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I already e-mailed the link to the LAB (League of American Bicyclists).
There are more cyclists out there now on the roads (gas prices etc...) and it is going to get tough for the ones who aren't as educated on proper cycling (like the hybrid riders... the ones who go from sidewalk to road). But at leasts it will increase the number of people seeing cyclists on the road! I hope that the LAB gets on this station since I live here in St. Louis and don't need some bozo in a F-150 trying to play chicken with me.
Keep Cycling!
Jeff
This cr@p gets tiresome, but this DJ will probably merely reply that you aren't intelligent enough to understand his witty and sophisticated satire. That is essentially what Rick Roberts told us in San Diego.
Blackberry
06-05-06, 09:13 PM
For what it's worth, I emailed his boss and said if any other minority group were treated that way the jock would be fired. I suggested that would be a fine thing to do in this case as well.
dont worry if its an F-150 im sure it will break down before it gets to you :P
buzzman
06-05-06, 09:51 PM
dont worry if its an F-150 im sure it will break down before it gets to you :P
or run out of gas.
or run out of gas.
That is a good one!
Very true!
JJ
For what it's worth, I emailed his boss and said if any other minority group were treated that way the jock would be fired. I suggested that would be a fine thing to do in this case as well.
Thanks!
Jeff
This cr@p gets tiresome, but this DJ will probably merely reply that you aren't intelligent enough to understand his witty and sophisticated satire. That is essentially what Rick Roberts told us in San Diego.
It does. However I think it must be at least vocalized or addressed that way people know that there ARE cyclists out there who give a rip. I posted it since I live in St. Louis and think others would like to know about it and others may be moving to the area and want to post a comment to the radio station. This is my other family I belong to (bikeforums).
Keep Cycling!
Jeff
EnigManiac
06-06-06, 07:11 AM
Below is a copy of the letter I have sent to the station manager:
Good morning,
I learned this morning of the disturbing remarks Mr. Miklasz recently espoused on his program that incited violence and death to cyclists with considerable dismay. While I appreciate humour as much as any other intelligent person, even wry, satirical, witty humour, there are usually elements of cleverness that distinguish such remarks as humour as opposed to the frustrated rantings of an misguided elitist frustrated that he can not and does not enjoy the freedom and positive lifestyle most cyclists enjoy.
As an advocate for safe cycling in the city of Toronto (Ontario, Canada), I am meeting with the Chairman of the Toronto Bike Committee next week and will be raising this issue with him wherein I intend to secure his support in suspending any and all appropriate relationships Toronto may share with the city of St. Louis, considering that our Mayor is very pro-bicycle and an environmentalist. The safety and security of ordinary citizens: fathers, mothers, children, uncles, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles should not be at risk for the sake of a cheap and juvenile laugh. I am confident Mayor David Miller will concur.
Freedom of speech is something to be valued, but tempered comments can still be expressed when making a point, valid or otherwise, and I wouldn't call for the restriction of freedom of speech, mere responsibility when exercising it. If Mr. Miklasz were to issue a sincere on-air apology as well as published apologies in your local papers, the matter will be considered resolved.
Thank you, in advance.
CyLowe97
06-06-06, 07:16 AM
Is Miklasz still the main sports columnist for the Post-Dispatch? He's always been a fat pud.
Sports media that require their opinion (i.e., columnists and sports talk radio) always seem to come up with stupid and ignorant things to say so that they can get a reaction. The medium is so saturated with fat-heads these days that to get any reaction they have to go further and further with the extreme stupidity. It's the product of boredom and a slow news day as much as anything. That does not excuse such inane and dangerous suggestion.
Ever notice that sports talk guys and sports columnists tend to be overweight? That has something to do with their attitudes like advocating injuring cyclists, as they despise what they cannot achieve, such as riding a bike for good health and recreation.
Is Miklasz still the main sports columnist for the Post-Dispatch?The joke is on the Post-Dispatch if he is.
He's always been a fat pud.Tell me about it. I literally cancelled my subscription to the Post 20 years ago because of Miklasz. He has to be the biggest horse's rear end sports writer in the country. To this day I refuse to buy a Post Dispatch because of him. How the mighty have fallen. The Post was once a great newspaper (although, back in the day, I always thought the Globe-Democrat had a better sports page). At one time Miklasz was sports editor. That's when I gave up on the Post. Miklasz is a moron.
These days, all newspapers suck. Shock radio sucks. Who cares what anybody says on a show that has Miklasz's name on it? I don't.
ItsJustMe
06-06-06, 10:39 AM
Isn't incitement of violence against a group a crime? At some point, doesn't the first amendment shield have to come down?
tecpatl4
06-06-06, 10:45 AM
A complaint to the FCC might be useful. Email them at fccinfo@fcc.gov.
EnigManiac
06-06-06, 10:46 AM
This is the response I received just minutes ago from the GM of the station:
We have reviewed the comments made and it was NOT Bernie who made the comment. The person who was responsible will take responsibility for his
actions publicly very soon.
Thank you.
Dave Greene
General Manager
Simmons Media Group
Results Radio 1380 ESPN
Results Radio 1490 WESL
(314) 436-3283
Fax: (314) 275-8308
I-Like-To-Bike
06-06-06, 11:36 AM
Below is a copy of the letter I have sent to the station manager:
Congrats on a well written and responsible letter. Thank you for taking the initiative.
EnigManiac
06-06-06, 11:39 AM
Congrats on a well written and responsible letter. Thank you for taking the initiative.
My pleasure.
bjmiklasz@post-dispatch.com
I haven't listened to it yet, but here is the transcript that is going around. Bill H.
Here's a link to the show archive: the bike comment comes in at 2 hours 21 minutes into the program.
http://archive.streamaudio.com/kslg_am/ber...ow%206-2-06.wma
I listened to the part where Bernie M. says bike riders belong under his car...it is part of a larger segment where people call in or e mail Bernie and tell him and his co-host what "gives them the ass." Here is the transcript from my listening:
Bernie: Adam from his Blackberry e mails. This is a good one. I like this. Adam I'm praising you in advance
Adam's e mail:
"You know what gives me the ass, these people who think they are Lance Armstrong riding their bikes in the middle of the city street like it's their own personal race track. Traffic in both directions must navigate around these people and that really burns my ass."
Bernie: That's a good one, that's a really good one. Whey do these bike riders dress like they're Lance Armstrong? Why? You're not in the Tour de France, you're not even in the Tour de Georgia. You're in Forest Park. Nobody cares.
Other DJ: Respect the bike rider but the bike rider must understand where he belongs on the road..stay to the shoulder
Bernie (speaking at the same time as the other DJ) : Under my car.
Dave Greene
General Manager / Program Director
dave@1380espn.com
How about a grass roots initiative to advocate throwing bicycles at shock jocks?
Az
EnigManiac
06-06-06, 12:39 PM
bjmiklasz@post-dispatch.com
I haven't listened to it yet, but here is the transcript that is going around. Bill H.
Here's a link to the show archive: the bike comment comes in at 2 hours 21 minutes into the program.
http://archive.streamaudio.com/kslg_am/ber...ow%206-2-06.wma
I listened to the part where Bernie M. says bike riders belong under his car...it is part of a larger segment where people call in or e mail Bernie and tell him and his co-host what "gives them the ass." Here is the transcript from my listening:
Bernie: Adam from his Blackberry e mails. This is a good one. I like this. Adam I'm praising you in advance
Adam's e mail:
"You know what gives me the ass, these people who think they are Lance Armstrong riding their bikes in the middle of the city street like it's their own personal race track. Traffic in both directions must navigate around these people and that really burns my ass."
Bernie: That's a good one, that's a really good one. Whey do these bike riders dress like they're Lance Armstrong? Why? You're not in the Tour de France, you're not even in the Tour de Georgia. You're in Forest Park. Nobody cares.
Other DJ: Respect the bike rider but the bike rider must understand where he belongs on the road..stay to the shoulder
Bernie (speaking at the same time as the other DJ) : Under my car.
From your transcript, it certainly sounds as if Bernie's off-the-cuff remark was, indeed, uttered by him, contrary to what the GM has emphatically stated. But, it also sounds as if it was simply an aside, rather than espousing a doctrine wherein motorists target cyclists. Clearly, the shock jock has a juvenile sense of humour, at best, but perhaps no malicious intent.
Of course, I keep picturing the over-weight jock cramming himself into a set of Lance Armstrong shorts and keep envisioning a misshapen sausage wobbling on a bike while five year-olds whiz past him. Why does it matter to him or his pedantic listeners (not all are pedantic, I'm sure, just the pedantic ones :)) what cyclists wear? Why do motorists wear shorts and a muscle-shirt in an air-conditioned car? It doesn't matter nor should it matter what they don't understand, why some cyclists wear lycra shorts.
Someone send the guy a gym pass.
ThatWhichRolls
06-06-06, 04:39 PM
I know it's trite, but just the same...why does nobody ever call during such programming's call-in sections and ask how serious they are about such statements, and in response to continued ass-hattery, suggest something equally ridiculous, i.e. said "jockey" take up the latter half of his title and shed the many layers of disgusting flab which keeps him planted firmly in front of a microphone, or (even more extreme), make a public call for his/her euthanization so as to rid the public at large of their general nuisance?
I know it's trite, but just the same...why does nobody ever call during such programming's call-in sections and ask how serious they are about such statements, and in response to continued ass-hattery, suggest something equally ridiculous, i.e. said "jockey" take up the latter half of his title and shed the many layers of disgusting flab which keeps him planted firmly in front of a microphone, or (even more extreme), make a public call for his/her euthanization so as to rid the public at large of their general nuisance?
Nice try, but these guys have both phone screeners and a delay button that allows them to control the conversations fully.
Here is the latest on this thread. You can read it here:
Blog: Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours: Blog Page
Post: Putting cyclists "under my car"
Link: http://www.rogerkramercycling.org/HTML/2006/06/putting-cyclists-under-my-car.php
Keep Cycling!
Jeff
Keep up the pressure on the station manager, and program manager, the station's owners, and the show's sponsors. Demand a public service announcement on the subject of mutual courtesy and respect for all road users, with an appeal to drive attentively and cautiously. The Rick Roberts show has promised us something along these lines, but we are still waiting for the station to deliver.
I sometimes DO dress like Lance Armstrong, since yellow is highly visible.
Today, Miklasz made this statement about the situation at his online forum at STLToday.com:
The comment was made by Max Leinwand who sat in on the Friday show, as he does most Fridays. He works as a producer and writer and editor for Fox Sports Net.
And he will issue a formal apology when he goes on the air Friday - he will do so at my request. The apology will also be posted on the station web site.
I did not make the statement and did not even hear the comment as it was made. As I said previously, I am running a show in a studio where 5 voices are in the mix. Plus, I am continuously online, checking e- mails.
What I want to know is, who is going to be man enough to apologize to me for falsely attributing the comment to me? Who on these cycling web sites will have the decency to acknowledge that they have made a mistake by erroneously identifying me as the person who made the comment?
I have been contacted by attorneys who are prepared to file suit on my behalf. I do not wish to do that and will dismiss the thought as long as a gentlemany request is fulfilled.
We all make mistakes, and so a formal apology to me will suffice. It would be just as appropriate as me asking Max to apologize for making his regrettable comment. He made the comment in jest, but the remark was out of line and inappropriate nonetheless.
The question I have is: once Max issues his apology at my request, will the leaders of the cycling community who falsely attributed the comment to me display the basic decency of admitting their serious error by offering a gentleman's apology?
As a driver, I always treat cyclists with respect. But I won't stand for false accusations - the lies being told against me.
We'll see who has honor, and who does not.
Keep Cycling!
Jeff
Nice try, but these guys have both phone screeners and a delay button that allows them to control the conversations fully.
Evidently, he claims there is no delay button and he didn't hear the comment because he was busy checking emails. Yeah. How convenient.
Where is the outrage over this Max Leinwad character? He basically made light of killing people. Very funny stuff. And aparently is only coming forward with an apology because his friend Bernie is forcing him to. Nice guy. Maybe we should be calling HIS boss about his completely reprehensible comment and apparent lack of remorse. The whole focus became the honest transcription mistake rather than the validation of aggression toward cyclists by this radio show. You should have read the comments on Bernie Miklasz's forum on the Post-Dispatch forum. It just makes me sick. What a lose-lose situation for both motorists and cyclists.
http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=363545&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
Does he think the rest of the segment was pro-cycling? Miklasz picked the e-mail and made his own rude comment. He then threatens to sick his lawyers on cyclist if he does not get a formal apology. It all was said on HIS show!
Miklasz: Adam from his Blackberry e-mails. This is a good one. I like this. Adam I'm praising you in advance
Adam's e mail: "You know what gives me the ass, these people who think they are Lance Armstrong riding their bikes in the middle of the city street like it's their own personal race track. Traffic in both directions must navigate around these people and that really burns my ass."
Miklasz: That's a good one, that's a really good one. Why do these bike riders dress like they're Lance Armstrong? Why? You're not in the Tour de France, you're not even in the Tour de Georgia. You're in Forest Park. Nobody cares.
Other DJ: Respect the bike rider but the bike rider must understand where he belongs on the road ... stay to the shoulder
Voice (speaking at the same time as the other DJ) : Under my car.
I guess this is what his listeners find funny, excerpted from his Post-Dispatch forum. Really makes me wonder about who I'm sharing the road with . . .
Post subject: Re: Bernie, Be a man...
Posted: 05 Jun 2006 15:21 pm
If Bernie, in a normal radio voice, says that motorists should intentionally commit murder by running over cyclists, then I do not think that would be too funny. But if on a Friday, during a light-hearted show, someone says a cyclist does not belong on the road, and someone else says a bicyclist belong underneath a car's front tire, or something to that effect, than that is funny and should be laughed at and then dismissed as a joke.
<snip>
Post subject: Re: Bernie, Be a man...
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 10:27 am
Motorists become violent when all the Armstrongs want to ride on Clayton road during morning and afternoon rush hour. It's nice they have the day off but why be a pain to those who have to trek back and forth to work.To top it off they want to ride in the street but not stop for lights.I almost hit one that ran a redlight at Clayton and 141 and at the moment i almost wish I had.
<snip>
Post subject: Re: Bernie, Be a man...
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 10:40 am
. . . took a curve too close to a cyclist 20 yrs ago in washington park in chicago. at the next stop light he got off his bike, started screaming at me, and knocked the side mirror off my car with his bare hands. pretty impressive display actually. but if i knew who that guy was, or where he lived, i definitely would have run over him with my car in the proper way, then backed up over him a couple of times to make sure i finished him off. then i would have blamed it all on him when the police showed up.
<snip>
Post subject: Re: Bernie, Be a man...
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 10:59 am
Check out this website.
It has their training schedule for when and where they'll be. Anyone interested in picking up a few bonus points should hunt them down. We can make it a competition!
Michigander
06-06-06, 10:17 PM
dont worry if its an F-150 im sure it will break down before it gets to you :P
Amuzing comment, but Ford trucks are incredibly reliable. Most old trucks on the road are fords. Ford cars on the other hand are ****.
On the actual subject of the thread, you can't let this form of stupidity bother you. Anybody who takes this sort of commentary seriously is a lost cause anyway, and for other people its just humorus nosense. There are much worse things going on in this country and abroad as a result of this country's ignorance that deserve attention exponentially more than trivial gibberish like this.
Yeah I have to agree not to get so worked up, I cant belive it became a matter of possible law suits.
Radio DJ's are paid to do a job, its there job to be funny and bring in ratings. Somtimes they just do there job abit too well... Our funniest local DJ here did so many crazy things it was unbelivale he got into trouble numerous times and was known to have quite a mouth when it came to saying what he wanted on air. But I knew him personaly and when he was not on the show he was a diffrent man and very polite.
Think of them as actors playing a role, when then are on air thats there stage. Besides everybody has the freedom of speech and should be allowed to say what they want, its up to you (the listener) to eather find the comedy in it, or not take offense to it if its not somthing you find funny.
dont worry if its an F-150 im sure it will break down before it gets to you :P
I say that as a joke thus the ":P" at the end, I even went to go edit it out just thinking it might start some sort of car war, but the forum server was dying on me and it wouldnt let me.
But wow, just personal experience every ford we have had (cars) had so many problems, my girl had her uncle pick out a car for her to buy since we needed a car to get our baby around and for her to go to work it ended up being a nice looking ford (contore I think) and I swear to you that car has been the worst!
Odometer/Trip broke within the first week
swich for the AC fried out
passenger front window motor went out
IAC and O2 sensor had to be replaced
All this was within like the first few weeks, it still has some major problems with it and I have put more into parts than she spent on it !
My S-10 truck on the other hand after having it for 4 years has got a tune up and a new clutch when I bought it because the previous owner had nearly burned it out.
Not all fords are crap, but I personaly will never buy one Chevy has been to good to me.
CommuterRun
06-07-06, 03:38 AM
I don't understand why there's even a market for talk radio. It's all the same sophomoric junk, doesn't matter who the host/DJ is.
ItsJustMe
06-07-06, 06:18 AM
Not all fords are crap, but I personaly will never buy one Chevy has been to good to me.
We're on our 5th and 6th Ford cars. The only problem we had was that the old Contours had crap suspensions and we went through front suspension parts like candy; they were overloaded Escorts, basically, and were really a bad idea.
Other than that one car, we've bought them new, changed the oil, bought new tires as needed, and driven them > 100K each with zero service and zero problems. Meanwhile, the guy in the next cube over at work, who has a Chevy car, is on the phone AT LEAST once a month arranging the next $500 in service for his car. I honestly think that most car problems are caused by people driving like animals. I treat my cars very gently and they last me forever for practically zero cost. He drives like a beast and it costs him $5000+ a year in repairs to do so.
I mainly avoid Chevy cars because I find them hideously ugly, but that's obviously a matter of opinion. At least they're not PT Cruisers :p
CyLowe97
06-07-06, 06:29 AM
Today, Miklasz made this statement about the situation at his online forum at STLToday.com:
What I want to know is, who is going to be man enough to apologize to me for falsely attributing the comment to me? Who on these cycling web sites will have the decency to acknowledge that they have made a mistake by erroneously identifying me as the person who made the comment?
I have been contacted by attorneys who are prepared to file suit on my behalf. I do not wish to do that and will dismiss the thought as long as a gentlemany request is fulfilled.
We all make mistakes, and so a formal apology to me will suffice. It would be just as appropriate as me asking Max to apologize for making his regrettable comment. He made the comment in jest, but the remark was out of line and inappropriate nonetheless.
The question I have is: once Max issues his apology at my request, will the leaders of the cycling community who falsely attributed the comment to me display the basic decency of admitting their serious error by offering a gentleman's apology?
As a driver, I always treat cyclists with respect. But I won't stand for false accusations - the lies being told against me.
We'll see who has honor, and who does not.
...so.... who are these attorneys going to sue? Some crackpots on the internet?
I'm glad he can force an apology out of his loyal sidekick.
If Miklasz didn't make the statements and I was misinformed, then I will surely retract any comments regarding his attitude toward cyclists. I am human enough to admit when I get caught up in a frenzy and that I was incorrect.
A person of media presence like Miklasz can do a great service by reaching his listeners and readers with a pointed message regarding cyclist/motorist interaction and respect. I'm afraid that's not the direction this is going, though
Still, the e-mail responses posted in response are grossly disturbing. Especially this one:
Post subject: Re: Bernie, Be a man...
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 10:59 am
Check out this website.
It has their training schedule for when and where they'll be. Anyone interested in picking up a few bonus points should hunt them down. We can make it a competition!
That's just chilling.
Apparently the Missouri State Bar Exam isn't too difficult to pass. (And just for the record, I want to state that I am a Zabriskiewannabe.)
JohnBrooking
06-07-06, 05:32 PM
Ever notice that sports talk guys and sports columnists tend to be overweight?
Something about the more you talk about it... ? ;)
0_emissions :=)
06-07-06, 05:37 PM
I don't understand why there's even a market for talk radio. It's all the same sophomoric junk, doesn't matter who the host/DJ is.
+1, JIM ROME SHOULD BE THE KING OF THIS BULL****-WHAT A CLOWN.
My biggest pet peeve with bicyclists is when they destroy the environment by not getting out of the way, causing huge numbers of cars to back up and use more gas and spew more emissions. When possible, bicyclists should pull over and let the backed-up vehicles pass. Some "critical mass holes" deliberately block traffic, taking up all lanes, causing enormous extra oil consumption and harmful emissions.
It's also bad when bicyclists speed through stop signs and red lights. Few things cause more road rage against innocent bicyclists than the bad cyclists that want the rights to use roadways without the responsibilities. Cyclists caught breaking traffic laws should be ticketed as if they were in a car. Naturally a "St. Louis stop" of say, under 5 MPH, shouldn't be a problem, but some go through at 20 MPH or more.
If the "spandex geeks" and "critical mass holes" behaved better, there might be fewer attacks on the good cyclists. Of course many drivers will be hostile toward cyclists no matter what, as they're intimidated by the superior people who don't drive.
I find it hard to believe that this is part of the same IMC post in which the radio DJ is criticized.
trackhub
06-07-06, 06:15 PM
Former LAB Exec Director said it best: "Fight speech with speech". Of course, this is problematic when you're dealing with genetic defectives who make statements such as the one made on this radio program.
Can't say I'm surprised. This happens every year at about this time, April to July, when most cyclists take to the road.
Cynical satire? I'd like to say something of a cynical, satirical nature about grossly overweight, loud-mouthed, low-IQ knuckledraggers who somehow land in the sports-broadcasting field. But I just can't think of anything to say.
If memory serves me correctly, there was "a termination at the market level", after the LAB confronted the management of Clear Channel some time back.
An observation: the basic design of cycling shorts and jerseys has been around for a long time, more than 100 years. OK, so they didn't have lycra back then. (the shorts were made of wool and had real chamois, the shoes were made of horsehide) but the basic design has not changed a heck of a lot.
So, what is it about cycling clothes that seems to cheese off so many Americans, where as those totaly absurd golf outfits are acceptable? I mean really, have you seen some of the outfits those old coots on the links are wearing? Some of those guys look like they should be applying for a job with Ringling Brothers. (Now, that is meant in satire, of course. )
Former LAB Exec Director said it best: "Fight speech with speech".
Great idea... now if I could just get one of those DJs to give me their microphone for 10 minutes...
:eek:
sbhikes
06-07-06, 07:01 PM
Jeez, did it ever occur to anybody that these people in their Lance Armstrong outfits going as fast as they can down the center of the lane might just be ordinary people late for work?
That's the thing that bugs me. The assumption that riding your bike on the road is "play time" while driving is "official important business."
I find it hard to believe that this is part of the same IMC post in which the radio DJ is criticized.
I was floored by that one too. "Cyclists destroying the environment"? by "backing up cars"??? He canNOT be serious. How bizarre.
trackhub
06-08-06, 05:55 AM
Great idea... now if I could just get one of those DJs to give me their microphone for 10 minutes...
:eek:
That's what I mean by saying that it's problematic. They (the so-called "shock jocks") are the ones broadcasting from inside a closed studio, inside a secured office building, behind a microphone and a 50 kilowatt commercial transmitter. It's amazing how much courage these guys have when they're inside a secured office building, isn't it?
The best things have already been done in this case: people have written to station management, the LAB, local cycling groups, and (most importantly) the sponsors of that program. (the ones who pay the bills and salaries.)
Jeez, did it ever occur to anybody that these people in their Lance Armstrong outfits going as fast as they can down the center of the lane might just be ordinary people late for work?
That's the thing that bugs me. The assumption that riding your bike on the road is "play time" while driving is "official important business."
I actually had a motorist tell me I was "slowing" them down because I was stopped at a stop light. They couldn't get around me. I don't mind holding them up because the sensor will not register me! I told her I was riding to work to. The mentality (mostly) is that we are riding for recreation (sadly)
Keep Cycling!
Jeff
I was attacked by a motorist while stopped at a red light because I didn't move over and let him make right turn on red. It's a no win situation. They don't like us for running lights. They don't like us when we stop for them. I think the conclusions is basically they don't like us.
Jeez, did it ever occur to anybody that these people in their Lance Armstrong outfits going as fast as they can down the center of the lane might just be ordinary people late for work?
That's the thing that bugs me. The assumption that riding your bike on the road is "play time" while driving is "official important business."
+1 to you from myself and the other daily commuters, sbhikes.
ThatWhichRolls
06-08-06, 01:58 PM
What I want to know is, who is going to be man enough to apologize to me for falsely attributing the comment to me? Who on these cycling web sites will have the decency to acknowledge that they have made a mistake by erroneously identifying me as the person who made the comment?
And my response would be, "Why no-one, sir. Your response to uproar over an inflammatory, killing-advocating comment made on *your* show, during a segment where you yourself bad-mouthed *all* cyclists, is more dick-waving and braggartry? Why, this constitutes no apology at all --not even the most feeble imitation of one! Your lack of sincerity is astonishing, and I'm contacting your program's sponsors. Thusly, when you find yourself upon the streets, I shall welcome you into my bathroom to dine upon my finest leavings."
Well, okay. A succint "blow me" would probably do just as well. ;)
Tom Stormcrowe
06-08-06, 02:07 PM
I sometimes DO dress like Lance Armstrong, since yellow is highly visible.
Same here!http://www.aquarienforum.de/forum/images/smilies/kommmalherfreundchen.gif
I can't understand why idiots say the things they do either!http://users.telenet.be/eforum/emoticons4u/mad/1106.gif
Man, these new smiley icons are fun!http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7355/00173ev.gif
Jeez, did it ever occur to anybody that these people in their Lance Armstrong outfits going as fast as they can down the center of the lane might just be ordinary people late for work?
That's the thing that bugs me. The assumption that riding your bike on the road is "play time" while driving is "official important business."
Obviously not "ordinary people," no suit and tie involved... :rolleyes: Wonder if I wear a tie with my jersey... will it change the view motorists have of me?
Funny thing is I commuted with a Dr. for a couple of years. This guy refused to wear a helmet... he was from France and thought our helmet obsessions were just silly. But there we were, both were in our "clown suits," two professionals, simply on our way to our jobs, just like everyone else. That whole image just seems to go right past most motorists and especially the brain dead shock jocks.
cudak888
06-08-06, 05:41 PM
Wonder if I wear a tie with my jersey... will it change the view motorists have of me?
Heh - I'm trying to imagine that. :p
Bow tie, perhaps, for all who wish to indirectly parody Tucker Carlson...
-Kurt
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