Clinic/Asylum references

johnboy183

I keep reading the above references on different posts. Where can I find them? And what is it about them that seems to rile so many on here?

greasedscotsman

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20

RichN95.

It's a forum on the Cycling News website. Full of people who think about nothing other than doping all day long every day. The posters on there work on the basis that if doping can be the explanation for something (not just in cycling), then that must be the explanation for it, regardless of how unlikely that explanation actually is.

No_Ta_Doctor

Nicknamed the asylum as it's full of people that thought the tinfoil hat would be better for them than their prescribed medication.

johnboy183

Ta muchly. And how many posy on here post there?

iainf72

No tA Doctor wrote:

Nicknamed the asylum as it's full of people that thought the tinfoil hat would be better for them than their prescribed medication.

Asylum is one of mine, isn't it? Proud moment was when inrng used it

TheBigBean

iainf72 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Nicknamed the asylum as it's full of people that thought the tinfoil hat would be better for them than their prescribed medication.

Asylum is one of mine, isn't it? Proud moment was when inrng used it

Does Inner Ring read here, or did Twitter lead to your fame?

raymond82

Great topic this, I was wondering the exact same thing today! Thanks for clarifying it, looks like an interesting forum to keep an eye on when in the mood!

No_Ta_Doctor

iainf72 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Nicknamed the asylum as it's full of people that thought the tinfoil hat would be better for them than their prescribed medication.

Asylum is one of mine, isn't it? Proud moment was when inrng used it

Should be a chapter in the autobiography for that alone.

Rich95 reckons Birnie for your ghostwriter. I still go with Kimmage.

Yellow Peril

iainf72 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Nicknamed the asylum as it's full of people that thought the tinfoil hat would be better for them than their prescribed medication.

Asylum is one of mine, isn't it? Proud moment was when inrng used it

If you achieve nothing else in your life Iain you can die a happy man having coined that label. Never a more apt name for the clinic

mike6

Just had a look at the Clinic. What a waste of time and space, too many on there with too much time and too few brain cells. Don't bother.

mm1

The Clinic. Yeah, but, I know that I shouldn't going back, but well it's er...kind of addictive. Which is appropriate I suppose, though its kind of shameful to admit to such voyeurism about what is, essentially an adolescent w+nk fest. The argument that Walsh is a Sky stooge is particularly fascinating, especially when his painful journey from innocence (Kelly, Harrup 1986) to experience is so well know and thoroughly documented. I think, as far as I understanding, that Mr Walsh has been corrupted by Murdoch cash (well I suppose his employer may have been justifiably pleased to get something back from Cancer Jesus) and simultaneously duped by "Brailsfraud".

greasedscotsman

mike6 wrote:

Just had a look at the Clinic. What a waste of time and space, too many on there with too much time and too few brain cells. Don't bother.

But then some people seem to like to talking doping, even more than they like watching the actual racing. It's good there is a place just for them!

Richmond Racer

greasedscotsman wrote:

mike6 wrote:

Just had a look at the Clinic. What a waste of time and space, too many on there with too much time and too few brain cells. Don't bother.

But then some people seem to like to talking doping, even more than they like watching the actual racing. It's good there is a place just for them!

True. Jeez, psychoanalysts must have a field day studying that place

LeicesterLad

I've been institutionalised at the asylum. That is why I havn't posted on bikeradar in so long. :twisted:

No_Ta_Doctor

LeicesterLad wrote:

I've been institutionalised at the asylum. That is why I havn't posted on bikeradar in so long. :twisted:

OK BR peeps, I think we need to stage an intervention. Who's up for saving LL?

ocdupalais

No tA Doctor wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

I've been institutionalised at the asylum. That is why I havn't posted on bikeradar in so long. :twisted:

OK BR peeps, I think we need to stage an intervention. Who's up for saving LL?

I'm waiting for him to prove he's not a nutter.

There's been a long history of nutters on BR; statistically, he must be a nutter too.

RichN95.

OCDuPalais wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

I've been institutionalised at the asylum. That is why I havn't posted on bikeradar in so long. :twisted:

OK BR peeps, I think we need to stage an intervention. Who's up for saving LL?

I'm waiting for him to prove he's not a nutter.

There's been a long history of nutters on BR; statistically, he must be a nutter too.

I agree. It's like zombie movies. How do we know he is safe? One of them may have bitten him.

LutherB

If he's vegetarian he might be safe to have around.

dave_1

some of them in clinic have pretty good insight and the occasional v interesting link or two. The clinic has some incredible conspiracy theories though. Let's do a weekly update on what the inmates down there are speculating about.

The first inmate I came across just now..on Walsh, who risked losing his home to get Armstrong, is now suddenly a spin dr for the dark side.

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and here's another idea of the clinic

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Default A doping detection idea - dogs
Dogs have an acute sense of smell. They can be trained to detect cancer, which I am guessing has a very subtle bouquet.

Have a few dogs interact with the cyclists in the morning, and anyone who gets special puppy attention can get tested then and there. They can do it at the hotel, so it's kept out of the public eye, and you wouldn't need to limit it to GC / jersey wearers, etc, as the dogs would be filtering the testing pool automatically.

You can't train a puppy to detect unknown chemicals, but the drugs commonly tested for would be a good start. You can do targeted testing based on how someone smells rather than a computer system, statistics or otherwise. Not to replace those things, but as a real-time, ad-hoc ping.

I have not looked, but data from drug sniffer dogs at airports could be used as
* a template for training and handling
* source for efficacy data, etc.

I realise
* embrocation smells or similar could mask any exogenous chemical smells in cyclists
* the dogs have human handlers, introducing a corruptible link in the chain
* noone in cycling admin, IOC or anywhere else is actually interested in preventing or stopping doping

However, I am curious on other's thoughts?
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blazing_saddles

I see their latest gem is that Leinders must still be working with Sky because it is only speculation that he's not, since nobody has seen him there.
Hard to argue with that!

deejay

RichN95 wrote:

It's a forum on the Cycling News website. Full of people who think about nothing other than doping all day long every day. The posters on there work on the basis that if doping can be the explanation for something (not just in cycling), then that must be the explanation for it, regardless of how unlikely that explanation actually is.

I thought these people brought the taliban on here, or is it an infection from elsewhere. :?: :roll:

dave_1

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I see their latest gem is that Leinders must still be working with Sky because it is only speculation that he's not, since nobody has seen him there.
Hard to argue with that!

The paranoia of a number of contributers to the clinic is definitely why the asylum is a very apt nickname. They see conspiracy everywhere, trust nobody. The clinic is the sporting equal of The Tap Blog...which contains many quite mind blowing conspiracy theories about the world

TheBigBean

So if I believe they are all most likely at it, but I'm happy to watch and enjoy the racing anyway with the hope that in years to come I may be pleasantly surprices, should I disappear off to the clinc?

Pross

TheBigBean wrote:

So if I believe they are all most likely at it, but I'm happy to watch and enjoy the racing anyway with the hope that in years to come I may be pleasantly surprices, should I disappear off to the clinc?

No. The fact that you would be pleasantly surprised if you found they weren't doping prevents you going there. They would be devastated if Froome etc. somehow proved their innocence (and it would obviously be a conspiracy showing their innocence anyway).

Richmond Racer

Nooo Bean, noooooo!

mike6

TheBigBean wrote:

So if I believe they are all most likely at it, but I'm happy to watch and enjoy the racing anyway with the hope that in years to come I may be pleasantly surprices, should I disappear off to the clinc?

Yes you should. That is no attitude for any balanced, mature adult to have. Life is much too short to distrust everyone without any proof.
Please, recant the dark side, come into the sunlight and enjoy the glass half full.

johnboy183

Ok. 1 more. The Taliban?

No_Ta_Doctor

johnboy183 wrote:

Ok. 1 more. The Taliban?

Usually The Twaliban - a conjunction of Twitter and Taliban. their attitude is "stone them first, ask questions later".

mm1

The twitter Taliban i.e. Festina Girl etc? Only you, your followers and god know the truth...

johnboy183

Ahhhh....