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Old 07-14-08, 09:20 PM
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What my hanging bike reminds me of...

...every time I see it. Must have taken too many art appreciation classes.
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I think so too.
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This is an actual shot of my bike hanging in the garage...


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too many meds.
I see Lucy in Sky....
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Originally Posted by BengeBoy
This is an actual shot of my bike hanging in the garage...
that one of them there recumbients?
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So everytime you see it you are reminded that it is time for some wine, cheese, and bread?

I can dig it as I am a wino who has a biking problem.
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I dunno... your bike doesn't look like a dead duck to me.

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Originally Posted by bobbycorno
I dunno... your bike doesn't look like a dead duck to me.

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It is not a dead duck- the correct term would be "Game" as I presume that it is a wild Duck. Same as your bike- I wouldn't be wild if I hung up there too long- I would be livid.
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Picasso was inspired by the bicycle. He created this bull's head from a saddle and a set of handlebars.
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Paging Dr. Rorschach.
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Originally Posted by TruF
...every time I see it. Must have taken too many art appreciation classes.
Nope. I don't see it. It needs pie in the foreground.
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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil
Hey Tom,

The link to your picture is dead. I'll bet it was pithy.
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Originally Posted by BengeBoy
This is an actual shot of my bike hanging in the garage...

Uh...
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Originally Posted by TruF
Hey Tom,

The link to your picture is dead. I'll bet it was pithy.
Tom is full of pith.
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
Nope. I don't see it. It needs pie in the foreground.
How's this?

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Originally Posted by Jet Travis
Tom is full of pith.
Yeth, he thertainly ith.
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Originally Posted by The Weak Link
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Tru, you don't park your bikes in the house?
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Originally Posted by TruF
Hey Tom,

The link to your picture is dead. I'll bet it was pithy.
Darn!

Here's another take on it ...
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Ew, ew, ew! Not nearly as romantic as game hanging in a 15th Century farmhouse.
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Originally Posted by TruF
Ew, ew, ew! Not nearly as romantic as game hanging in a 15th Century farmhouse.
Well, at least the side of beef is better than this Caravaggio, which is the first thing I thought of after seeing your original post combining hanging meat and art appreciation...

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I suppose I need a little R & R.

When I saw the title of the thread, I envisioned a gallows, a noose, and a lifeless bike suspended by a rope around its headset. I wondered what the bike had done to deserve such an ignominious end. Hell hath no fury...

OK, then I opened the thread. What a relief!
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