Re: Ode to A Poseur

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Quoted post said:

Doug Taylor said:

I think that I shall never like
A poem as much as my new bike.
Carbon fiber, boutique brand;
Set me back five thousand grand.

$5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike.

To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps:

Set me back a good five grand.

That really seems like an adequately overly high price for a bike.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Doug Taylor said:

I think that I shall never like
A poem as much as my new bike.
Carbon fiber, boutique brand;
Set me back five thousand grand.

$5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike.

It's an 'ASSOS' bike

;-)

-Bob

Ecnerwal said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Doug Taylor said:

I think that I shall never like
A poem as much as my new bike.
Carbon fiber, boutique brand;
Set me back five thousand grand.

$5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike.

To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps:

Set me back a good five grand.

That really seems like an adequately overly high price for a bike.

Good point.

How about:

"Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ?

Doug Taylor said:

How about:

"Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ?

That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about
'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two
grand. 😉

R

RicodJour said:

Doug Taylor said:

How about:

"Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ?

That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about
'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two
grand. 😉

R

Mebbe he was just being modest. (This would not be very poseur like,
however.)

RicodJour said:

Doug Taylor said:

How about:

"Set me back AT LEAST five grand" ?

That implies that le poseur doesn't know the actual cost. How about
'Set me back a sweet nine grand' ? Five is becoming the old two
grand. 😉

Touche! I LIKE it!

Because to poseur, it has to be LIGHTER than the UCI 15 lb. minimum to
be cool enough, and those Lew Wheels are spendy.

This is now a collaborative rsa Ode.

Ecnerwal said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Doug Taylor said:

I think that I shall never like
A poem as much as my new bike.
Carbon fiber, boutique brand;
Set me back five thousand grand.

$5,000,000.00 - a bit spendy even for an overweight poseur's bike.
To keep the rhyme while retaining a plausibly absurd number, perhaps:
Set me back a good five grand.

Set me back eleven grand

Or "seventeen", "twenty nine". Or going the way the subject of that poem
wouldn't: "one point five", "almost a".