26 September, 2006

The Old Crown Challenge

One of my 'bent buddies, who goes by the nom du gear [sic] "FlyingLaZBoy", passed along this link and made me ashamed to be associated with every ride report I've ever written. If you aren't interested in bicycles generally nor in recumbents specifically, you may not care. If your eyes glaze over at the thought of Shakespearean prose and you once had a brain aneurism after your latest good-intentioned run at the KJV Bible, you'll probably want to move along to some post about monkeys whacking a politician about the head and neck with wooden mallets (I'll be along later).
I 1 And it did come to pass, that on the nth day (no-one is quite sure which, but most theologians tend towards Thursday), the Lord did look down upon the Earth, and saw that it was flat, and really not very interesting. So he did cause parts of the Earth to rise up into the firmament. And the Children of the Lord did name the lumpy bits in the middle of northern England "the Pennines". And the Lord looked upon His work, and saw that it was good.

2 And in the evening did the Lord slump down in His favourite armchair, and did plant His feet upon His coffee table, and did scratch His balding bonce, and He did read the part of the Manual pertaining to the causing of the Children of the Lord to invent Things. And thus it did come to pass that the Children of the Lord did invent the recumbent. And the Lord looked upon His work, and saw that it was good.
Link

If this tickles your Monty Python schtick, do follow the link and read the whole magilla. Which is not, technically, a synonym for "entertaining ride report"—but it will do. 'Twill serve.

7 comments:

Jenn said...

I can hear John Cleese executing that most brilliantly.

Foo said...

I was hearing Michael Palin in the same tone he utilised in the Hand Grenade of Antioch speech.

Lou said...

Love the irreverence of it. Go Monty! LOL

Bret said...

Mmmmm... yeah... that ride report was like, longer than the ride... I'm going to need a summary, m'kay?

Foo said...

Bret: Methinks thou hast, perhaps, missed the point. ;)

WV: "bligs" I don't know what it means, but I like it. Seems to go well with "blogs". And yet... nothing can ever compare with Dr. Eric's prescription. [cough]

Gwynne said...

Okay, I finally, finally took the time off of work to read the ride report, complete with footnotes, merrily. It was worth the use of a few hours vacation time. Loved it. I especially loved that he gives a complete wedding report in the middle. This was, of course, after the cigarette break.

Tink said...

Come out, come out, wherever you arrrre!

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