Brazilian Bike Bus

Tom Harrington · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

Lots of people join gyms to exercise. And lots of them ride exercise
bikes.

But I bet a lot of them get bored with the surroundings. Wouldn't it be
nice if you could get the same workout that an exercise bike gives you,
without being cooped up in the same old gym? Maybe you could even move
around from place to place as you pedaled, and see different places.

Surely there must be some way this would be possible?

In Brazil they've discovered how to make this possible: "Bus Bike"
(). It's a converted city bus, with a bunch
of exercise bikes inside it. So people can pedal the exercise bike
while seeing the actual scenery of Brazil go by, which has got to be an
improvement. Check out for a
photo gallery of people working out on the exercise bikes while--
miraculously-- the sights of Brazil whoosh by.

I am frankly in awe at the thought of how this problem was solved.
Truly, the founders of this service have dizzying intellects.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
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smickles · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

GWD wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:11:34 +1100, GWD wrote:
>
>
>>On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:54:17 -0700, Tom Harrington wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Lots of people join gyms to exercise. And lots of them ride exercise
>>>bikes.
>>>
>>>But I bet a lot of them get bored with the surroundings. Wouldn't it be
>>>nice if you could get the same workout that an exercise bike gives you,
>>>without being cooped up in the same old gym? Maybe you could even move
>>>around from place to place as you pedaled, and see different places.
>>>
>>>Surely there must be some way this would be possible?
>>>
>>>In Brazil they've discovered how to make this possible: "Bus Bike"
>>>(). It's a converted city bus, with a bunch
>>>of exercise bikes inside it. So people can pedal the exercise bike
>>>while seeing the actual scenery of Brazil go by, which has got to be an
>>>improvement. Check out for a
>>>photo gallery of people working out on the exercise bikes while--
>>>miraculously-- the sights of Brazil whoosh by.
>>>
>>>I am frankly in awe at the thought of how this problem was solved.
>>>Truly, the founders of this service have dizzying intellects.
>>
>>AOL
>>Also that of the punters.
>
>
> Err - also true of the punters...
> Intellect. The awe at the founders' intellect could apply equally to
> the punters.
> I mean the dizzying intell...
>
> Ah fegedit
>
Subtle humor most be quite difficult.

Dave Hinz · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 63

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:26:33 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
> smickles wrote:

>> You could be the cool kid on the block with the $8,000 7 seater trike.

> As opposed to what I am now, the cool kid on the block who doesn't have
> an $8,000 7 seater trike?

Um, I've got some bad news for you, bucko...

Candiru Fish · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 29

Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:26:33 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>> smickles wrote:
>
>>> You could be the cool kid on the block with the $8,000 7 seater trike.
>
>> As opposed to what I am now, the cool kid on the block who doesn't have
>> an $8,000 7 seater trike?
>
> Um, I've got some bad news for you, bucko...
>

If you don't keep it to yourself I'll show you my willie.

Dave Hinz · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 63

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:53:24 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:26:33 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>>> smickles wrote:
>>
>>>> You could be the cool kid on the block with the $8,000 7 seater trike.
>>
>>> As opposed to what I am now, the cool kid on the block who doesn't have
>>> an $8,000 7 seater trike?
>>
>> Um, I've got some bad news for you, bucko...

> If you don't keep it to yourself I'll show you my willie.

OK, I won't tell you, then, that you're not one of the cool kids.

Dave "And no, you don't need to post it again, more people have already
seen it than wanted to" Hinz

Candiru Fish · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 29

Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:53:24 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>> Dave Hinz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:26:33 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>>>> smickles wrote:
>>>>> You could be the cool kid on the block with the $8,000 7 seater trike.
>>>> As opposed to what I am now, the cool kid on the block who doesn't have
>>>> an $8,000 7 seater trike?
>>> Um, I've got some bad news for you, bucko...
>
>> If you don't keep it to yourself I'll show you my willie.
>
> OK, I won't tell you, then, that you're not one of the cool kids.
>
> Dave "And no, you don't need to post it again, more people have already
> seen it than wanted to" Hinz
>
OK which part am I failing on, the "cool" or the "kid"?

Dave Hinz · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 63

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:43:28 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:53:24 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>>> Dave Hinz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:26:33 GMT, Candiru Fish wrote:
>>>>> smickles wrote:
>>>>>> You could be the cool kid on the block with the $8,000 7 seater trike.
>>>>> As opposed to what I am now, the cool kid on the block who doesn't have
>>>>> an $8,000 7 seater trike?
>>>> Um, I've got some bad news for you, bucko...
>>
>>> If you don't keep it to yourself I'll show you my willie.
>>
>> OK, I won't tell you, then, that you're not one of the cool kids.
>>
>> Dave "And no, you don't need to post it again, more people have already
>> seen it than wanted to" Hinz
>>
> OK which part am I failing on, the "cool" or the "kid"?

Shaddup, Kid, the grownups are talking.

Candiru Fish · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 29

GWD wrote:
> On 9 Feb 2006 08:59:03 -0800, Assiduous Bob wrote:
>> Tom Harrington wrote:
>>> Oh, Mordechai. Your innocence warms the heart. After spending these
>>> many decades on Usenet it's easy to forget that I too was once as young
>>> and clueless as you back in the day when all the computer hardware I had
>>> was a steam-powered mechanical dumb terminal. Incidentally, that
>>> "whoosh" sound you just heard was the joke passing *right over your
>>> head*. When you grow a little taller perhaps they'll make contact more
>>> often.
>> Um, wouldn't an ACTUAL JOKE work as well, and be even funnier?
>
> You mean the one that starts: "A guy walks into a bar, see". Or maybe
> the one about the traveling salesman and the farmer's daughter...
>
> Come off the grass, this is a humour froup!
>

You must be joking.

Whatever · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 20

Candiru Fish
> GWD wrote:
>> Assiduous Bob wrote:
>>> Tom Harrington wrote:
>>>> Incidentally, that "whoosh" sound you just heard was the
>>>> joke passing *right over your head*. When you grow a little taller
>>>> perhaps they'll make contact more often.
>>> Um, wouldn't an ACTUAL JOKE work as well, and be even funnier?
>>
>> You mean the one that starts: "A guy walks into a bar, see". Or maybe
>> the one about the traveling salesman and the farmer's daughter...
>>
>> Come off the grass, this is a humour froup!
>
> You must be joking.

I assure you he's not. Humor is a serious matter.

Ambiguous Bob · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Candiru Fish wrote:
> GWD wrote:
> > Come off the grass, this is a humour froup!
> You must be joking.
Not in this froup.

Ambiguous Bob · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

GWD wrote:
> Come off the grass,

Where did you get the information I come on the grass?

> this is a humour froup!

If my attempt at humor was mistaken for sincere criticism, then, well,
uh, I, erm...

Tom Harrington · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

In article ,
"Ambiguous Bob" wrote:

> GWD wrote:
> > Come off the grass,
>
> Where did you get the information I come on the grass?
>
> > this is a humour froup!
>
> If my attempt at humor was mistaken for sincere criticism, then, well,
> uh, I, erm...

Uh-oh, we've passed the irony event horizon. Nobody can tell who's
being serious and who's being ironic anymore. This way lies danger...

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X.
Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more.
See http://www.atomicbird.com/

Ignominious Bob · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Tom Harrington wrote:
> Uh-oh, we've passed the irony event horizon.

The Irony Horizon Event Center in Chicago has been renamed the Irony
Allstate Arena, and we've passed it because you forgot to take the
Mannheim Road exit. Please update your records, then turn your car
around at the next exit and try again.

> Nobody can tell who's being serious and who's being ironic anymore.

You're kidding, right? Right? Oh wait, I get it.

My original deadpan mimicry might have been moronic, but not ironic.
Perhaps its lack of irony is ironic. Or if yellow is the new khaki,
maybe Morony is the new Irony.

> This way lies danger.

It's worse than that. My last couple of oracularized submissions have
been *very* badly received, too. I've sworn off yet again.

You owe the Oracle a crying towel.

Eli the Bearded · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

In rec.humor.oracle.d, Ignominious Bob wrote:
> Or if yellow is the new khaki, maybe Morony is the new Irony.

That's curious, George.

Elijah
------
or Bob

Whatever · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 20

Eli the Bearded:

> Ignominious Bob wrote:
>> Or if yellow is the new khaki, maybe Morony is the new Irony.
>
> That's curious, George.
> ------
> or Bob

No, no. That makes him curious, yellow.

------
or Lena

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