My wife is against this
01-23-12, 09:38 PM
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My wife is against this
I saw this jersey, it fits because I do ride a 29's, and it has no suspension.
But for some reason, she does't like it.
What say you fine fellows?
But for some reason, she does't like it.
What say you fine fellows?
01-23-12, 09:48 PM
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Don't buy one for her when you buy yours. 
01-23-12, 10:01 PM
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It's maybe exaggerated by 24 inches. 
01-23-12, 10:29 PM
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That shirt could be referring to my right leg after I had the knee replaced.
01-23-12, 10:57 PM
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01-23-12, 11:03 PM
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Hmmm... that totally describes my winter ride.... er, yeah I didn't mean it exactly that way....
I might have to order one of those!
I might have to order one of those!
01-24-12, 06:10 AM
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Put the decimal point back in the number.
01-24-12, 06:46 AM
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Where To Draw The Line
Several things come to mind:
- not particularly clever
- we want our wives to endorse our riding, no need to create an irritant
- why offend some stranger over a joke?
- pick your real battles - there are certain things to die for - this ain't one of them
So, I'd pass on this shirt. Get one with the Lion of Flanders on it and use it as a conversation starter...
Good luck.
Phil
- not particularly clever
- we want our wives to endorse our riding, no need to create an irritant
- why offend some stranger over a joke?
- pick your real battles - there are certain things to die for - this ain't one of them
So, I'd pass on this shirt. Get one with the Lion of Flanders on it and use it as a conversation starter...
Good luck.
Phil
01-24-12, 07:24 AM
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Huh, I wonder why?
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01-24-12, 07:36 AM
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If I get the Fargo this summer, I'm buying one of these jerseys.
01-24-12, 08:01 AM
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It's a cute joke. But do you really want to spend all that money on a punchline?
Do what my mother had me do as a youth. Wait a month and see if you still want it.
Do what my mother had me do as a youth. Wait a month and see if you still want it.
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01-24-12, 09:31 AM
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Several things come to mind:
- not particularly clever
- we want our wives to endorse our riding, no need to create an irritant
- why offend some stranger over a joke?
- pick your real battles - there are certain things to die for - this ain't one of them
So, I'd pass on this shirt. Get one with the Lion of Flanders on it and use it as a conversation starter...
Good luck.
Phil
- not particularly clever
- we want our wives to endorse our riding, no need to create an irritant
- why offend some stranger over a joke?
- pick your real battles - there are certain things to die for - this ain't one of them
So, I'd pass on this shirt. Get one with the Lion of Flanders on it and use it as a conversation starter...
Good luck.
Phil
01-24-12, 10:19 AM
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I think it's pretty imaginative and funny. Some folks have no sense of humor. Personally I wouldn't wear it, but that doesn't mean it isn't funny. And I doubt the OP really wants this anyway. Lighten up folks! And besides I'm half rigid:
01-24-12, 10:36 AM
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Life is much to short to take seriously.
01-24-12, 10:38 AM
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Have Fun with your bike and jerseys...
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01-24-12, 10:50 AM
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my (female) reaction: poor taste/lacks class/not even clever.
normally I say "hi" to other cyclists I see, but not with a stranger wearing that type of jersey.
normally I say "hi" to other cyclists I see, but not with a stranger wearing that type of jersey.
01-24-12, 10:52 AM
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I've recently developed a theory that men have a mental age marker of approximately age 13.
We use education and life experience to camouflage that we've actually stalled our fundamental guiding principles at the age of 13. Some men hide it better than others, but we're all really just 13 year old men.
Women; however, continue to develop through their whole life.
So yeah, my 13 year old mind thinks the shirt is funny.
We use education and life experience to camouflage that we've actually stalled our fundamental guiding principles at the age of 13. Some men hide it better than others, but we're all really just 13 year old men.
Women; however, continue to develop through their whole life.
So yeah, my 13 year old mind thinks the shirt is funny.
01-24-12, 10:57 AM
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And it explains why women don't like the 3 Stooges.
All I have to say is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs
All I have to say is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs
01-24-12, 11:14 AM
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1) Husbands and wives don't always agree. Fact of life.
2) The reference to length is sooo far from reality, even for those with delusions of grandeur, that I see the jersey as innocuous, IMO. One (esp a female) might take offense at first site but, 29 inches??? Really!!?? I think that it's "too far out there" to be offensive.
2) The reference to length is sooo far from reality, even for those with delusions of grandeur, that I see the jersey as innocuous, IMO. One (esp a female) might take offense at first site but, 29 inches??? Really!!?? I think that it's "too far out there" to be offensive.