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Old 03-23-15, 03:51 PM
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A stoner's guide to bike nomenclature

This has probably come around before, and I know some don't find it funny, but some will.

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Lol!
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That's funny!


"Jawn" is a Philly thing, right?
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Is that the way dope smokers really talk?
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Originally Posted by Lazyass
Is that the way dope smokers really talk?
no. we call a stem a stem.
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This is fabulous. Thank you.
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Hey man... You guys say dope smoker like its a bad thing. God put all the land and sea bearing plants on earth for man to use... And on a much more serious note, can you really smoke out of the seat pipe... Or are you guys pulling my leg? Lol jk don't smoke dope. I'm paranoid enough riding through traffic!
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The Brits have their own bike language too....
Like "Gear Mechanism and Chainset"....and "Campag".... and "Seat pin"....... Not all of which sounds that good......are they mostly stoners too??
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How many hippies do you see with glaucoma? Stuff must be working?
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Reminds me of some wheels I recently purchased that had a distinctly green, leafy smell to them.
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Originally Posted by 72Paramount
Hey man... You guys say dope smoker like its a bad thing.
I didn't use a disparaging word!
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Originally Posted by Henry III
How many hippies do you see with glaucoma? Stuff must be working?
Only the ones with the sense not to drive while high on THC.
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Originally Posted by John E
Only the ones with the sense not to drive while high on THC.
Only two things I won't do while high on THC.

Let's see...what were they?
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Originally Posted by Chombi
The Brits have their own bike language too....
Like "Gear Mechanism and Chainset"....and "Campag".... and "Seat pin"....... Not all of which sounds that good......are they mostly stoners too??
Try reading a Brit car service manual.... too funny! A sedan is a saloon, the lights are the lamps, the trunk is the boot, the top is the hood, the hood is the bonnet, the fenders are wings, the bumpers are parking guards or fenders, the windshield is the screen, the hood ornament is the mascot, the tires are tyres, the left is the "on" side and the right is the "off" side, there is the plinth and the escutcheon.. it goes on and on.
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Originally Posted by Don Marco
That's funny!


"Jawn" is a Philly thing, right?
I'm not sure if it's a philly thing, but I do Know a few people who uses jawn far too often. I think they think it's ironic. It's just stupid.

I sort of half remember jawn being in usage about 20 years ago. I was a nerd...we overused different stupid words. Paradigm was a biggie.
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Originally Posted by eschlwc
no. we call a stem a stem.
And a seed is a seed...as in "Down to..."/

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I caught a plinth once. Had to have it lanced.
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Originally Posted by 72Paramount
Hey man... You guys say dope smoker like its a bad thing. God put all the land and sea bearing plants on earth for man to use... And on a much more serious note, can you really smoke out of the seat pipe... Or are you guys pulling my leg? Lol jk don't smoke dope. I'm paranoid enough riding through traffic!
One of my co-workers has a picture of himself smoking from a bong made out of a frame, and this diagram pretty much has it right.
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Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake
..we overused different stupid words. Paradigm was a biggie.
Ugh. Still being way over-used, IMO. Along with others that make me want to barf. Such as "closure", and "we need to 'have a conversation' on…"
I could go on. But would probably have to get stoned first.
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As soon as I get an employment offer, I'll be there in a heartbeat.
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Maybe its a stoner's map of Amsterdam coffee shops, in code.
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