Quote of the day (from non-riders) - Page 297

Dr D · 2010-05-13, 12:37 AM

I was out for a spin on the Muni today and I had a hound dog just about loose it. The dog went cross eyed first and then began to howl randomly at me and then the owner. Pretty funny.

magnustudios · 2010-05-13, 01:33 AM

First time for this one. Spoken by a guy maybe 24 or so in a group of five people: "What the fudge?"

That is not censored, that's really what he said. I've gotten lots of similar ones withe the four-letter variant of that f- word in the past, but this was a first.

I Uni · 2010-05-13, 02:31 AM

Today I went for a great little MUni ride on a local mountain bike trail. A lady of 30-40 or so on a bike stopped to let my friend (who was also on a bike) pass, then, when she saw that I was on a uni she said: "Holy smokes!.... Wow!.... Hero status!"

That was one of the best comments I've had yet.

evil-nick · 2010-05-13, 03:46 AM

A guy came up to me last week and said he'd seen me riding and that I was pretty good. Asked if I had any scars, to which I replied "Oh yeah!"

5 minutes after I talked to him, I added to them

Metaphysician · 2010-05-13, 06:03 AM

While my partner and our dog were in their Rally ("Rally Obedience") class tonight, I rode to REI (Recreational Equipment Incorporated) to pick up an order I had shipped there--tubes and socks, but not tube socks. I got a few comments:

-A bunch of teens were standing around, and they all stared at me from a long distance away as I approached. I said hi, smiled, and waved, and a largish girl asked me whether she could try out my uni. I said, "Well, you could try, but you'd easily fall off!" She said, "That's okay, I have enough booty, I'd bounce right back up!" Of course that was totally unexpected, and I thought it was hilarious. I would have stopped to let her try it out, but I generally don't let people try a uni with pinned pedals.

-A guy on the sidewalk shouted at me, "Hey man, can you pop a wheelie?" I shouted back, "All the time, man!" and I put my hands up in the air as if holding up handlebars. I just started trying rolling hops tonight, so I can't quite do anything more entertaining in response.

-I took the sidewalk along a busy road on the way back, and I passed a cool cat on a bike who seemed to be in his seventies. As soon as he thought we were close enough, he said to me, "Right on, granddad, right on!" Again, unexpected and very entertaining. It was a very positive comment, and I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I assume that with this guy "granddad" is a term of endearment.

minkuni · 2010-05-13, 09:43 AM

"How do you DO that?" - yelled by a young girl after seeing shifting into high gear and speeding into a sweeping S-combination of turns.

My reply: "Practice!"
(I tend to limit myself to one-word responses as I am usually far too much out of breath while riding to produce an intelligible multi-word reply)

"You rule!" - young boy on his way to school
"Look, there´s a one-man-cycle" - young girl who got it pretty much right (disregarding Corbins tandem-uni video)

underdog · 2010-05-13, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metaphysician

-A guy on the sidewalk shouted at me, "Hey man, can you pop a wheelie?" I shouted back, "All the time, man!" and I put my hands up in the air as if holding up handlebars.

I get that one every once in a while, and I usually do the same thing.

4umfreak · 2010-05-13, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minkuni

"Look, there´s a one-man-cycle" - young girl who got it pretty much right (disregarding Corbins tandem-uni video)

Yes, I find that little girls are rarely current on the latest obscure youtube videos...

unireed · 2010-05-14, 02:07 AM

today was great. a guy in a creepy white van yelled at me: (to my surpirise) hey! i bet my buddy that i could ride that thing and he doesnt believe me! can i show him?!
i said you bet and he could ride it quite well. the seat was too low and he couldnt freemount, but he said it had been years. he used to have a sizable collection of giraffes in his garage but he sold them. so, a first for me!

Biggestbtc · 2010-05-14, 10:15 PM

Our town got dumped on today by a severe thunderstorm. We got some big hail, as wide as 1 inch. It was cool. Anyway, I was out patrolling on my trials, and I came across a flooded street. I rode down the sidewalk which had a few inches of water on it. One of the guys cleaning out the storm drain:
"I've never seen a guy on a unicycle in a flood."

deadbeatpope · 2010-05-17, 03:18 PM

Yesterday, rounding the corner onto a main street, I hear...

"Awwwwrrright!"

Not much to think about but when I looked up it was a clown in full costume and makeup driving a big bright floral print car!

rob.northcott · 2010-05-17, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadbeatpope

when I looked up it was a clown in full costume and makeup driving a big bright floral print car!

Did you ask him if he was in the circus? Bet he gets that all the time...

Rob

SEoF · 2010-05-17, 05:13 PM

I got the comment "Can you actually ride that?" A fair question... if I wasn't riding at them time.

I also did a presentation on unicycling the other day, and the person running the presentation got asked by email in response to the ad "Can he ride, or is he just talking about the theory of riding?" Why would I be doing a presentation on unicycles, with demonstrations (as said in the ad) if I can't ride? So I rode into the presentation, hopped around a little, gracefully dismounted and said "So, that's answered one of your questions: yes, I can ride a unicycle."

mowcius · 2010-05-17, 06:25 PM

Quote:

I got the comment "Can you actually ride that?" A fair question... if I wasn't riding at them time.

I seem to get this quite a lot. I normally tell them that I can't as it avoids the obligatory asking me to ride it when I'm walking down the pavement for a reason!

I got it from a guy once when I was riding it, to which I replied that I couldn't. He looked slightly confused for a moment then smiled as he got the joke as I rode off into the distance

Mowcius

vookash · 2010-05-17, 06:48 PM

Mowcius: good answer...

on the last trip a lady chatted with me for a while with real interest and then at the end she wished me luck with the words: "Break the other wheel!"

2010-05-13, 01:33 AM	#4442
magnustudios while(!try()); Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kingston Age: 22 Posts: 244	First time for this one. Spoken by a guy maybe 24 or so in a group of five people: "What the fudge?" That is not censored, that's really what he said. I've gotten lots of similar ones withe the four-letter variant of that f- word in the past, but this was a first. __________________ @unicyclephil 100 mile record attempt

2010-05-13, 02:31 AM	#4443
I Uni Ethan the insane. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sandpoint ID Age: 22 Posts: 1,139	Today I went for a great little MUni ride on a local mountain bike trail. A lady of 30-40 or so on a bike stopped to let my friend (who was also on a bike) pass, then, when she saw that I was on a uni she said: "Holy smokes!.... Wow!.... Hero status!" That was one of the best comments I've had yet. __________________ The following statement is true: The previous statement was false.

2010-05-13, 09:43 AM	#4446
minkuni Meat popsicle Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sandvika, Norway Age: 31 Posts: 163	"How do you DO that?" - yelled by a young girl after seeing shifting into high gear and speeding into a sweeping S-combination of turns. My reply: "Practice!" (I tend to limit myself to one-word responses as I am usually far too much out of breath while riding to produce an intelligible multi-word reply) "You rule!" - young boy on his way to school "Look, there´s a one-man-cycle" - young girl who got it pretty much right (disregarding Corbins tandem-uni video) Last edited by minkuni; 2010-05-13 at 09:46 AM.

2010-05-14, 02:07 AM	#4449
unireed Reed Breuer Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SacTown, CA Age: 20 Posts: 1,128	today was great. a guy in a creepy white van yelled at me: (to my surpirise) hey! i bet my buddy that i could ride that thing and he doesnt believe me! can i show him?! i said you bet and he could ride it quite well. the seat was too low and he couldnt freemount, but he said it had been years. he used to have a sizable collection of giraffes in his garage but he sold them. so, a first for me! __________________ "I'm probably not advanced enough to have thoroughly tested it while riding, but I'm unadvanced enough to have very thoroughly tested it while falling." -uniShark I ride for Christ-opher Walken

2010-05-14, 10:15 PM	#4450
Biggestbtc Stinky Cheese Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Carlisle, Pa, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,337	Our town got dumped on today by a severe thunderstorm. We got some big hail, as wide as 1 inch. It was cool. Anyway, I was out patrolling on my trials, and I came across a flooded street. I rode down the sidewalk which had a few inches of water on it. One of the guys cleaning out the storm drain: "I've never seen a guy on a unicycle in a flood." __________________ ~Benjamin ><>Unicycle For Christ<>< No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.

2010-05-13, 12:37 AM	#4441
Dr D Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kitchener Posts: 191	I was out for a spin on the Muni today and I had a hound dog just about loose it. The dog went cross eyed first and then began to howl randomly at me and then the owner. Pretty funny.

2010-05-13, 03:46 AM	#4444
evil-nick Unicyclist, Linux Geek, & swell guy Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America, Earth, Sol System Age: 34 Posts: 1,757	A guy came up to me last week and said he'd seen me riding and that I was pretty good. Asked if I had any scars, to which I replied "Oh yeah!" 5 minutes after I talked to him, I added to them

2010-05-13, 06:03 AM	#4445
Metaphysician Unicycling philosopher ("Brad") Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area & Davis, California, USA Age: 31 Posts: 54	While my partner and our dog were in their Rally ("Rally Obedience") class tonight, I rode to REI (Recreational Equipment Incorporated) to pick up an order I had shipped there--tubes and socks, but not tube socks. I got a few comments: -A bunch of teens were standing around, and they all stared at me from a long distance away as I approached. I said hi, smiled, and waved, and a largish girl asked me whether she could try out my uni. I said, "Well, you could try, but you'd easily fall off!" She said, "That's okay, I have enough booty, I'd bounce right back up!" Of course that was totally unexpected, and I thought it was hilarious. I would have stopped to let her try it out, but I generally don't let people try a uni with pinned pedals. -A guy on the sidewalk shouted at me, "Hey man, can you pop a wheelie?" I shouted back, "All the time, man!" and I put my hands up in the air as if holding up handlebars. I just started trying rolling hops tonight, so I can't quite do anything more entertaining in response. -I took the sidewalk along a busy road on the way back, and I passed a cool cat on a bike who seemed to be in his seventies. As soon as he thought we were close enough, he said to me, "Right on, granddad, right on!" Again, unexpected and very entertaining. It was a very positive comment, and I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I assume that with this guy "granddad" is a term of endearment.

2010-05-17, 03:18 PM	#4451
deadbeatpope Some call me Kevin Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lakewood, CA Age: 41 Posts: 920	Yesterday, rounding the corner onto a main street, I hear... "Awwwwrrright!" Not much to think about but when I looked up it was a clown in full costume and makeup driving a big bright floral print car! __________________ ---------------------------------------------- Art is a misspelled rat. "The unicyclist is the purest form of rebel"

2010-05-17, 05:13 PM	#4453
SEoF LUni (Loughborough Unicyclist) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Defence Academy or Loughborough or Nottingham Posts: 91	I got the comment "Can you actually ride that?" A fair question... if I wasn't riding at them time. I also did a presentation on unicycling the other day, and the person running the presentation got asked by email in response to the ad "Can he ride, or is he just talking about the theory of riding?" Why would I be doing a presentation on unicycles, with demonstrations (as said in the ad) if I can't ride? So I rode into the presentation, hopped around a little, gracefully dismounted and said "So, that's answered one of your questions: yes, I can ride a unicycle." __________________ Wow, there is a unicycle forum for those in the UK LUni is a small community of riders who are in (or were once in) Loughborough. Find us on Facebook (I know, Facebook of all places) I am silenteyeoffire on YouTube.

2010-05-17, 06:48 PM	#4455
vookash ('')( :)(..)(: )('') Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Krakow, Poland Age: 31 Posts: 868	Mowcius: good answer... on the last trip a lady chatted with me for a while with real interest and then at the end she wished me luck with the words: "Break the other wheel!"

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