On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:50:17 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Ken Steele wrote: >> michael sylvester wrote: >>> We in Daytona are mourning the death of Bruce Rossmeyer.He was >>> killed in a motorcycle accident in Wyomng. >>> Any bikers in Tipsville? >> >> Sorry, Mikey, but I have seen too many people that have been either >> crippled or killed in motorcycle accidents to have much interest. >> Highway speeds are too high; roads are too crowded; and there are too >> many drivers who are distracted by eating, texting, and other activities. > >That's why they call them donor-cycles.
Although I live near a chapter of the Hell's Angels, I've had little interest in motorcycles, either riding them or socioculturally. So, I admit to being somewhat perplexed by the term "donor-cycles". A quick Google search turns up numerous websites on fertility and egg-sperm timing and such. I don't think this was what Chris was referring to though it does make clear that the phrase "donor-cycles" describes a couple of different things. I did find a website that appears to clarify what Chris meant, though it does so in a offhand kind of way. Quoting from it: |I told White I've heard that cops refer to motorcycles as "donor cycles." | |"Yeah, that's true," he said. "When you make a motorcycle accident, it's |usually a bad one." Meaning, I infer, that the motorcyclist has now become an organ donor if the cyclist hasn't been completely squished. For more on the dangers of motorcycling and the source of the quote, see: http://blogs.chron.com/eastharris/2009/04/they_dont_call_them_donor_cycl.html -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
