, you can imagine how popular a technically skilled
prog-rock band with a libertarian political outlook is up here.

My guilty pleasure is The Tragicaly Hip. I even like their pro-Maple
Leafs songs.

Like "The Lonely End of the Rink"? By the way, I forgot to list No Means
No and

I was thinking of "50 Mission Cap."

Quoted message said:

their alter egos, the Hanson Brothers (which sort of brings this back on
topic, at
least from an rbr-centric perspective). The Hanson Bros. have plenty of
hockey
focused songs, if that's your cuppa.

The most horrible thing in my CD colletction is definitely "Tour de
France."

It's not the Kraftwerk version.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Howard Kveck said:

I can understand that. But I bet it took a lot of plays of "American
Woman" before that happened...

In my role as spokesman for the musical taste of all of Canada (Amit
said it was cool), I can tell you we like the Lenny Kravitz version
better.

I always preferred the Butthole Surfers version.