Cyclist scraps around the world plans

Mike Kruger

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prwebxml134378.php

Since it's a press release, I'll reproduce the whole
thing below:

Cyclist Scraps Around the World Plans Plans for a cyclist to
recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure to circumnavigate the
globe have been scrapped.

Plans for a cyclist to recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure to
circumnavigate the globe have been scrapped. Clayton Paris,
speaking on behalf of Vinny Badabing, has stated that, "Mr.
Badabing has ended his attempt to travel around the world on
bicycle. He will take a break from his training and perhaps
make the attempt again later this year."

Vinny Badabing, variety entertainer and writer, was to have
left Bayonne, NJ on June 13th and traveled through Europe,
the Middle East, and Asia before eventually returning to
New Jersey.

"A couple of things held me up," Mr. Badabing explained.
"The first thing is that I didn't have no passport. The
second thing is that I got this really bad cramp after
biking a couple of blocks. But the final straw was the fact
that I hit water. I wasn't planning on cycling across the
Atlantic."

Vinny Badabing is not ranked as a cyclist. He has never won,
nor has he ever entered, a cycling competition.

"He has guts, that's all. He's not the brightest guy, but at
least he tried," Mr. Paris offered.

The New Jersey native may be down, but not out---

"I'm applying for a passport and am doing leg exercises to
fix the cramps. About the only thing I can't seem to work
out is this Atlantic Ocean business. I'd take a boat and
just cycle around the deck, but it seems like cheating."

Vinny Badabing is no stranger to art of quitting. His
attempts last year to dig a hole to China, were likewise
scrapped after digging only a few feet.

[In case it wasn't clear from the above, Vinny is a
professional comedian. See http://badabing.cheeb.com/ for
lines like "MY dreams are usually filled with visions of
food .... I only had one nightmare in my life. I dreamt
that all the mozzarella in the world had been replaced by
Kraft American cheese. I still get shudders just thinking
about it."]

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Garrison Hillia

"Mike Kruger" <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

>[In case it wasn't clear from the above, Vinny is a
>professional comedian.

And an unfunny one at that.

Grl

I don't care what the other guy said. It's a funny story and
thanks for posting it.

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- GRL

"It's good to want things."

Steve Barr (philosopher, poet,
humorist, chemist, Visual Basic
programmer) "Mike Kruger" <MikeKr@mouse-
potato.com> wrote in message news:00c-
e3b966ee3483fc83fea43b9247634@news.te-
ranews.com...
> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prwebxml134378.php
>
>
> Since it's a press release, I'll reproduce the whole
> thing below:
>
> Cyclist Scraps Around the World Plans Plans for a cyclist
> to recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure to
circumnavigate
> the globe have been scrapped.
>
> Plans for a cyclist to recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure
> to circumnavigate the globe have been scrapped. Clayton
> Paris, speaking on behalf of Vinny Badabing, has stated
> that, "Mr. Badabing has ended his attempt to travel
> around the world on bicycle. He will take a break from
> his training and perhaps make the attempt again later
> this year."
>
> Vinny Badabing, variety entertainer and writer, was to
> have left Bayonne,
NJ
> on June 13th and traveled through Europe, the Middle East,
> and Asia before eventually returning to New Jersey.
>
> "A couple of things held me up," Mr. Badabing explained.
> "The first thing
is
> that I didn't have no passport. The second thing is that I
> got this really bad cramp after biking a couple of blocks.
> But the final straw was the
fact
> that I hit water. I wasn't planning on cycling across the
> Atlantic."
>
> Vinny Badabing is not ranked as a cyclist. He has never
> won, nor has he
ever
> entered, a cycling competition.
>
> "He has guts, that's all. He's not the brightest guy, but
> at least he tried," Mr. Paris offered.
>
> The New Jersey native may be down, but not out---
>
> "I'm applying for a passport and am doing leg exercises to
> fix the cramps. About the only thing I can't seem to work
> out is this Atlantic Ocean business. I'd take a boat and
> just cycle around the deck, but it seems
like
> cheating."
>
> Vinny Badabing is no stranger to art of quitting. His
> attempts last year
to
> dig a hole to China, were likewise scrapped after digging
> only a few feet.
>
>
> [In case it wasn't clear from the above, Vinny is a
> professional comedian. See http://badabing.cheeb.com/ for
> lines like "MY dreams are usually
filled
> with visions of food .... I only had one nightmare in my
> life. I dreamt
that
> all the mozzarella in the world had been replaced by Kraft
> American
cheese.
> I still get shudders just thinking about it."]
>
>
>
> --
> ---
> Mike Kruger Blog:
> http://journals.aol.com/mikekr/ZbicyclistsZlog/

Misnomer

Thanks for the story!

I seem to recall a TV interviewer talking to someone who
planned to cycle from Vancouver to Alaska and then rowing
across the Bering strait to Russia and doing a bicycle trip
through Siberia. Of course they must have started already -
anyone hear of this?

take care Liz

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:55:47 GMT, "Mike Kruger" <MikeKr@mouse-
potato.com> wrote:

>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prwebxml134378.php
>
>
>Since it's a press release, I'll reproduce the whole
>thing below:
>
>Cyclist Scraps Around the World Plans Plans for a cyclist
>to recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure to circumnavigate the
>globe have been scrapped.
>
>Plans for a cyclist to recreate Phileas Fogg's adventure to
>circumnavigate the globe have been scrapped. Clayton Paris,
>speaking on behalf of Vinny Badabing, has stated that, "Mr.
>Badabing has ended his attempt to travel around the world
>on bicycle. He will take a break from his training and
>perhaps make the attempt again later this year."
>
>Vinny Badabing, variety entertainer and writer, was to have
>left Bayonne, NJ on June 13th and traveled through Europe,
>the Middle East, and Asia before eventually returning to
>New Jersey.
>
>"A couple of things held me up," Mr. Badabing explained.
>"The first thing is that I didn't have no passport. The
>second thing is that I got this really bad cramp after
>biking a couple of blocks. But the final straw was the fact
>that I hit water. I wasn't planning on cycling across the
>Atlantic."
>
>Vinny Badabing is not ranked as a cyclist. He has never
>won, nor has he ever entered, a cycling competition.
>
>"He has guts, that's all. He's not the brightest guy, but
>at least he tried," Mr. Paris offered.
>
>The New Jersey native may be down, but not out---
>
>"I'm applying for a passport and am doing leg exercises to
>fix the cramps. About the only thing I can't seem to work
>out is this Atlantic Ocean business. I'd take a boat and
>just cycle around the deck, but it seems like cheating."
>
>Vinny Badabing is no stranger to art of quitting. His
>attempts last year to dig a hole to China, were likewise
>scrapped after digging only a few feet.
>
>
>[In case it wasn't clear from the above, Vinny is a
>professional comedian. See http://badabing.cheeb.com/ for
>lines like "MY dreams are usually filled with visions of
>food .... I only had one nightmare in my life. I dreamt
>that all the mozzarella in the world had been replaced by
>Kraft American cheese. I still get shudders just thinking
>about it."]

Tom Keats

In article <aebbd0h991ebuf4e98cgetkve1b4psb0q4@4ax.com>,
MisNomer <misnomer@shaw.ca> writes:
> Thanks for the story!
>
> I seem to recall a TV interviewer talking to someone who
> planned to cycle from Vancouver to Alaska and then rowing
> across the Bering strait to Russia and doing a bicycle
> trip through Siberia. Of course they must have started
> already - anyone hear of this?

Here's a blurb about it:
http://www.vancouvertomoscow.com/articles/oct_judd.php

cheers, Tom

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Misnomer

Thanks Tom! That fellow is quite the adventurer!

take care Liz

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 10:02:43 -0700, tomk2003@hotmail.com
(Tom Keats) wrote:

>Here's a blurb about it:
>http://www.vancouvertomoscow.com/articles/oct_judd.php
>
>
>cheers, Tom

Vinnybadabing

"Garrison Hilliard" <garrison@efn.org> wrote in message news:<40d5226e@news.victoria.tc.ca>...
> "Mike Kruger" <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
> >[In case it wasn't clear from the above, Vinny is a
> >professional comedian.
>
> And an unfunny one at that.

Please, no negative vibes. I'm in training.

~Vinny

http://www.vinnybadabing.com