Having an Emerg physician in my immediate family, I have often heard the term donor-cycle. The reason it is used (as I was told by that one physician) is that often (sorry, I cannot quantify with a number) motorcycle accident victims can be kept alive artificially for a long-enough period to allow for a successful organ removal. In many such cases, the patients are "brain-dead", but the body is still alive.
Hence the word-play donor-cycles or donor-cyclists. On this gloomy note, Cheers to you all! JM -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 4:09 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: Re: [tips] Passing of an icon 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]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
