52telecaster

I've actually done that.

smontanaro 

Sure. Whatcha supposed to do when your coffee is in your left hand? 🤷‍♂️

52telecaster

And coffee is life!

Chuckk

Here's a funny one from Texas:
Left turn - left arm out to the left
Right turn - left arm up at the elbow or right arm out to the right
I heard that a big reason for the alternate right turn was that motorists unfamiliar with hand signals were misinterpreting the raised left arm.

madpogue 

Right arm out to the right wouldn't work well when the turn signals on my truck go out. Maybe for Stretch Armstrong.....

Robvolz 

markwesti

mountaindave 

Subscribed

mountaindave 

I can’t believe nobody mentioned Kickstand Comics. I’ve been accused of “life imitating art,” but I promise, my condition started long before I found the comics…


I’ve read the entire series at least a couple times. Works well as bedtime reading.

Chuckk

Weight Weenies and Cycling Snobs:

Chuckk

And probably one of the best series ever, Kickstand Cyclery's Yehuda Moon:
https://yehudamoon.com/chapter/comics/

bulgie 

gearbasher

After just getting married the woman says; "Now that we're married, you need to get rid of some bikes."
He replies: "You sound just like my ex-wife."
She says: "I didn't know you were married before!"
He says; "I wasn't."

Hondo6

Dunno about that. Google indicates that there have been a number reported instances of people burning themselves doing exactly that. Given legal climates in many places, I can see a firm's legal advisor saying "put a warning about that on the label to cover our azz, liability-wise".

FWIW: the most famous reported such incident - that of MLB Hall of Famer John Smoltz supposedly burning himself while ironing a shirt he was wearing at the time - is vehemently disputed by Smoltz.

The fact that the warning being real is plausible is IMO both funny and sad at the same time. And some of the labels in this article lead me to believe that, well, yeah: it's entirely plausible. Check out the "Rowenta Irons" warning!

As the late Robert A. Heinlein once put it: "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

bulgie 

Reminds me of "I got a Paramount for my wife, it was a pretty good trade."

Sexist, stupid, lame... but funny.

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bulgie 

Wow that's an impressive compilation. Reminds me of "Step Right Up" by Tom Waits. A few selected lyrics (if that's too much to read all, just skip down to the last 3 lines, priceless!):.
Apologies for straying off-topic. I'll be strictly on topic from now on, honest.

madpogue 

Just look at those julienne fries!

(But wait, there's more....)

madpogue 

^^^^^^ NSFW alert (please to notify next time.....)

Hondo6

IMO posting images that might be interpreted as being sexually suggestive, or somehow otherwise NSFW, is probably not a "good thing". Maybe post a link - along with a "possibly NSFW" warning - instead.

Some people may view this site at their workplace during a break. And these days many HR departments have zero sense of humor about things they deem NSFW being viewed on company IT equipment.

bulgie 

jackbombay

In my defence the only 650b conversion I have ever done was from 650a, not from 700c.

gearbasher

Is the sign in the upper left misspelled? Or is it a joke / reference that I'm not getting?

mountaindave 

How many of us have done this?

1989Pre 

First, I'd like to offer you a "quality bicycle" for five bucks:

Then, it gets better. no. Not free shipping. Free SHOPPING!