Must... not... reply... You have to know your AUDIENCE to make a proper joke.
Birders and what-have-yous have zero cultural relevance. There are very few stereotypes about bird-watchers. No one would know if the comparison was apt or not, so they wouldn't know if it was funny. If BSNYC likened randonneurs to birders... birders would actually become culturally relevant. <snip own post> I have hypertrophied sense of humor. I am a nerd. It's obvious that BSNYC reads the same (and more!) bike forums that I do, for the past dozen years or so. I think you need a grounding in 1990s rec.bicycles.tech to even know that Jobst Brandt is "the uber- curmudgeon." And before Jim moves Patrick and me to separate seats, I'm going to go post a question about CR720s on a Quickbeam that maybe some of you can answer. Philip JoelMatthews wrote: > > 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.
