Jackass

William Asher

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

>
> That photo does discount my theory. On the other hand, could be that a
> spectator recovered his bike and handed it to him, and what's he going
> to do at that point? Tell him no, keep it? :>)
>

I don't think he was thinking very rationally at that point. He was pissed
off and threw his bike and someone handed it back to him. He wasn't
thinking of a narrow run-in, we was thinking how he was *that* close to a
road stage win and was in a blind rage. It reminded me of the story from
Ball Four about the guy (I forget the payer's name) who got tossed from a
ballgame and went berserk. He kicked in the water cooler and threw it out
onto the field. The player was alleged by Bouton to have said he went
berserk because right as he got tossed, his greenie kicked in. Adrenaline
will do that to you too.

--
Bill Asher

ronaldo_jeremiah

On May 15, 12:20*pm, William Asher <gcn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>
> > That photo does discount my theory. On the other hand, could be that a
> > spectator recovered his bike and handed it to him, and what's he going
> > to do at that point? Tell him no, keep it? :>)
>
> I don't think he was thinking very rationally at that point. *He was pissed
> off and threw his bike and someone handed it back to him. *

I think the spectator should've kept it. It's hardly any different
than a baseball that's been hit into the stands, is it?

-rj

Fred Fredburger

Donald Munro wrote:
> bjw@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
>> I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our national
>> effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
>>
>> I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
>> after all.
>
> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world population
> would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got bored and decided
> to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.
>

It doesn't really matter what he's doing, he's covered.

There is no behavior so atrocious that it can't be excused by the War on
Terror.

If you replace the word "excused" with "forgiven" and "the War on
Terror" with the name of your favorite deity, I think you'll recognize a
very old idea in a new package.

Ryan Cousineau

In article <482bf0f4$0$2958$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com>,
Donald Munro <fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote:

> bjw@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> > I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our national
> > effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
> >
> > I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
> > after all.
>
> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world population
> would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got bored and decided
> to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.

Hell, the Burmese junta is having so much fun right now with Ben's hobby
that they even refute my theories of rising tides and boats and global
warming for people living below the high-water mark.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Donald Munro

Bret wrote:
> What's the big deal? He broke his chain, so he threw the bike away and got
> a new one. I do that too.

Hey I get a new Pinarello every time my chain wears out.

billb

On May 16, 4:22*am, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Bret wrote:
> > What's the big deal? He broke his chain, so he threw the bike away and got
> > a new one. I do that too.
>
> Hey I get a new Pinarello every time my chain wears out.

I get a new car when the ashtrays are full.
Best,
Bill Black

Fred Fredburger

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> In article <482bf0f4$0$2958$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com>,
> Donald Munro <fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> bjw@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
>>> I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our national
>>> effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
>>>
>>> I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
>>> after all.
>> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world population
>> would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got bored and decided
>> to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.
>
> Hell, the Burmese junta is having so much fun right now with Ben's hobby
> that they even refute my theories of rising tides and boats and global
> warming for people living below the high-water mark.
>

"Burmese junta" sounds so cool! Maybe if the UCI changed their name to
"Burmese Junta" they'd be taken seriously. Who'd want to cross them then?

Donald Munro

Fred Fredburger wrote:
> "Burmese junta" sounds so cool! Maybe if the UCI changed their name to
> "Burmese Junta" they'd be taken seriously. Who'd want to cross them then?

Or a really badass team who switch their opponents all the time.

Donald Munro

Donald Munro wrote:
>> Hey I get a new Pinarello every time my chain wears out.

billb wrote:
> I get a new car when the ashtrays are full.

I'd still be driving my first car then (I think it was a beaten up
old Toyota if memory serves me correctly).

William Asher

billb wrote:

> On May 16, 4:22*am, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Bret wrote:
>> > What's the big deal? He broke his chain, so he threw the bike away
>> > and g
> ot
>> > a new one. I do that too.
>>
>> Hey I get a new Pinarello every time my chain wears out.
>
> I get a new car when the ashtrays are full.
> Best,
> Bill Black

With what?

--
Bill Asher

bjw@mambo.ucolick.org

On May 15, 1:13 am, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> b...@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> > I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our national
> > effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
>
> > I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
> > after all.
>
> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world population
> would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got bored and decided
> to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.

Well, as you know I work at a university, and since
universities are part of the Liberal Science Conspiracy,
in principle they're on board with the project. However,
it turns out that there is some extra red tape, since
global genocide has to be vetted and rubber-stamped by an
human-subjects-research IRB (Institutional Review Board).

Ben

Donald Munro

b.jw@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
>> > I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our
>> > national effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
>> > I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
>> > after all.

Donald Munro wrote:
>> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world
>> population would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got
>> bored and decided to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.

bjw@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> Well, as you know I work at a university, and since universities are part
> of the Liberal Science Conspiracy, in principle they're on board with the
> project. However, it turns out that there is some extra red tape, since
> global genocide has to be vetted and rubber-stamped by an
> human-subjects-research IRB (Institutional Review Board).

I used to work at a University myself back in the 90's and you're right,
there's so much red tape. You even need to fill out a form in triplicate
on double-ply toilet paper before you can wipe your ass.

Paul G.

On May 16, 11:29 pm, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> b...@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> >> > I too have made sacrifices in the War on Terror. As part of our
> >> > national effort, for the duration, I've sworn to give up terrorism.
> >> > I sure hope we can win this war soon enough. A man needs his hobbies,
> >> > after all.
> Donald Munro wrote:
> >> I'd have thought your other hobby of killing off the 3rd world
> >> population would take up all your time. Unless of course you've got
> >> bored and decided to leave it to the cyclones and earthquakes.
> b...@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> > Well, as you know I work at a university, and since universities are part
> > of the Liberal Science Conspiracy, in principle they're on board with the
> > project. However, it turns out that there is some extra red tape, since
> > global genocide has to be vetted and rubber-stamped by an
> > human-subjects-research IRB (Institutional Review Board).
>
> I used to work at a University myself back in the 90's and you're right,
> there's so much red tape. You even need to fill out a form in triplicate
> on double-ply toilet paper before you can wipe your ass.

That's true of any large organization. The military is probably the
ultimate in red tape.
-Paul