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  • way cool mother, embarrassing your teenage son :D

    does he bike too?
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • cullen_bay
    cullen_bay Posts: 256
    does anybody else do two things when they fall
    1) stifle a cry/scream?
    2) check for bruises and cuts afterwards and hope that they look bigger/cooler/sorer than they were?

    discuss... :lol: :shock:
  • yes

    i like nothing more than parading my most recent badge of honour to anyone who is vaguely interested. :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Me too. Though I rarely have to stifle a cry/scream. I usually swear loudly, though :lol:

    Yes, I like big scratches/bruises :lol:


    No, he doesn't bike. He utterly refuses to change gears so can't climb hills so won't go out :lol:
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  • i find the f word followed by the c word works wonderfully :twisted:

    and your son will see the light, one day. until then, festering in his room behind partly closed curtains will do him the world of good...

    is he going to be a pageboy at your wedding...

    pageboy_francois2_11x162.jpg
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    No, but we're having an old double decker bus as wedding transport for everyone and with it comes printed souvenir tickets.

    He wants to be the conductor. He gets to use the little machine and everything :lol:
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  • genspain
    genspain Posts: 43
    cullen_bay wrote:
    does anybody else do two things when they fall
    1) stifle a cry/scream?
    2) check for bruises and cuts afterwards and hope that they look bigger/cooler/sorer than they were?

    discuss... :lol: :shock:

    love showing off my war wounds the bigger the better feels like i've achieved something. but don't usually cry/scream! I also have botty mouth! :oops:
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  • One thing I didn't get yesterday - visible war wounds!

    Did get nettle stings from an overgrown bit of the SDW and my backside is a little sore this morning.

    Still, maybe getting serious damage isn't the best thing for the first full-length time out!
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • gb2gw
    gb2gw Posts: 81
    cullen_bay wrote:
    does anybody else do two things when they fall
    1) stifle a cry/scream?
    2) check for bruises and cuts afterwards and hope that they look bigger/cooler/sorer than they were?

    discuss... :lol: :shock:

    I invariably don't stifle cry/screams, and I'm never in a position to hope bruises look bigger than they were because I bruise like a peach and even so much as falling sideways into a 'mattress' of clover, would turn my dainty little skin purple :roll:

    In fact it's a a really good day when I can bare my arms and legs and NOT have a bruise or two on there somewhere.

    Glad you enjoyed your ride out miss notax :D
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Yeah, but l like having bruises and scrapes. Makes me feel like lara croft :lol:
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  • not just me that thinks like that then!

    yay!
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • ryan93
    ryan93 Posts: 186
    edited June 2009
    Hey all, I know this isn't really my place to comment being a 16 yr old boy, but one thing I don't get is this, why do women never seem to wear as much armour, ie, skin/knee guards as guys do, yet when we fall off our bikes we still manage to hurt ourself?

    And to reply to whoever posted the question about falling off and grunting, I don't realy scream or cry. Except for when there's a crowd of people, makes the fall look more dramatic than it actually is.

    Seeing as this thread has kind of gone off topic abit, why not watch the Earthed DVD's for motivation?
  • ryan93 wrote:
    Hey all, I know this isn't really my place to comment being a 16 yr old boy, but one thing I don't get is this, why do women never seem to wear as much armour, ie, skin/knee guards as guys do, yet when we fall off our bikes we still manage to hurt ourself?

    Ryan

    coz you lot (especially 16 year olds) are more reckless than us! :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • ryan93
    ryan93 Posts: 186
    Hey! Slow down Jenny, isn't that a bit agist to 16 year olds?!
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    No :lol:

    You lot go like the clappers which is why you still hurt yourself, despite all the armour :lol:

    It's nothing to be ashamed of :lol:
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  • ryan93
    ryan93 Posts: 186
    lol, im not, and how come you dont "go like the clappers" then?
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Cuz girls are smart (and cowardy custards) :lol:



    I think we think about the consequences too much, to be honest.
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  • just you wait til you're a bit older...

    having said that, I live across the road from a skateboard/bike park (way cool!) and none of them seem to have any fear - from age 6 to oooo 56!

    nutters - but very, very good!
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

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  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    I think boys look at something and say, "That looks like FUN!"

    And girls look at the same things and say, "If I come off, that's going to HURT" :lol:
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  • ryan93
    ryan93 Posts: 186
    lol if you look at it then and think if you come off its going to hurt then why not wear armour?
  • Ditch Witch
    Ditch Witch Posts: 837
    Why do it at all? :lol:
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