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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?

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Smudger
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6 February 2003, 15:01 UTC #1

What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?

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Colin Blackburn
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6 February 2003, 15:31 UTC #2

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
One made out of reusable aluminium tubes?
Colin

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Ian Walker
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6 February 2003, 15:31 UTC #3

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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
One made out of reusable aluminium tubes?
So THAT'S what 'oversize' tubing is all about...
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Tony W
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6 February 2003, 15:31 UTC #4

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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
One made out of reusable aluminium tubes?
One with one of those nice Romulan cloaking devices would seem sensible at the moment. OK --
increased risk of being run down by a Baghdad SMIDSY -- but less chance of an American missile up
the jacksee
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W K
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6 February 2003, 16:03 UTC #5

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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
One made out of reusable aluminium tubes?
One with one of those nice Romulan cloaking devices would seem sensible at the moment. OK --
increased risk of being run down by a Baghdad SMIDSY -- but less chance of an American missile up
the jacksee
An interesting concept. Imagine, the USofAs finest ride into Baghdad in there Hummers, and saddam is
riding a fully lit bike in fluorescent clothing.
He gets away with ease.

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Thornbury Uk.
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6 February 2003, 16:03 UTC #6

CANNONDALE?
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> What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
One made out of reusable aluminium tubes?
One with one of those nice Romulan cloaking devices would seem sensible

at
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the moment. OK -- increased risk of being run down by a Baghdad

SMIDSY --
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but less chance of an American missile up the jacksee
An interesting concept. Imagine, the USofAs finest ride into Baghdad in there Hummers, and saddam

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riding a fully lit bike in fluorescent clothing.
He gets away with ease.

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Dave
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #7

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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?

Can't help feeling a Saracen should come into it somewhere...for some reason..... I'll get me
bike! Dave.

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David Nutter
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #8

Smudger said:
What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
Probably an armour-plated rickshaw pedalled by hapless lackeys.
Interestingly on Channel Four news a while back there was a piece on the weapons inspectors,
featuring an Iraqi fruit magnate complaining about their heavy-handed tactics including breaking
padlocks and knocking down walls with sledgehammers to see inside buildings.
One of the buildings they broke into turned out to be the Compleat English Garden Shed, containing
old plant pots, hosepipes, piles of newsprint, a rusting 3-speed and what looked like a Raleigh
Chopper missing the front fork and wheel.
Surreal.
Regards,
-david

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Smudger
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #9

How about a Ricincle?
I'll get my pint.
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Smudger
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #10

What's your bike made out of?
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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?

Can't help feeling a Saracen should come into it somewhere...for some reason..... I'll get me
bike! Dave.

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Smudger
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #11

I think you dreamed that.
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Smudger said:
What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
Probably an armour-plated rickshaw pedalled by hapless lackeys.
Interestingly on Channel Four news a while back there was a piece on the weapons inspectors,
featuring an Iraqi fruit magnate complaining about

their
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heavy-handed tactics including breaking padlocks and knocking down walls with sledgehammers to see
inside buildings.
One of the buildings they broke into turned out to be the Compleat English Garden Shed, containing
old plant pots, hosepipes, piles of newsprint, a rusting 3-speed and what looked like a Raleigh
Chopper missing the front fork and wheel.
Surreal.
Regards,
-david

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Just Zis Guy
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6 February 2003, 18:46 UTC #12

In response to the question "what kind of bike would Saddam Hussein ride" (to which the answer is
obviously a recumbent, he being a paid up member of the Dark Side),
Thornbury UK (possibly he of camper van fame) shouted:
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CANNONDALE?
Ouch :-)
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Dave
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6 February 2003, 19:01 UTC #13

"Smudger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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What's your bike made out of?

I'm getting confused now...obviously not inhaled enough oxygen today...the carbon dioxides taking
over..and particulates, in particular.....
Saracen = anti christian Arabs sometime around the time of the crusades = see G. Bush's view of
current affairs....
in answer to your query on this post though -
1. Chromoly (bdenum thingy)
2. Steel
3. Carbon fibre.
Why ?....
Dave
<v.confused.

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Ambrose Nankive
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6 February 2003, 19:46 UTC #14

Dave said:
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What's your bike made out of?

I'm getting confused now...obviously not inhaled enough oxygen today...the carbon dioxides taking
over..and particulates, in particular.....
Saracen = anti christian Arabs sometime around the time of the crusades = see G. Bush's view of
current affairs....
Funnily enough, Hussein does claim to be descended from Saladin.
Oh, and while we're doing definitions, but rather OT: Crusader = anti christian westerners sometime
around the time of the crusades
And Hussein obviously uses a vehicle of mass destruction, not a bike.
A

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Just Zis Guy
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6 February 2003, 21:01 UTC #15

Ambrose Nankivell said:
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Saracen = anti christian Arabs sometime around the time of the crusades
And an armoured car.
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Funnily enough, Hussein does claim to be descended from Saladin.
Also an armoured car :-)
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Wallace.Shackle
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7 February 2003, 08:31 UTC #16

His kind drive BMWs.
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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
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Dave Kahn
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7 February 2003, 12:46 UTC #17

"Smudger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What sort of bicycle would Saddam Hussain ride?
Not sure about the bike, but I think he used to ride for the Baath Road Club.
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David Nutter
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7 February 2003, 15:47 UTC #18

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One of the buildings they broke into turned out to be the Compleat English Garden Shed,
containing old plant pots, hosepipes, piles of newsprint, a rusting 3-speed and what looked like
a Raleigh Chopper missing the front fork and wheel.
I think you dreamed that.
Heh, possible I suppose. I'm pretty sure that my housemates were there and equally puzzled by the
contents of this shed.
Regards,
-david

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