Times article 2

[fred2]

A joke that will sicken cyclists
Piano wire is no laughing matter for the 150 cyclists who die each year
Alison Steed

Article in Times on-line 31/12/07 ( Could this be an attempt to right a
wrong?)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3110970.ece

Fred

 

[Martin Bulmer]

fred2 wrote:
> A joke that will sicken cyclists
> Piano wire is no laughing matter for the 150 cyclists who die each
> year Alison Steed
>
> Article in Times on-line 31/12/07 ( Could this be an attempt to right
> a wrong?)
>
>
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3110970.ece
>
> Fred

surely bottles in hedgerows are not of cyclist origin. Please tell me we
don't do that.
I can't believe that any newspaper would advocate cyclist decapitation in
this way. If you substitute a race or a religion or a sex for the word
"cyclist", this would be illegal.
String him up!
(oh damn, personal petards etc}
--


Martin Bulmer

 

[vernon]

"Martin Bulmer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> fred2 wrote:
>> A joke that will sicken cyclists
>> Piano wire is no laughing matter for the 150 cyclists who die each
>> year Alison Steed
>>
>> Article in Times on-line 31/12/07 ( Could this be an attempt to right
>> a wrong?)
>>
>>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3110970.ece
>>
>> Fred
>
> surely bottles in hedgerows are not of cyclist origin. Please tell me we
> don't do that.
> I can't believe that any newspaper would advocate cyclist decapitation in
> this way. If you substitute a race or a religion or a sex for the word
> "cyclist", this would be illegal.
> String him up!
> (oh damn, personal petards etc}
> --
>
I don't want my race, religion or gender/sexual orientation grouped with
cyclists as a minority that needs the law to protect it thank you very much.

Believe me, I could lay claim to membership of more minority groups than you
can shake a stick at but prefer to be called Vernon ;-)

Labelling or seeking a label to be identified by can lead to all sorts of
problems real and imaginary in this increasingly tribal society.

 

[Jon]

On 30 Dec, 23:40, "Martin Bulmer" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> surely bottles in hedgerows are not of cyclist origin. Please tell me we
> don't do that.

I certainly don't believe the frequent sightings of McDonalds
packaging beside roads 10+ miles from the nearest McD branch are due
to cyclists - would anyone who frequented McDonalds still be fit to
ride even that far?

Jon

 

[vernon]

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:6e52fd7f-6c90-4dea-a4f1-719db5da1a78@r60g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> On 30 Dec, 23:40, "Martin Bulmer" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> surely bottles in hedgerows are not of cyclist origin. Please tell me we
>> don't do that.
>
> I certainly don't believe the frequent sightings of McDonalds
> packaging beside roads 10+ miles from the nearest McD branch are due
> to cyclists - would anyone who frequented McDonalds still be fit to
> ride even that far?
>
I am ;-)

 

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

"fred2" <[email protected]>typed


> A joke that will sicken cyclists
> Piano wire is no laughing matter for the 150 cyclists who die each year
> Alison Steed

> Article in Times on-line 31/12/07 ( Could this be an attempt to right a
> wrong?)

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3110970.ece

> Fred


I see Helen Simmons of Norfolk, who frequents this parish, has her
comment well up in the Have Your Say stakes.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email protected]
Edgware.