WANTED: full pink kit

[[email protected]]

Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
increased
frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.

Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.

We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as T-
Bone and ended up as "Koko."

Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
because I am a heterosexual male.

In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
that I could either borrow for the purpose of show only (and return
completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.

Little help from anyone out there?

 

[landotter]

On Jun 6, 8:20 pm, [email protected] wrote:

> Little help from anyone out there?

Provided you're caucasian, just depilate yourself, draw on some
stitching with your choice of sharpie, don a modesty g-string, and
stand in a walk in freezer till you become the team-pink of your
favorite Italian pros!

 

[[email protected]]

On Jun 6, 10:56 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 6, 8:20 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Little help from anyone out there?
>
> Provided you're caucasian, just depilate yourself, draw on some
> stitching with your choice of sharpie, don a modesty g-string, and
> stand in a walk in freezer till you become the team-pink of your
> favorite Italian pros!

Got the caucasian part covered -- that's about where I'd have to draw
the line. Creative idea, though

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes:
>
> We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
> proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
> even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
> VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
> remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as T-
> Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>
> Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
> because I am a heterosexual male.

Pink is just another colour. And it can be a pretty good one, too.
We hetero males must strive to regain our rightful claim to it.
Back in the '50s we almost did, with pink Cadillacs. 'Specially
ones with white ragtops & blue taillights.

Many good things come in pink -- pink lemonade, Pink Floyd,
pink salmon, strawberry crystalware, nobody steals a pink
Bic lighter ...

okay, a few good things come in pink. We can rectify that
situation.

And y'know what? Women appreciate men who dare to shamelessly
and un-self-consciously flaunt pink.

Peuse, on the other hand, is for lying down and avoiding[*].

Mauve is downright evil. 'Specially if you do watercolours
and are tempted by that Work Of Stan: Payne's Grey.

Mauve is strictly for hippie chicks who knit (weave?) those
network afghan thingies with all the holes in 'em and are
therefore useless as sofa covers to a guy who occasionally
eats while lying down and watching TV. And the occasional
laundry accident when you stubbornly don't want to part with
the tainted clothing. (same with peuse.)

Pink is bold! Yarrrghhhh!!!


cheers,
Tom

[*] I stole the phrase: "lying down and avoiding" from a
Monty Python sketch about The Wines of Australia. That's
one of my favourites.

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

 

[Pat]

>
> Peuse, on the other hand, is for lying down and avoiding[*].
>
> cheers,
> Tom

Do you perhaps mean "puce"?

 

[Bill Sornson]

[email protected] wrote:
> Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
> increased
> frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
> colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
> good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.
>
> Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
> sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
> knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
> good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
> the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.
>
> We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
> proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
> even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
> VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
> remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as
> T- Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>
> Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
> because I am a heterosexual male.
>
> In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
> that I could either borrow for the purpose of show only (and return
> completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.
>
> Little help from anyone out there?

Before someone tells you to hire the ACLU to bring a hate speech case, check
out some T-mobile gear. Prolly find it on "discontinued clearance", too.

Bill "Ko, ko, Ko, ko" S.

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
"Pat" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>
>> Peuse, on the other hand, is for lying down and avoiding[*].
>>
>> cheers,
>> Tom
>
> Do you perhaps mean "puce"?

I dislike that particular hue so much,
I've coined my own connotative spelling.

Of course with "puce" you could readily change
the 'c' to a 'k' and get the same effect.

I guess I just hate all the colours which appear
on anatomical diagrams, especially those which
indicate the blood circulation system.

Makes me almost wanna faint.

Y'know what? Women seem to be immune to all that
biological stuff that sends us guys runnin' & screamin'
away from it. Women are pretty tough. 'Specially
mothers of kids who get direly sick in the middle of
the night and practically puke their o-rings out.

Anybody who stands by you when you're puking your
o-ring out, and then makes a pot of weak(ish) tea
for you is definitely an ally.

Anyways, anatomical diagram colours are never good.

Horticultural colours are always good.

Maybe the colour of chlorophyll makes succulent
plants feel queasy?

I hope I spelled "chlorophyll" correctly. OTOH,
I don't particularly care ;-)


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

 

[Paul M. Hobson]

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] writes:
>> Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
>> because I am a heterosexual male.

Tom Keats wrote:
> Pink is just another colour. And it can be a pretty good one, too.
> We hetero males must strive to regain our rightful claim to it.
> Back in the '50s we almost did, with pink Cadillacs. 'Specially
> ones with white ragtops & blue taillights.

Just so all the other dudes know, I officially reclaimed pink back in
early 2007 after my wrist surgery:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/367458585_e85dbfe5ea.jpg

My mom didn't like it.

\\paul

--
Paul M. Hobson
..:change the f to ph to reply:.

 

[[email protected]]

On Jun 7, 2:54 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
> > increased
> > frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
> > colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
> > good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.
>
> > Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
> > sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
> > knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
> > good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
> > the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.
>
> > We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
> > proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
> > even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
> > VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
> > remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as
> > T- Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>
> > Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
> > because I am a heterosexual male.
>
> > In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
> > that I could either borrow  for the purpose of show only (and return
> > completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.
>
> > Little help from anyone out there?
>
> Before someone tells you to hire the ACLU to bring a hate speech case, check
> out some T-mobile gear.  Prolly find it on "discontinued clearance", too..
>
> Bill "Ko, ko, Ko, ko" S.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Bill,
Yeah, I've actually found a piece or two -- just nothing that I can
afford to buy for somewhat of a gag. I mean, I would pass on whatever
I got to my lovely wife (she looks better in pink than me anyhow), but
a new $200 kit isn't in the cards for the family budget at the moment.
Actually, via another post, I've got a guy who's promised a pink
Performance jersey -- now I need the shorts and I'm golden... errr...
golden, but with a pinkish hue. Definitely not puce.

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <b89add0a-c7cd-4e6b-ac5a-b83a0cf7adb0@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
[email protected] writes:
> On Jun 7, 2:54 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>> > Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
>> > increased
>> > frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
>> > colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
>> > good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.
>>
>> > Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
>> > sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
>> > knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
>> > good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
>> > the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.
>>
>> > We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
>> > proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
>> > even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
>> > VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
>> > remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as
>> > T- Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>>
>> > Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
>> > because I am a heterosexual male.
>>
>> > In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
>> > that I could either borrow  for the purpose of show only (and return
>> > completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.
>>
>> > Little help from anyone out there?
>>
>> Before someone tells you to hire the ACLU to bring a hate speech case, check
>> out some T-mobile gear.  Prolly find it on "discontinued clearance", too.
>>
>> Bill "Ko, ko, Ko, ko" S.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> Bill,
> Yeah, I've actually found a piece or two -- just nothing that I can
> afford to buy for somewhat of a gag. I mean, I would pass on whatever
> I got to my lovely wife (she looks better in pink than me anyhow), but
> a new $200 kit isn't in the cards for the family budget at the moment.
> Actually, via another post, I've got a guy who's promised a pink
> Performance jersey -- now I need the shorts and I'm golden... errr...
> golden, but with a pinkish hue. Definitely not puce.

Thank goodness for that.


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

 

[Jym Dyer]

"Judging from his outlandish attire, he must be some sort
of free-thinking anarchist."
-- Charles Montgomery Burns
(upon spotting an employee in a pink shirt)

 

[Fritz]

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:20:45 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

>Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
>increased
>frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
>colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
>good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.
>
>Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
>sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
>knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
>good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
>the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.
>
>We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
>proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
>even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
>VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
>remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as T-
>Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>
>Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
>because I am a heterosexual male.
>
>In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
>that I could either borrow for the purpose of show only (and return
>completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.
>
>Little help from anyone out there?


Here, buy my old bike...

http://tinyurl.com/5ynqo5

 

[Dane Buson]

Fritz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Here, buy my old bike...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5ynqo5

Coincidentally (but not for the same reasons), I'm looking for a pink
bike/frame. Any chance you're living in spitting distance of Seattle?

--
Dane Buson - [email protected]
Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
-- P.J. O'Rourke

 

[Bob]

On Jun 6, 8:20 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> Due to the improved weather where I live in the mountains of NC and
> increased
> frequency of my bike commuting to work, more than a few of my
> colleagues have seen me in my cycling gear and I've received a bit of
> good-natured ribbing about my spandex, bright jerseys, etc.
>
> Well, this afternoon, some co-workers got hold of my Blackberry and
> sent a joke email (which appeared to come from me) asking if anyone
> knew of suppliers for hot pink cycling shorts. I followed up (all in
> good fun) with an educational cycling email about Alberto Contador,
> the Maglia Rosa, the Tour of Italy, etc.
>
> We all got some good laughs as the pink/spandex/cycling-themed emails
> proceeded to be sent around the office all afternoon. At some point,
> even the Vice President of my division emailed from wherever he is on
> VACATION and said that from now on, I'm to be known as "Pink." Sorta
> remined me of the Seineld episode where George wanted to be known as T-
> Bone and ended up as "Koko."
>
> Anyhow, I presume there is some additional humor attached to this
> because I am a heterosexual male.
>
> In order to get the last laugh, I REALLLY want to find a FULL PINK KIT
> that I could either borrow  for the purpose of show only (and return
> completely clean, of course) or buy very cheaply.
>
> Little help from anyone out there?

"For the purpose of show only" would seem to imply that the shorts
don't need a chamois pad. If that's the case, just check out the sale
racks in the "ladies' active wear" section of any large sporting goods
chain store. Assuming you aren't over 6 ft and/or 250 lbs and aren't
overly concerned about the looks you may receive while shopping you
should be able to find a suitable pair of shorts.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

"How come they get cool names like Mr. Black and Mr. White and I gotta
be Mr. Pink?" - Reservoir Dogs