Somebody always clouds up our fantasies with a dose of reality. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of juarez Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:22 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Collective nouns for Riv's bikes
So rarely will we see more than one. So few yet in existence. Probably little need for a collective noun. Occasionally, perhaps, "a pair." On Jan 30, 1:53 am, Chris B <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > The recent inaugeration bike pool photos and Grant's message that some > QB's were comin' in got me thinking about collective nouns for Riv's > models. Weren't many of these invented by folk while out ridin' in the > country and doing country things? Thinking about this entertained me > as I was pedlin' the old Hilsen into work this morning. > > For the AHH, I like a skein of Hilsens (to me, perfectly sums up its > gracefullness and adaptability). But I'm also fond of a clan of > Hilsens. > > The Quickbeam was more problematic though, with the conflict between > plural bikes and the defining single speed. I thought maybe a spin of > Quickbeams or a grunt of Quickbeams? But this seemed too divisive. > > A drove of Bombadils? > > A forrest of Redwoods? > > Perhaps my most inspired though, was a cast of Rivs? > > Happy ridin' > > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
