Seriously, even Raleigh can't get it right.
03-28-11, 09:10 AM
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Seriously, even Raleigh can't get it right.
Idiocracy?
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03-28-11, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
Idiocracy?
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03-28-11, 09:29 AM
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Idiology, it's not just an ideology any more.
03-28-11, 10:11 AM
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I don't see the problem. But you shouldn't be surprised by that either.
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03-28-11, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by -holiday76
But you shouldn't be surprised by that either.
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03-28-11, 10:21 AM
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Just wait until it cracks on you before the stop sign at the bottom of a 50 mph descent.
03-28-11, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd
We're not, holiday "what's proofreading" 76.
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03-28-11, 10:29 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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You guys have it all wrong. That's a special tool to brake free a stuck seat post.
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Reminds me of these Phil Wood products:
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Originally Posted by -holiday76
actually it's holiday "whats profreading" 76, think you.
03-28-11, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand Bois
You just made it worse. "What's is a contraction for "what is". "Whats" is not a word.
03-28-11, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand Bois
You just made it worse. "What's is a contraction for "what is". "Whats" is not a word.
03-28-11, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand Bois
You just made it worse. "What's is a contraction for "what is". "Whats" is not a word.
believe it or not I actually am aware of what a contraction is and how they're* used. To deliver babies.
* they were, right?
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03-28-11, 11:58 AM
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It's one of those late-era Nottingham products.
Truth in labeling! Pull on that lever and it will immediately break.
Truth in labeling! Pull on that lever and it will immediately break.
03-28-11, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by -holiday76
that was kinda the point...
believe it or not I actually am aware of what a contraction is and how they're* used. To deliver babies.
* they were, right?
believe it or not I actually am aware of what a contraction is and how they're* used. To deliver babies.
* they were, right?
* Let is, right?
03-28-11, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JunkYardBike
Let's* not belabor the point, okay?
* Let is, right?
* Let is, right?
* you f()cker, right?
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03-28-11, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Amesja
"Let us"
03-28-11, 12:07 PM
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OH now I see it! it took awhile I was looking at the XXXXXXXXXXX not the XXXXXXXXXX ( just incase Holiday is still perplexed)
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03-28-11, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by -holiday76
you're* absolutely correct.
* you f()cker, right?
* you f()cker, right?
03-28-11, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
OH now I see it! it took awhile I was looking at the XXXXXXXXXXX not the XXXXXXXXXX ( just incase Holiday is still perplexed)
* does nat?
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Perfectly seriously, I don't know what the black thing in the bag is, and being told it's a "break lever" does not clue me in.
03-28-11, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rhm
Perfectly seriously, I don't know what the black thing in the bag is, and being told it's a "break lever" does not clue me in.
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