> Is it possible, do you think, that he doesn't understand either > randonneuring or Star Trek?
Well, you have to know your subject if you are going to make a proper joke. On Jun 8, 5:26 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 14:35 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote: > > > Oh, come now! My antennae quiver with delight when BSNYC (let us bow our > > > heads in wonderment and admiration .... pause ... OK, back to regular > > > garrulousness) pokes fun at something I like. He is just funny. GD vulgar, > > > too, but funny. > > > No so much the poking fun, but the comparison. > > > Even an entry level understanding of cosmology is enough to show Star > > Trek is an absurd impossible fantasy (eg., Paul Davies,'The Eerie > > Silence') . On the other hand, a Rando style bike is arguably as good > > a way to credit card tour as any. > > > If BSNYC wanted to compare Randos to nerds, he should have used nerds > > with nerding after something outside of the realm of fantasy, such as > > amateur astronomers or birders. Even trainspotters would have made > > more sense. > > Is it possible, do you think, that he doesn't understand either > randonneuring or Star Trek? > > >From what I can see, there isn't anything even remotely "retro-grouch" > > about randonneurs. They're all about getting the job done. Look at the > high-tech lighting systems if you have any doubt of it. If somebody > confuses the presence of fenders with nostalgia for the past or with a > rejection of modern values, whatever they are, he mustn't ride long > distances in the rain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
