Quitting Sumo wrestling...
05-24-01, 09:15 AM
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Quitting Sumo wrestling...
Yes, it's true! I'm leaving Sumo wrestling, perhaps for good.
It seems that Sumo wrestling and cycling don't mix after all. After
all these years of cycling to work and other places I needed to go,
I can't keep enough weight on to qualify for a match! Which may be a good thing, because I could get killed! Besides, imagine showing up for a Sumo match with my ribs showing! That would disgrace the whole Sumo wrestling community.
It's really sad, even a little depressing. I can't fit any of my
Sumo thongs anymore. They just fall right off! And my driver's license picture looks like some other person. It's embarrassing
when I write a check and the cashier won't believe that's my picture. Even aside from the picture, my date of birth says, "1959." If that's the right date, where is that 20-year accumulation of "dinner and a movie?" The more I think about it,
the worse it gets.
I'm sorry, I just had to turn somewhere, and you people drew the short straw! Any suggestions? Has this happened to anyone else? I am really getting a little desperate, here!
Your friend,
Pete Clark
former Sumo Champ, Cyclist
It seems that Sumo wrestling and cycling don't mix after all. After
all these years of cycling to work and other places I needed to go,
I can't keep enough weight on to qualify for a match! Which may be a good thing, because I could get killed! Besides, imagine showing up for a Sumo match with my ribs showing! That would disgrace the whole Sumo wrestling community.
It's really sad, even a little depressing. I can't fit any of my
Sumo thongs anymore. They just fall right off! And my driver's license picture looks like some other person. It's embarrassing
when I write a check and the cashier won't believe that's my picture. Even aside from the picture, my date of birth says, "1959." If that's the right date, where is that 20-year accumulation of "dinner and a movie?" The more I think about it,
the worse it gets.
I'm sorry, I just had to turn somewhere, and you people drew the short straw! Any suggestions? Has this happened to anyone else? I am really getting a little desperate, here!
Your friend,
Pete Clark
former Sumo Champ, Cyclist
05-24-01, 09:29 AM
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You can't quit now, Pete! I already had bets down on you in the Worlds and my bookie doesn't give refunds!
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Well Pete, things change, and we have to be prepared to change with them.
Maybe you're right, Sumo and cycling may not be a good fit. To paraphrase Rainman in one of his other posts, I just can't get the image of a Sumo from behind out of my head. And it ain't good!
Just don't go to the other extreme and become a pygmy!
Maybe you're right, Sumo and cycling may not be a good fit. To paraphrase Rainman in one of his other posts, I just can't get the image of a Sumo from behind out of my head. And it ain't good!
Just don't go to the other extreme and become a pygmy!
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05-24-01, 10:30 AM
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Hey Pete,
If you quit, can I have your ~700 posts?
If you quit, can I have your ~700 posts?
05-24-01, 10:41 AM
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Originally posted by Pete Clark
Yes, it's true! I'm leaving Sumo wrestling, perhaps for good.
Yes, it's true! I'm leaving Sumo wrestling, perhaps for good.
05-24-01, 10:44 AM
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Pete, I still think sumo wrestling is more lucrative than cycling...so I am still available to take your posts if needed.
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Originally posted by Pete Clark
I can't fit any of my
Sumo thongs anymore. They just fall right off!
I can't fit any of my
Sumo thongs anymore. They just fall right off!
05-24-01, 11:39 AM
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Hmmmm, I wonder what avitar retired sumo wrestlers use?
05-24-01, 11:53 AM
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Badger,
I hope you are not talking about the guy on the left.
I hope you are not talking about the guy on the left.
05-24-01, 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by Ba-Dg-Er
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
05-24-01, 02:47 PM
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eeehhhhwwww!!!! Okay!! Just becareful Pete!!! LOL
I'm glad, very very glad, This picture doesn't rotate. I can do without the wedgie shot!!! Ha Ha Ha!!!!
I'm glad, very very glad, This picture doesn't rotate. I can do without the wedgie shot!!! Ha Ha Ha!!!!
05-24-01, 05:33 PM
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Oh! My! Gawd!
Ba-Dg-Er,
If Pete's posts double, we will all have to chip in so Joe can afford the website upgrade to handle the volume.
Ba-Dg-Er,
If Pete's posts double, we will all have to chip in so Joe can afford the website upgrade to handle the volume.
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Originally posted by Steele-Bike
Hey Pete,
If you quit, can I have your ~700 posts?
Hey Pete,
If you quit, can I have your ~700 posts?
that's a cruel going away message for somebody who wanted to call it quits..., anyways happy biking to you and happy posting steel bike, welcome to bikeforum...
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Originally posted by RainmanP
Oh! My! Gawd!
Ba-Dg-Er,
If Pete's posts double, we will all have to chip in so Joe can afford the website upgrade to handle the volume.
Oh! My! Gawd!
Ba-Dg-Er,
If Pete's posts double, we will all have to chip in so Joe can afford the website upgrade to handle the volume.
if you will try to read on one of the open topic, "Bikeforum Jersey" if these gets off the ground this site will be self sufficient and we don't have to chip in anything
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05-24-01, 07:20 PM
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Nah, Pete, you can still be a sumo champion. Just use your cycling legs to trip your opponents up (do the rules allow that?) and you'll be OK.
Chris
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Originally posted by Chris L
Nah, Pete, you can still be a sumo champion. Just use your cycling legs to trip your opponents up (do the rules allow that?) and you'll be OK.
Chris
Nah, Pete, you can still be a sumo champion. Just use your cycling legs to trip your opponents up (do the rules allow that?) and you'll be OK.
Chris
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Originally posted by Ba-Dg-Er
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
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05-25-01, 07:21 AM
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Good gollie!!!
That's the funniest thing I seen in a while.
I laughed so hard I cried!
You guys have made my day! ... as usual!
That's the funniest thing I seen in a while.
I laughed so hard I cried!
You guys have made my day!
... as usual!
05-25-01, 08:02 AM
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Originally posted by Ba-Dg-Er
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
Pete Clark's first match since the weight loss maybe?
Most of all, I want to thank Mike Stone, who unknown to most was the one who first introduced me to Sumo wrestling:
https://216.215.238.193/showthread.ph...63%2A#post5563
Thanks forever, Mike!
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