Originally Posted by
Ron Damon
I sense you are a learned man, DG. Pontious Pilate got a bum rap for his passing the buck on one minor detention case of a rabble rouser from Nazareth. What only learned men will know is that PP earned his post of Roman governor of the province of Judea on the strength of his accomplishments and service to the Republic, devising the calisthenics training that made the Romans Legions a formidable force on the battlefield. The name of his exercise regime? Pilates, of course!
Of course it's also worth mentioning the exploits of his lesser-known descendant, Pilates of Penzance, who once said,
"I am the very model of a clever folding bicycle
A fraction of the space taken even a children's tricycle
Unfolded I am fleet as a steed at Royal Ascot
As fancy as a Moulton or as humble as a Brompnot
My wheels are small it's true but they spin like upright gyroscopes
My chainrings are large like that diamond named after Bob Hope
My folded size accommodates transport on an aeroplane
Child's play it is to be carried on a subway train
Confounding to thieves that I'm never chained outside
Out in the sun it's always on a long ride
As I said to the clerk when dropping off my recycles
I am the very model of a clever folding bicycle"