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this is the best picture i could find...
i am a giant tea bag. the suit is like 4 ft. wide and 5 ft tall. I couldn't fit through doors or hallways over the weekend.
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me and some friends went as a biking viking hoarde. fur and leather loincloth, fur boots to the knee and a real sword which actuall came in handy
someone swerved and acted like they were going to hit us and we yelled at them and we ended up catching up with the car, sword drawn. shouldve seen the look on the guys face. they mumbled something and peeled out and sped off.
**** u-lock justice, its all about justice by the sword.
someone swerved and acted like they were going to hit us and we yelled at them and we ended up catching up with the car, sword drawn. shouldve seen the look on the guys face. they mumbled something and peeled out and sped off.
**** u-lock justice, its all about justice by the sword.
#32
Originally Posted by bmxdan
This was my costume. I was Elliott from ET. ET had the sign during the critical mass bike ride and i rode my chrome bmx. Then later that night i strapped him to my fix and rode to work. Then at work,i strapped him to my pedicab and wore that as a costume all weekend while pedicabbing.




I LOVE IT!!!
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I didn't have a costume, so I just kept telling people I was Kevin Bacon's character from Quicksilver. No one knew what the **** I was talking about (minus one kid who worked in a bike shop).
I could have done it up better if I had more time. All i would need is a black vest/some other eighties garb and the glorious 'stache.
I could have done it up better if I had more time. All i would need is a black vest/some other eighties garb and the glorious 'stache.
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Originally Posted by fischer, max

i know these guys.... for real. i rode little 500 in college & know the real cutters. nice! i sent it to a friend at IU & he said that you should go to bloomington & find out what the cutters are really about.
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thanks thriftcore. it was really fun, and though most people had no idea who we were, the ones who recognized were super excited about it.
a critical detail though: don't forget that pack of cigarettes in your sleeve (the second from the left has it, though it's a little hard to see since he's turned around a la "a hard day's night"). we may as well recognize the high point in dennis quaid's career.
oh yeah, and 3mta3, i seriously doubt you know the "real" cutters since the little 500 doesn't allow non-students to participate. i like the movie, but **** the elitist iu *******s.
a critical detail though: don't forget that pack of cigarettes in your sleeve (the second from the left has it, though it's a little hard to see since he's turned around a la "a hard day's night"). we may as well recognize the high point in dennis quaid's career.
oh yeah, and 3mta3, i seriously doubt you know the "real" cutters since the little 500 doesn't allow non-students to participate. i like the movie, but **** the elitist iu *******s.
#38
Originally Posted by fischer, max
thanks thriftcore. it was really fun, and though most people had no idea who we were, the ones who recognized were super excited about it.
a critical detail though: don't forget that pack of cigarettes in your sleeve (the second from the left has it, though it's a little hard to see since he's turned around a la "a hard day's night"). we may as well recognize the high point in dennis quaid's career.
a critical detail though: don't forget that pack of cigarettes in your sleeve (the second from the left has it, though it's a little hard to see since he's turned around a la "a hard day's night"). we may as well recognize the high point in dennis quaid's career.
OK so I'll bite... could you explain.. I googled cutters but didn't turn up anything... Educate those of us who don't understand.
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the cutters are now a real team for indiana university's little 500 bike race. fiscer,max & friends decided to be the squad from the movie.
the cutters are now a real team for indiana university's little 500 bike race. fiscer,max & friends decided to be the squad from the movie.
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Originally Posted by adampaiva
i am a mother****in snake on a mother****in plane.
might switch it up on tuesday and be chicken noodle soup with soda on the side
might switch it up on tuesday and be chicken noodle soup with soda on the side
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Originally Posted by 3MTA3
morgie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/
the cutters are now a real team for indiana university's little 500 bike race. fiscer,max & friends decided to be the squad from the movie.
the cutters are now a real team for indiana university's little 500 bike race. fiscer,max & friends decided to be the squad from the movie.
if, in reality, some ******bags at iu think it's cool to totally go against the point of that movie by calling themselves cutters, even though they're all students (and therefore the opposite of cutters), then **** them, and really, **** the little 500 in general.
and **** dutret ^uberaliens.
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If i recall, the real "cutters" called themselves something else, but they changed it to cutters for the movie. I'm pretty sure it was discussed in a breaking away thread a few months ago.
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speaking as someone who lived in bloomington, and didn't go to school there, the little 500 race sucks. so hard. it's such a huge party all weekend that they bring in cops from surrounding states (not counties, STATES) to patrol the campus/town. basically, if you ride a bike to commute, you will get stopped by the cops and forced to do a breathalizer. it happened to me 3 times within 4 hours, no joke.
also, did you know that "cutters" was just a nickname they made up for the movie? townies from bloomington were/still are called something else (i won't tell you what, that'd be too easy but i think it was in the breaking away thread), but they thought the real nickname just wasn't right for the script.
in keeping with the post: this is somebody who always has long-ish hair and a very full beard, and is certainly not a skin. best halloween costume i saw this year.
also, did you know that "cutters" was just a nickname they made up for the movie? townies from bloomington were/still are called something else (i won't tell you what, that'd be too easy but i think it was in the breaking away thread), but they thought the real nickname just wasn't right for the script.
in keeping with the post: this is somebody who always has long-ish hair and a very full beard, and is certainly not a skin. best halloween costume i saw this year.
#48
Originally Posted by sivat
If i recall, the real "cutters" called themselves something else, but they changed it to cutters for the movie. I'm pretty sure it was discussed in a breaking away thread a few months ago.








