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DavidTQ · June 2007

So whats the difference between a messenger and a fakenger?

peejay78 · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Phil S

Just curious to know why some of these 'speed demons' never show their face at Crystal Palace on a Tuesday night?
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because they share a different aesthetic of cycling?

winter: http://tinyurl.com/2xkbbs
summer: http://tinyurl.com/2hsagv

Origamist · June 2007

fakenger n. a person who imitates the fashion of, or uses equipment similar to, a bike messenger. Subjects: English, Transportation,

Derogatory, Slang

Editorial Note: Synonyms are "posenger" and "pretendenger." Etymological Note: fake + messenger

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PeteinSQ · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Just curious to know why some of these 'speed demons' never show their face at Crystal Palace on a Tuesday night?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I think some of them do race a bit. There is at least one member of Dulwich Paragon who is a messenger.

I suppose another issue is that if you are riding your bike all day would you really want to race in the evening as well? I'm not sure I could be bothered.

DavidTQ · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Origamist

fakenger n. a person who imitates the fashion of, or uses equipment similar to, a bike messenger. Subjects: English, Transportation,

Derogatory, Slang

Editorial Note: Synonyms are "posenger" and "pretendenger." Etymological Note: fake + messenger

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People try to "look" like a messenger??? Ah well I guess big cities attract all sorts. Do you get people dressing up to pretend to be posties as well?

Id guess its a bit like the way I snigger when I see a rally decalled road going Subaru, or their poorer cousins the neds with shopping lists and "sponsor" stickers.

Origamist · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">People try to "look" like a messenger??? Ah well I guess big cities attract all sorts. Do you get people dressing up to pretend to be posties as well?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yeah, this is simulacra city.

When I go to the English Riviera I dress up like an old person just to feel part of the retirement scene...

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overdrive · June 2007

@jos
F**k me Jos write a novel why dont you.You being called a "baby" is quite apt for a 6foot5 Dutchman who still uses stabilizers.By the way what's a"****"????

DavidTQ · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Origamist

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">People try to "look" like a messenger??? Ah well I guess big cities attract all sorts. Do you get people dressing up to pretend to be posties as well?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yeah, this is simulacra city.

When I go to the English Riviera I dress up like an old person just to feel part of the retirement scene...

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Ah but do you do it properly and grey your hair and wrinkle your face? or can people tell you are a fake oap? what would the term be "faux-a-pee"

Origamist · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by overdrive

@jos
F**k me Jos write a novel why dont you.You being called a "baby" is quite apt for a 6foot5 Dutchman who still uses stabilizers.By the way what's a"****"????
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Is Jos still sporting the facial hair?

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overdrive · June 2007

He is the bearded dynamo from Dutchland.

peejay78 · June 2007

simulacra city?

was is this - baudrillardplus.co.uk/forum?

winter: http://tinyurl.com/2xkbbs
summer: http://tinyurl.com/2hsagv

Origamist · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by peejay78

simulacra city?

was is this - baudrillardplus.co.uk/forum?

winter: http://tinyurl.com/2xkbbs
summer: http://tinyurl.com/2hsagv
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That's rich coming from someone who invoked the "Flƒneur" in a recent post...

Maybe we have mistakenly stumbled into: Baudelaire/Baudrillard.pretentiouslosers+.ac.uk

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peejay78 · June 2007

that made me titter, that did. you even whacked on the circumflex.

i'll sign up for that forum. only if it's a third order sign though, can't be doing without a basic abstraction of reality.

maybe messengers don't really exist, but having fakengers convinves them and everyone else that they do, thus saving the messenger principle?

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Pickles · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DavidTQ

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Origamist

fakenger n. a person who imitates the fashion of, or uses equipment similar to, a bike messenger. Subjects: English, Transportation,

Derogatory, Slang

Editorial Note: Synonyms are "posenger" and "pretendenger." Etymological Note: fake + messenger

Folders
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People try to "look" like a messenger??? Ah well I guess big cities attract all sorts. Do you get people dressing up to pretend to be posties as well?

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Not really, I think its just been coined by messengers that seem to think they are "uber" cool & the only ones allowed to ride fixed in town....

I mean ffs what sort of muppet would think its trendy being a 'kin paperboy past the age of 14!

peejay78 · June 2007

me?

better than being an accountant, lawyer, media whore, city banker, estate agent, taxi driver or anyone of countless other morally questionable and specious jobs.

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firsthippy · June 2007

Hmm.. paid to ride a bike all day?

'ken oath I think it's cool!!

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DavidTQ · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by firsthippy

Hmm.. paid to ride a bike all day?

'ken oath I think it's cool!!
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As much as I do enjoy my bike riding 1.5 hours a day is plenty for me really.

I like a nice dry office and the ability to pretend to work for hours on end.

Pickles · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by peejay78

me?

better than being an accountant, lawyer, media whore, city banker, estate agent, taxi driver or anyone of countless other morally questionable and specious jobs.

winter: http://tinyurl.com/2xkbbs
summer: http://tinyurl.com/2hsagv
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Its just as morally questionable AFAIK.....who do you think moves a lot of the legal/media/city docs around that help these people work....

Not that I've got anything against the above types....but then again I'm not a courier sticking it to "da man"

overdrive · June 2007

A morally bankrupt paperboy!!I actually like that.Keep em comin'.

Pickles · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by overdrive

A morally bankrupt paperboy!!I actually like that.Keep em comin'.
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[:D]

Well if the dodgy cycling cap fits....[;)]

domtyler · June 2007

I worked as a courier one summer holidays when I was at Uni about ten years ago for some ****ty bunch of w@nkers at the end of Kings Road, can't remember what they were called. I still have their bag and radio in my mums loft which I kept to spite the bunch of total ********s. I was on a mountain bike with knobblies as I remember and it was seriously exhausting. I quit when I had knocked off one day and was almost at home when I got a call saying to get back to the office urgently, I rode all the way back and then he told me to go home. Never went back, and that was the end of my career as a Cycle Courier.

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