NY Press "One Less Fixie" Column
02-16-06, 01:36 PM
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NY Press "One Less Fixie" Column
https://nypress.com/19/7/news&columns/feature.cfm
I didn't particularly like it, but some of you guys might get a kick out of it. And one of you might even be the subject of the article. Heh.
Enjoy.
I didn't particularly like it, but some of you guys might get a kick out of it. And one of you might even be the subject of the article. Heh.
Enjoy.
02-16-06, 01:45 PM
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i always hate it when articles and essays end with some pseudo-witty use of the phrase or word that is the title (or, in this case, the subtitle). it seems so cheap to me.
02-16-06, 01:49 PM
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- so the whole point of the article is: "I was careless, didn't pay attention while cleaning my bike, and almost lost part of a digit." ???
- i guess if he had been in Wood Shop in high school and working on a table saw, the article could have been titled, "One Less Woody" ???
:-)
- i guess if he had been in Wood Shop in high school and working on a table saw, the article could have been titled, "One Less Woody" ???
:-)
02-16-06, 02:06 PM
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wait. so he was in a wheelchair because he got his finger stuck in the chain?
02-16-06, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by brunning
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHQW#IRH#HRAHAHA..........!@#>!@#?!
that's me
that's me
02-16-06, 02:14 PM
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campy hat, yes..... BUT... the article says:
"a dominatrix belt, and an enormous messenger bag that had a patch that read “one less fixie.” The patch was a take on to the bike activism sticker, “one less car,” a movement predominantly filled with bike punks (that look just like him) who ride fixies. During the show, he always seemed to end up in front of me and I couldn’t take my eyes of that “one less fixie” patch. It felt directed at me."
this is untrue! i wore no such belt. that's an exaggeration, and i also stood off to the side for the whole show, up on top of the ice machine, so i could take pictures. the author's "artistic license" is a bunch of lies!
anyway, here's the evidence!
"a dominatrix belt, and an enormous messenger bag that had a patch that read “one less fixie.” The patch was a take on to the bike activism sticker, “one less car,” a movement predominantly filled with bike punks (that look just like him) who ride fixies. During the show, he always seemed to end up in front of me and I couldn’t take my eyes of that “one less fixie” patch. It felt directed at me."
this is untrue! i wore no such belt. that's an exaggeration, and i also stood off to the side for the whole show, up on top of the ice machine, so i could take pictures. the author's "artistic license" is a bunch of lies!
anyway, here's the evidence!
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But it's definitely you? You should be The Smoking Gun to this guy's James Frey.
02-16-06, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by celephaiz
wait. so he was in a wheelchair because he got his finger stuck in the chain?
02-16-06, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by brunning
this is untrue! i wore no such belt. that's an exaggeration, and i also stood off to the side for the whole show, up on top of the ice machine, so i could take pictures. the author's "artistic license" is a bunch of lies!
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Originally Posted by gally99
never been to the ER have you?
02-16-06, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by shants
what sort of belt was it? i mean, could it have been exaggerated to be a "dominatrix" belt? studded or some such?
02-16-06, 03:11 PM
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why is the guy riddled with inferiority issues? so self-imposed..
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hahah that would freaking suck my thumb started to hurt thinking about that. hahahah but this guy sounds pretty funny.and brunning it sounds to me like this guy had the eye for you. he was totally checking you out
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Originally Posted by shants
i always hate it when articles and essays end with some pseudo-witty use of the phrase or word that is the title (or, in this case, the subtitle). it seems so cheap to me.
especially crappy for the writer. it's the editor's job to paraphrase the article wittily in the hed and dek, not just to lift the best line, which in this case was also the payoff. yet another reason why that paper sucks
edit: but the writer is obviously a gigantic ****** so **** him too
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Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
edit: but the writer is obviously a gigantic ****** so **** him too
**** yes, I am glad someone said it
that **** made me vomit all over myself