A short history of the Philly-Toronto rivalry
03-29-07, 03:32 PM
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A short history of the Philly-Toronto rivalry
Not really a rivalry, but one day one of my fellow Philly riders noticed that the Toronto thread had 20,000+ posts while we had a piddly few hundred. And so the talk turned from actually discussing fixed gear bicycling to Philly yet again obsessing about the "other city" that's better than us at something (NY, you hearing this?). So we decided that we would kick up our post frequency, while viciously watering down the content i.e., "We'll never get as many posts as Toronto like this blah blah..."
And then, so Toronto folks find out and start posting on our Philly thread trying to help out. By help out I mean make fun of us. It's all in good fun, and I hereby declare the Toronto crew Officially Awesome. Come on down to Philly anytime you like folks, there's plenty of pretzels for all.
And then, so Toronto folks find out and start posting on our Philly thread trying to help out. By help out I mean make fun of us. It's all in good fun, and I hereby declare the Toronto crew Officially Awesome. Come on down to Philly anytime you like folks, there's plenty of pretzels for all.
03-29-07, 03:35 PM
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Hey Everyone,
I would like to officially declare Luke a traitor. LETS GET EM'
just kidding!
...now get your butt back to the philly thread and start posting!
I would like to officially declare Luke a traitor. LETS GET EM'
just kidding!
...now get your butt back to the philly thread and start posting!
03-29-07, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Just a few things we have going for us that are better up here in Canuckistan.
Our herb is top notch..cheaper and we can burn on the street without fear of the "War on Drugs"
Even our cheapest crappy beer is better than the plonk they pass off as beer. At CMWC the volume was there...just not the quality.
We can ride brakeless without having to worry about health insurance.
I'll see your cheesesteak and raise you a falafel, roti and Burrito Boyz.
And we don't have a leader who is a redneck, right wing wacko....oh wait...we do. As you were.
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03-29-07, 05:52 PM
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Philly should take down Boston first for practice. We'll be cheering you on.
Following that, I think DC is next in line, but beware. Those Pirates play dirty!
Following that, I think DC is next in line, but beware. Those Pirates play dirty!
03-29-07, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by babychris
the pirates all moved to dc fixed, they are nothing. boston is next!
Chris i dig that orange bike of yours.
Cheers
03-29-07, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sweep242
We had the same thing going with the DC kids we killed them & they went away, maybe to a better place? All in good fun.
Chris i dig that orange bike of yours.
Cheers
Chris i dig that orange bike of yours.
Cheers
03-29-07, 08:16 PM
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I want to see some more pics of that panasonic.
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
03-29-07, 08:17 PM
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im trying. im cameraless. well. not cameraless, but very lazy. soon. very soon.
03-29-07, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
Our herb is top notch..cheaper and we can burn on the street without fear of the "War on Drugs"
Back to your regular programming (and I'm feeling very safe at the moment) -- (the TO boys will know what that means).
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
03-29-07, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by babychris
the pirates all moved to dc fixed, they are nothing. boston is next!
03-29-07, 09:10 PM
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dcfixed gets a lot of posts.
and since i am a pirate moved back to philly, i will help us play dirty.
and since i am a pirate moved back to philly, i will help us play dirty.
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Ill Mitch, your sig totally needs to be "Fast and Danger"
03-29-07, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
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03-29-07, 09:38 PM
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Or they have a "special" relationship.
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
03-29-07, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by cavit8
Or they have a "special" relationship.
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my memories of philly:
having a tire thrown at my friend and i because we wandered across the wrong street at 3am.
getting caught w my pants down (couldnt find a bathroom) and trying to appologize as pee trickled past my feet.
a charming man that thought the cops ought to bash my head in for participating in a demo.
trying to explain to some well-intentioned university students that the image on their placard resembled the hitler salute.
drinking a 40 from a paper bag on some doorstep... or maybe that was in chicago?
good times!
having a tire thrown at my friend and i because we wandered across the wrong street at 3am.
getting caught w my pants down (couldnt find a bathroom) and trying to appologize as pee trickled past my feet.
a charming man that thought the cops ought to bash my head in for participating in a demo.
trying to explain to some well-intentioned university students that the image on their placard resembled the hitler salute.
drinking a 40 from a paper bag on some doorstep... or maybe that was in chicago?
good times!
