ooo, a "Bob Ross" helmet-- for biking along happy tree-lined paths/roads! But by curtailing masculinity, we lose all sorts of chin-strap accessories.
-Monica > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:42:37 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: > [Bikies] ScientificAmerican.com: Helmets Attract Cars to Cyclists> To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]>> Well, I think the solution here > is obvious: Helmet Hair!> Somebody get Giro or Bell to start making wigs > that comply with ANSI and Snell safety standards.> Think about all the great > styles you could have: the beehive, the Pipi Longstocking, the Princess > Leia... the possibilities are endless! Just don't make them too masculine.> > Yours truly,> Peter "I'm a marketing genius" Brinson> On Sep 28, 2007, at > 12:19 PM, Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR wrote:> Yes, there've been such allegations > before. I have an impulse to go over to Johnson Street and get a long wig to > fasten to my helmet.> However, the last line should be the lead sentence in > every Bikers' Bible: "When you do have that crash, you better have it on" or > your chances of either eternally melding with the Unseen in Creation, or > being rendered incapable of ever again understanding the seeable, will be > greatly enhanced!> P Jeff Schimpff> Bureau of Science Services> Wisconsin > Department of Natural Resources> "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for > Clean Air for Kids"> (() phone: (608) 267- 7853> (() fax: (608) 267-5231> > (+) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Clear> Sent: > Friday, September 28, 2007 11:59 AM> To: [email protected]> Subject: > [Bikies] ScientificAmerican.com: Helmets Attract Cars to Cyclists> Passing > this on without comment as an opening for discussion...> > ------------------------> STRANGE BUT TRUE: HELMETS ATTRACT CARS TO > CYCLISTS> By Nikhil Swaminathan> Although you might not want to leave your > protective gear at home, just know that if you do, drivers will be a lot > more scared of hitting you.> > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?SID=mail&articleID=778EF0AB-E7F2-99DF-3594A60E4D9A76B2> > © 1996-2007 Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved.> Reproduction in > whole or in part without permission is prohibited.> > _______________________________________________> Bikies mailing list> > [email protected]> http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx_______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
