class of '96

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by darsy, Jul 3, 2005.

  1. darsy

    Ginge Guest

    Uhmmm, I don't think so.
     
    Ginge, Jul 6, 2005
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    Lozzo Guest

    Klaatu says...
    It's my job, in a way.
    It'd have to be pristine and original if it's not an original FSIE. I
    personally wouldn't pay that for a restricted one.
     
    Lozzo, Jul 6, 2005
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    Ben Blaney Guest

    No it didn't.
     
    Ben Blaney, Jul 6, 2005
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    Ben Blaney Guest

    Exactly.
     
    Ben Blaney, Jul 6, 2005
  5. Excellent. Shame to think he'll only seize it up and crash it. Unless
    teenagers have changed in the intervening 30+ years.

    I hope it's a purple one.

    <Reads on through thread>

    Ah. excellent.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jul 6, 2005
  6. Don't forget that the Fizzie was re-introduced in 1985/86, still
    restricted, and in pure roadster form.

    I've posted this before, but.....

    Rafferty Newman bought up Mitsui's entire stock of Fizzie spares when
    Mitsui decided they'd had enough of keeping the old things goiung (and
    very few were on the roads then).

    Mitsui's computer looked at the empty shelves and said: "Oh, my word!
    Better order some more!" And automatically re-ordered everything from
    Japan.

    They decided to re-introduce the bike to the UK in order to "soak up"
    some of the spares they'd re-ordered. True.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jul 6, 2005
  7. Martingale.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jul 6, 2005
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    Ace Guest

    No. It didn't. Your 'system' has been clearly demonstrated to be flawed,
    giving an overall loss over time, not the small gain you though. Just
    because you may have come out marginally ahead of the game doesn't mean the
    system was working.

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    Ace, Jul 6, 2005
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    darsyx Guest

    that's the idea. Probably August/early September.
     
    darsyx, Jul 6, 2005
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    Klaatu Guest

    I refuse to google sometimes. It helps the databrainbase.

    Thanks.
     
    Klaatu, Jul 6, 2005
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    "I know, I was that soldier .."
     
    Salad Dodger, Jul 6, 2005
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    Klaatu Guest

    WTF was that from. Do I hear a distant, crap, seventies top 40 hit ?

    And I refuse to google.
     
    Klaatu, Jul 7, 2005
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    platypus Guest

    Wink Martindale, Deck of Cards. (non-googled)
     
    platypus, Jul 7, 2005
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    "Deck of Cards" by Wink Martindale.
    Oh.
     
    Salad Dodger, Jul 7, 2005
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    Colin Irvine Guest

    Me too.

    "One card pulled out his privates ..."
     
    Colin Irvine, Jul 7, 2005
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    Lady Nina Guest

    Which one of the 60s radio comedy shows did a 'my cricket bag is my
    bible' spoof of that? I think Salad Dodger should learn it and do it
    as a party piece at an *OSM.
     
    Lady Nina, Jul 7, 2005
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    Frost.

    "One day, some soldier boys were returning from an exercise on
    Sal-is-bury Plain.
    They were tired and hungry and so they went into a church to pray.
    Each soldier boy had a prayer book and a bible... but one boy, he had
    no prayer book and no bible, he had only... a cricket bag!

    After the service, the Sergeant called him over and said, 'Son, why
    were you playing cricket in church... what have you got to say for
    yourself?'
    'Much Sir!' replied the soldier boy.
    'I hope so,' said the Sergeant 'for if not, you will surely be
    punished more than any soldier boy has ever been punished before
    you... even more than that soldier boy we caught lying about playing
    cards in church, last week!'

    So, the soldier began...

    'You see, Sir, when I look at the cricket ball... I think of God's
    Earth, spinning in the firmament.

    When I look at the two umpires, I think of those other two umpires at
    York and Canterbury... there's no throwing there!

    And when I look at the three cricket stumps... I think of the three
    virtues of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego!

    And when I look at the four bails... I think of the Gaderene swine...
    or at least, four of them!

    And when I look at the six balls in an over, I remember that is just
    half the number of the disciples!

    And when I look at the eight balls in an Australian over... I remember
    that is just two thirds the number of disciples!

    And when I look at the eleven men in a team... I think of the 'Ten
    Commandments'... plus one!

    So you see, Sir, my cricket bag serves me as my Bible, my prayer book
    and my... cricket bag.'

    And friends, this story is true!
    I know... I was that cricket bag!"
     
    Salad Dodger, Jul 7, 2005
  18. Salad Dodger wrote
    ......


    9 minutes, you are a National Treasure.
     
    steve auvache, Jul 7, 2005
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    Lady Nina Guest

    <Big smile> I can hear his voice now. Dad has got that (and loads of
    other stuff of that era) on old revox tapes. Couple of years back he
    transferred most of them to mini disc (he also bought betamax) and is
    currently promising me all of the Angus Prune ISIRTA on CD when he
    finishes switching nedia again.
     
    Lady Nina, Jul 7, 2005
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    Klaatu Guest

    Oh yeah, rings a distant distant bell or two.
     
    Klaatu, Jul 8, 2005
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