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"why would a reviewer make the point of saying someone's *not* a genius? do you especially think i'm *not* a genius? you didn't even have to think about it, did you?"
"monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.”
"i am secretly afraid of animals.... i think it is because of the usness in their eyes, with the underlying not-usness which belies it, and is so tragic a reminder of the lost age when we human beings branched off and left them: left them to eternal inarticulateness and slavery. why? their eyes seem to ask us."
"we've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of shakespeare. thanks to the internet, we now know this is not true..."
african monkey proverb: "the day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery."
"i'll buy a bunch of monkeys, dress them up, and make them re-enact the civil war"
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i told a funny joke once...
Geodyne says:
Lucky you caught that - that could have been nasty!
Have you taken it for a test run?
monkey_finger says:
i didn'y, because just after i finished fixing them on, it started pissing down. so i went and had a cup of tea instead.
hooray for monkey finger, hooray at last! hooray for monkey finger he's a......
Geodyne says:
I'm trying not to laugh now. Tea - the English answer to everything! ;-)
monkey_finger says:
damn straight - tea has solved many a-conflict in these here parts...
monkey_finger says:
grrrr. don't remind me - many a tea monkey lost his life that day...
backwards lamb says:
tea is the best thing for calming a situation down, i oftern have a cuppa tea when having serious chats (had a lot of tea recently) and it makes me feel really calm and collected. it does make me wee more tho
monkey_finger says:
yeah - tea makes me wee loads too. its a diuretic you see...
hooray for tea!
Im a frequent weeeer, tea does the same to me. Tea is also good when your sick. Monkey finger cant spell diuretic by the way.
paintist says:
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French diuretique, or via late Latin from Greek diour?tikos, from diourein ‘urinate,’ from dia ‘through’ + ouron ‘urine.’
SpoonZ says:
Woo Yay... almost bear traps... I remember getting them in the 80's (Im showing my age) they would take chunks out of your shins when you stuffed up a ramp landing! Oh the joys of childhood :-)
monkey_finger says:
they're pretty hefty alright - they weigh about the same as the bike, and thats saying something, because my bike is a fat bastard.
hildegard says:
Good solid pedals is what any monkey needs to land on... :)
My bike's got bear traps! Got the scarred shins to prove it. Take chunks out a few times & you soon learn. After that, there's no point replacing them as they seem to be completely indestructible...
540air says:
Spoonz - Bear traps? They were ace pedals. We used to file ours into more of a point for better grip, usually meant it gave the pedal a better grip of your shin/skin!!!!
Ah the logic of youth.... :)
mf - How did you manage to ride it on the old pedals? Or spindle really, you must've spent more time slipping off than pedalling!! :)
SpoonZ says:
Yep, Bear traps aint bear traps without bits of skin blood and bone hanging off them :-p
540air says:
Only question left to ask, assuming that you were using them on a BMX rather than a mountain bike, is.... Sun Tour or Hutch? as your shin destroyer of choice :)
monkey_finger says:
540 - didn't slip off once! i don't ride very aggressively - just to the cinema and back usually, and maybe the odd blast around the park...it apparently was about to fall out completely though, which would have been fun
540air says:
Would've been fun, with a big pile of ouch attached probably :)
With the new pedals fitted and the potential they offer, does this mean you'll be hitting the skateparks etc? ;)
monkey_finger says:
i'm afraid its not really that kind of bike - its a big heavy bastard, but i might throw it off some kerbs in a slighty cavalier manner
parabolichobo says:
my pedal of choice for the MTB is the Kona Jackshit, and not just for the name - slightly concave to cup the foot and studded all round with aluminium, er, studs so your feet grip well (and they rip the shin a treat!) I don't think an adjustable wrench will tighten them up sufficiently though, you could be heading for the same problemo, get a proper pedal wrench!
540air says:
Throwing it off some kerbs in a cavalier's uniform would be a most definitely blogworthy event!!
pb - I always found that you don't have to tighten them up with anything more than an adjustable due to them having opposite threads etc? Does that not apply with MTB's?
monkey_finger says:
pb - i tightened them fairly tight - and like i said, its not as if i'm actually going to belt round the woods on this fatboy.
540 - when i get hold of a cavalier uniform, i'll blogging like crazy.
now where would one get hold of such a thing?
540air says:
I reckon a fancy dress hire shop. Might not have a cavalier's outfit, but they'd be bound to have a musketeer type one which would be just as funny :)
monkey_finger says:
excellent - floppy hats are essential cycling wear. pulled down over the helmet, obviously.
FilbertFox says:
can we change the chat back to tea please?
Whats your fav and do you have milk and/or sugar?
I am suprised Spiderbaby hasn't joined in on the tea thing - she is obsessed with it ou know.
swamprose says:
sorry FF, but I am Canadian and tea is only part of the culture. Coffee currently rules. Actually, anything hot in cold weather. Or brandy. Medicinal of course..
m_f--kudos.repairing things is always last on my list.
monkey_finger says:
FF - i like baby tea. lots of milk, two sugars. or a nice earl grey. mmmm
