Why don't some bikers waved - answered

From else where.

Apologies if you've seen this before, but quick google shows not posted
since 1998, and that was just the harley bit

Top Ten Reasons Why Harley Riders Don't Wave Back

10. Afraid it will invalidate warranty.
9. Leather and studs make it too heavy to raise arm.
8. Refuse to wave to anyone whose bike is already paid for.
7. Afraid to let go of handlebars because they might vibrate off.
6. Rushing wind would blow scabs off the new tattoos.
5. Angry because just took out second mortgage to pay luxury tax on new
Harley.
4. Just discovered the fine print in owner's manual and realized H-D is
partially owned by Honda.
3. Can't tell if other riders are waving or just reaching to cover their
ears like everyone else.
2. Remembers the last time a Harley rider waved back, he impaled his
hand on spiked helmet.
1. They're too tired from spending hours polishing all that chrome to
lift their arms.


Top Ten Reasons Why Gold Wing Riders Don't Wave Back

10. Wasn't sure whether other rider was waving or making an obscene gesture.
9. Afraid might get frostbite if hand is removed from heated grip.
8. Has arthritis and the past 400 miles have made it difficult to raise arm.
7. Reflection from etched windshield momentarily blinded him.
6. The espresso machine just finished.
5. Was actually asleep when other rider waved.
4. Was in a three-way conference call with stockbroker and accessories
dealer.
3. Was distracted by odd shaped blip on radar screen.
2. Was simultaneously adjusting the air suspension, seat height,
programmable CD player, seat temperature and satellite navigation system.
1. Couldn't find the "auto wave back" button on dashboard.



Top 10 Reasons Sportbikers Don't Wave:

10. They have not been riding long enough to know they're supposed to.
9. They're going too fast to have time enough to register the movement
and respond.
8. You weren't wearing bright enough gear.
7. If they stick their arm out going that fast they'll rip it out of the
socket.
6. They're too occupied with trying to get rid of their chicken strips.
5. They look way too cool with both hands on the bars or they don't want
to unbalance themselves while standing on the tank.
4. Their skin tight-kevlar-ballistic-nylon-kangaroo-leather suits
prevent any position other than fetal.
3. Raising an arm allows bugs into the armholes of their tank tops.
2. It's too hard to do one-handed stoppies.
1. They were too busy slipping their flip-flop back on.

 

This one makes no sense. Does 'tank top' mean something else in Merkan,
or has the compiler confused sportsbike riders with geography teachers?

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It's a t-shirt wivout arms, also called a 'wife beater'

 

That'd be a vest then (as opposed to a waistcoat, which I think is what
you bods call a vest.) A tank-top is to a jumper as a vest is to a
tshirt.

 

Except a vest is made from heavy material and has a zipper. A tank-top
is made of thin cotton and does not have a zipper.

 

Sounds like the meanings are swapped as you pass over the mid-atlantic
ridge. Common language indeed.

 

You never seen Champs on a bike ?

 

So, is there some sort of announcement as one crossed the MAR, like
those ones about setting watches, so that one correctly enters the
correct terminology zone?

"Bing Bong! Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just crossed the Mid
Atlantic Ridge and the local patois is Eastern Standard American.
Thank you."

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, muddy belched forth and ejected the following:

That's a cardigan.

A tank-top is like a cardigan but without sleeves and no zipper.

)

 

This is a tank top:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-hand-...6QQihZ009QQcategoryZ58451QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And this is something I found while I was looking for it:

http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/znewsblog/jeremiah/images/Bay_City_Rollers.JPG

 

A cardigan has sleeves, and pre-dates the invention of the zip by about
60 years.

 

ogden wrote

Nevertheless..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardigan_(sweater)

Has it about right. Perhaps the zip thing is a modern form.

 

Champ says...

#And we ran with the gang singing doo-wop she dooby doo-wah.

 

Have you considered psychiatric help?

 

More spic?

 

<mode=sad>

I had to sing that to see if you got it right.

</mode>
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ChrisDC says...

No, that's Jockanese

 

Adie says...

And I had, right?

 

yep.
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