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Subject: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 22 Jun 02 - 02:20 PM About 45 minutes till the start of the 31st annual Fremont [Seattle] Fair Solstice Parade, which includes as a famous attraction (or repulsion) guerrilla bands of naked bicyclists (or nearly naked; sometimes they sport a fair amount of green body paint). Gotta shower, clothe myself so I don't get taken for one of them, figure out where I put my camera, and walk the one block from my domicile to the parade route. I think Dusty Strings is having some kind of get-together this weekend, maybe I'll go to it. I'll be in touch. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: GUEST Date: 22 Jun 02 - 05:04 PM A maiden of Center Moriches Used to keep all the neighbors in stitches She'd row down ti Islip And borrow a dry slip And bicycle home without britches. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 05:32 PM Seattle is a wonderful community of small neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is unique. Ballard, for example is famous for it's Nordic heritage. I find it very amusing that "Fremont" is now famous for it's nude bycycle riders. Oh well ... it must be Summer in Seattle! Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: GUEST,emily rain Date: 22 Jun 02 - 05:40 PM and here i am, stuck in the library ... again! i'd get naked and get on a bike anyday. *sigh* you'll see me drumming and howling at the moon tonight, though, by golly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:11 PM Liland, when you get back could you please report to me on how the gentlemen naked bicyclists stow their (ahem) gear while they are astride their bikes? I would be very interested to know that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: DonMeixner Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:19 PM Jeepers Carol, And here I was wondering.. "Dare I remark that I'd be happy to watch Emily ride a bike naked any day." Carol, I wondered that myself. :-) Don |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:21 PM Well, that's a relief, Don. It's good to know that I'm not the only person who's got a mind like the one I've got. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Jeri Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:22 PM Duct tape... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: DonMeixner Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:25 PM " Ahhh! God Damn!" says Greg son of Don |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: DonMeixner Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:27 PM Duct taped to the seat? The Bar? or to ones own self? Any eventuallity is fraught with some amazing ...potential. Don |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Sorcha Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:27 PM OUCH!! (But I have to admit, I wondered too.....maybe Spaw has the answer.......) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:28 PM You might find this interesting. Two days ago, the Seattle Police were asked if they were going to be writing tickets for public nudity. The answer was ... "these days, we choose our battlegrounds carefully!" TRUE! Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Jeri Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:34 PM You probably don't want to tape anything to the bike. If you're like me and have attempted to get out of your car with your seat belt still on... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Jim Krause Date: 22 Jun 02 - 06:43 PM Just shove 'em to one side or t'other is what a riding instructor unceremoniously told me after I sat on 'em at the beginning of a lesson in horse back riding. I 'spect the same goes for nekkid bike riding. Jim |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:01 PM ...gives whole new meaning to the phrase, JOCK ITCH! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:03 PM Actually, being a music oriented web site, we could probably get a new version of Gene Autries "I'm Back In The Saddle, Again!" .... oh never mind ... Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Jim Krause Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:04 PM Always liked the Firesign Theater's parody of that song. Jim |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:17 PM Back from the shadows again Out where an Injun's your friend Where the vegetables are green And you can pee into the stream (and that's important) We're back from the shadows again... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Gareth Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:22 PM Being a cynic - a nude bycicle ride at midsummer ( Northern Hemisphere) is fine - but in six months time ??? Or will this be a question of suffering from "Indecent Exposure" ??? Gareth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:29 PM In a half hour, I'll watch the evening Seattle news, and see what happened down in fremont! If there is any tittilating stories, I'll let you know ... (GAWD, that's awful Bob). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 22 Jun 02 - 07:53 PM Aw, shucks, Liland! I've been here in Seattle all day and I saw your thread title this morning but didn't 'bite'. Now it's too late and I've missed the show. Rats! Genie BTW, we in Portland [Troutdale, anyway] had our own famous-for-15-minutes nude bicyclist. Lindsey Richter, who was on "Survivor Africa" had sent CBS a videotape of herself riding a bicycle sans any duds but a bit o' body paint, as part of her bid to be on the show. The network then proceeded to air a good bit of her audition tape [with a couple of naughty parts big-pixeled out] a few times for the national audience. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Clinton Hammond Date: 22 Jun 02 - 08:10 PM "Naked Bicyclists"??? The site just gets grosser and grosser... I gotta go puke...
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 08:30 PM O.K. here you go. I just caught the local news! There was much footage of the parade: lot's of kids, families, floats and fun. They mentioned how Summer doesn't really start in Seattle until the Fremont Festival. I saw pictures of stilt walkers, dancers, folks in costumes ... and then came the NAKED BICYLE RIDERS. They were on camera for perhaps 4 seconds. But, I was VERY impressed by one commentary that KING 5 NEWS slipped in. They filmed an interview with a viewer who said: "Couldn't ask for better weather. It brings out all the nuts!" True, I did NOT invent that! (I just wanted to keep you abreast of the times). CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: lady penelope Date: 22 Jun 02 - 08:45 PM Just to add a musical note..."Fat bottom girls, you make the rockin' world go round....Get on yer bikes and ride!" Queen. Ok it's not folk or blues, butt.........: ) Over here ( Limey land ) we tend to do the nekkid thing at beltaine ( May ). But all power to cyclists everywhere no matter how they're dressed!!!! TTFN M'Lady P. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Bill D Date: 22 Jun 02 - 09:55 PM last year's ride sorry, Carol C...this one only has women..*grin*...(trust me, the "(ahem), gear" really isn't usually a problem...no more than 'endowed' female accordianists... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 22 Jun 02 - 10:00 PM Thanx for the pix Bill. By the way, I spotted nine mudcatters in the crowd! Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 10:27 PM Courageous women. I want to see the men next time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 10:30 PM ( ...she said innocently) Anyone going to volunteer to take the pictures? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Bill D Date: 22 Jun 02 - 10:43 PM too late for this year, Carol...(unless you just want a posed pic on some random bike)...I have JUST the camera..*grin* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 22 Jun 02 - 11:08 PM Ooohhh... Tough decision... A whole bunch of naked male bicylists in a picture next year, or Bill D naked on a bicycle this year. This is tough. I just can't make up my mind ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Bill D Date: 23 Jun 02 - 12:57 PM I'd wait if I were you....you've seen the calendar... ;>) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Don Firth Date: 23 Jun 02 - 02:08 PM Fremont—otherwise known as "The Center of the Universe"—is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. In fact, there are those who maintain that Fremont IS a barrel of monkeys!! Where else would one find an actual troll under an actual bridge? Not an internet twit style troll, but a genuine, traditional, billy goat harassing troll? Under the north end of the Aurora Avenue bridge in Fremont (not under the 1-90 bridge as some tourist-oriented website erroneously states). Fremont has it's own mayor. He sits here, with a number of others, "Waiting for the Interurban." These are only two of the many phenomena that one can gaze upon and ponder. I live on Capitol Hill in Seattle, but I could happily live in the Fremont District. It has just about everything a folkie—or anyone but the walking dead—could want. Dusty Strings, where John Peekstok works is right there on the corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., and within a minute or two's walk, one finds the Wit's End Bookstore and Tea Shop and the Still Life Coffeehouse. Both of these establishments host open mikes, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings respectively. All this, and nude bicyclists, too! If you're ever in Seattle, or even if you're already here, here's a website that gives little history of the area and shows you how to find it. Seattle's Fremont District is a Mudcat kinda place. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 23 Jun 02 - 03:42 PM Don F. The owner (?) of Wit's End told me recently that they no longer have an open mike except one for songwriters on Tuesdays. They do, however, have several jam sessions on Fridays. Fourth Friday is Scandinavian, third Friday is bluegrass, one of the other two is Celtic, and I forget what the other is. A great place Fremont is, indeed! Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Mark Cohen Date: 23 Jun 02 - 03:59 PM Back in Seattle again Out where the rain is your friend Where the bicyclists are nude (But artistic, not lewd!) Back in Seattle again Aloha, Mark, ex-Seattleite (Meridian) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 23 Jun 02 - 08:08 PM Has the troll under the bridge ever been the cause of any traffic accidents by surprised motorists? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 23 Jun 02 - 08:21 PM Don't think so. He's only clearly visible coming up a steep hill on a rather minor side street (Aurora Ave N, elsewhere one of Seattle's biggest and busiest streets, but that all where the bridge begins). On the other hand, there's a lot of pedestrian traffic around the troll, and the street (N 36th St) that passes in front of him (I know, I'm being sexist, we don't know for sure it's a he troll) is sometimes the locus of inordinately speedy driving, so it wouldn't surprise me to learn a few folks afoot have been hospitalized by surprised motorists who never even saw the troll. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: robomatic Date: 23 Jun 02 - 09:19 PM When you're biking with the civvies And peddling without your skivvies Be cool, not a fool And remember the rule It's best to tape up your privvies |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 23 Jun 02 - 09:41 PM Carole C ... some folks think the troll was caused by a traffic accident! Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 24 Jun 02 - 02:47 AM Well, after starting this thread I succeeded in dillydallying around at home until the parade was almost over, so I ended up not seeing any of the bicyclists this year (there were also a fair number of ladies wearing only thongs and paint but sans bicyclettes, I'm told, but I missed them, too). So I can't say for sure (and don't recall from years past) what if anything the gentleman cyclists do to guard their balls. Whatever I might suggest would be pure speculation. This evening, though, as the fair closed, I scored big. Next to the church's booth was an organic farm booth that had been giving away fruit and veggies all day, and as they prepared to close I asked if they wanted the cauliflower I was eyeing covetously, and the fellow said by all means take it and take all the rest of that stuff too. So I ended up with a cauliflower, two kiwi fruits (Chinese gooseberries), a bermuda onion, four yellow onions, a bunch of scallions, three cloves of garlic, a peach, a canteloupe, six new potatoes, a dozen small red potatoes, three oranges, some red chard, four plums, and a partridge in a pear tree (kidding; but it felt like it). All certified organic, and all except the rather wilted chard absolutely gorgeous. I actually prefer vegetables over naked gentlemen on bicycles almost any day. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: CarolC Date: 24 Jun 02 - 12:17 PM Or naked gentlemen (or ladies) on bicycles with organic vegetables. Ah, well. There's always next year. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Mark Cohen Date: 24 Jun 02 - 01:35 PM At least you could be sure the melons and plums were organic... (sorry) Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 24 Jun 02 - 09:00 PM Liland, I just realized I probably misperceived your thread title initially. I read it as "Naked Bicyclists Gotta Go!" and took it to mean you disapproved. Now I notice its punctuation and realize you were prob'ly saying: "Naked Bicyclists! I gotta go!" Now THAT makes more sense! Genie §;-D) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 25 Jun 02 - 12:26 AM Yeah, just cause I'm a Baptist doesn't mean I disapprove of naked bicyclists (as long as they're gentlemen or, better yet, ladies) ;-) This weekend the weather was about as ideal as it gets in Seattle, the kind of weather where you don't need to be a nudist to wish you were a nudist. Though I suppose visitors from Arizona were a bit chilly. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 25 Jun 02 - 12:31 AM This thread brings to mind Proffessor Seagulls' Song, from McSorleys Wonderful Saloon"
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 25 Jun 02 - 12:53 AM Can one be a nudist Buddhist? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Skipjack K8 Date: 25 Jun 02 - 01:17 AM On this subject of religion and nekkid, I heard a cracker tonight. A mate of mine told a story of a pretty wild acquaintance who saw the Jehovah's Witness's working his street, and answered the door to them absolutely stark bollock naked. It considerably shortened the interview. Skipjack |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 25 Jun 02 - 01:29 AM Yeah, it can be fun to disconcert the JWs. Mormon missionaries likewise. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 25 Jun 02 - 01:45 AM Yeah, Skip, I have a friend who customarily lounges around his house wearing only a shirt [which doesn't cover the crown jewels]. He, too, once opened the front door to the JWs and when the woman said, in horror, "Oh, excuse me!" he calmly replied, "For what?" The two door-to-door visitors quickly retreated. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Deckman Date: 25 Jun 02 - 01:50 AM At the risk of a serious thread creep, I will add that "yes, indeed. I also consider both of those persusions FAIR GAME." While I haven't resorted to nudity, yet, I HAVE greeted them ... speaking in tongues ... in FINNISH! That usually results in a scurryed exit, and shortly thereafter (notice the religious tone) the arrival of the cops. I usually invite them in, we have coffee ... again ... discuss fishing issues ... and then they leave. Six months later, all the bible thumpers start arriving again! Go Figgure!. (says Bob, at the risk of serious thread creep ... ot maybe I AM the thread creep) Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 25 Jun 02 - 02:03 AM Skipjack-this also works with TV licence inspectors, to the american people who wonder what i am talking about-In the UK we have to buy a special licence to watch TV, at a cost of over 100 pounds, this goes to fund the state TV service (the bbc) they provide 2 TV channels. If you don't have a valid licence they can send you to jail for 6 months.(I am not joking about this,it's true!), but they cannot enter your property without a search warrant, so don't let them in. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Genie Date: 25 Jun 02 - 02:27 AM You guys can have a lot of fun scaring off inspectors, missionaries, and the like by answering the door bare naked. Unfortunately, I don't think it's such a good idea for us female types to try the same stunt! [The Fuller Brush man might wonder what WE were selling!] Genie *G* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 25 Jun 02 - 02:37 AM I forgot to mention that if you are blind, you are entitled to a 1 pound reduction (about 50 cents?)in the licence fee and if you are over 75 years old you don't pay at all, so next time they come round here hassling me I will tell them I am 85 years old! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Mark Cohen Date: 25 Jun 02 - 03:14 AM Let me see if I have this correct. You have to pay for a license to watch TV; but if you're blind, the amount you pay is reduced...by less than 1%. Uh-huh. Sounds about right, coming from the folks who say you need a license to sing with friends in a pub. I'm sure glad we Yanks don't have a monopoly on moronic government regulations! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Midchuck Date: 25 Jun 02 - 08:04 AM Well, American network TV is so dumb that a great many people pay $20-$50 a month for cable service, depending on how many "premium" (i. e., with dirty movies)channels they get. So if the State TV channel has any good stuff, it's not such a bad deal. Myself, I had the cable disconnected years ago, and I don't watch TV except for video movies bought or rented. (We live in a valley between two bunches of hills, and can't get much of anything over the air without cable or satellite service.) I figured I was wasting too much of my life staring into a video screen. Then I got onto the internet... Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: John P Date: 25 Jun 02 - 08:22 AM I've seen the naked riders several years, although I didn't go to the parade this year. The guys just ride along with their wedding tackle flopping around on the bicycle seat. If one is careful I don't suppose it's much more dangerous to the wrinklies than riding with pants on. I didn't hear anything about the police trying to enforce the anti-nudity laws this year. They've looked pretty silly in the past, trying to chase down people on bicycles who are much beloved by a large crowd. John Peekstok |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 25 Jun 02 - 08:56 AM "...wedding tackle...?" LOL! ~SWO~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Bill D Date: 25 Jun 02 - 11:08 PM ....a complete list of euphemisms for them 'things' would strain Max's disk capacity |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Mark Cohen Date: 25 Jun 02 - 11:34 PM I thought a wedding tackle was what you used to overcome a severe case of premarital jitters... Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: artbrooks Date: 25 Jun 02 - 11:46 PM Huuummm...how about those seats with the holes in them...getting one's self caught in there could be a significant problem... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: EBarnacle1 Date: 28 Jun 02 - 04:52 PM As the Bard once said "This above all, to thine own self be glued." A current local issue is being fought over whether the Mermaid Parade participants should be allowed to dance in the flesh and paint. Clearly a case of freedom of Speech. If money counts as speech, then so do a lot of other forms of expression. I can hear it now--Put your body where your mouth is. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Haruo Date: 28 Jun 02 - 07:55 PM Where is the Mermaid Parade, EBarnacle? Hereabouts we don't worry about getting permission. And eventually the "authorities" surrendered. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 28 Jun 02 - 07:59 PM Well, after the WTO debacle overseen by then-Mayor Paul Schell, I don't blame the Seattle cops for "choosing their battles!" ~SWO~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Naked Bicyclists - gotta go! From: Art Thieme Date: 30 Jun 02 - 01:16 AM An olden times story I heard in the late 1940s in Chicago.--- About the guy riding his bicycle and was thumbed to a stop by a naked hitchhiking girl. He picked her up and didn't even seem to react. She jumped up in front of him sideways on the bar. After they had gone a ways, she said, "I've a secret to tell you. I'm naked." He responded, "I've got one for you too. This is a girl's bike." |