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June 14, 2005
World Naked Bike Ride
OK, so now it seems that any social cause at all is reason to flaunt your nude body in public. The latest is the World Naked Bike Ride to protest the dependence on fossil fuel. (Warning, may not be safe for work...)
So I can see riding bikes in protest of oil. Makes aesthetic sense. But nude bike riding? C'mon.
According to the site (of course they have a site!) "We face automobile traffic with our naked bodies as the best way of defending our dignity and exposing the unique dangers faced by cyclists and pedestrians as well as negative consequences we all face due to the dependence on oil, and other forms of non-renewable energy."1
I've been an avid cyclist for over 20 years, and here's just a few 'unique dangers' nude cyclists are really facing:
It is good to see, however, that as the cyclists seem to have no regard for the safety of their respective genitals and breasts, most are wearing helmets. I guess cranial injury is one 'unique danger' they are not willing to risk for the cause.
1. Grammarian's note: this is the grossest example of faulty parallel sentence structure ever witnessed in left-wing, babble-speak prose.
Posted by ProfShade at June 14, 2005 10:54 AM
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Not only a gross spectacle to behold, but indeed a painful one for the bike riders. I'd love to see them at the end of their ride...ouch!
Posted by: Pam M. at June 14, 2005 11:35 AM
Michael Moore, Rosey O'D, and a few choice others participating in this nude bike thing could bring it to an end.
Posted by: kitty at June 14, 2005 11:37 AM
LOL Kitty...I almost bust a gut laughing!
Posted by: Pam M. at June 14, 2005 11:49 AM
ProfShade writes, "It is good to see, however, that as the cyclists seem to have no regard for the safety of their respective genitals and breasts, most are wearing helmets. I guess cranial injury is one 'unique danger' they are not willing to risk for the cause."
Isn't bicycling in the nude a sign that cranial injury has already occurred?
As for these people injuring their genitals, do we really want these people to be able to breed?
Posted by: Dodo David at June 14, 2005 07:27 PM
At the height of the streaking craze in 1974, a group of guys on my floor did a bicycle streak through the university. We had it all planned out, with people waiting to take our bikes at the end of the ride so we could dash back into the dorm rooms. And of course, just by coincidence, the dean of students was paying a visit to the resident director of the dorm as we arrived.
Posted by: Pat Curley at June 14, 2005 07:50 PM
PAT CURLEY WAS A STREAKER IN COLLEGE??? Got any videos of this?
Posted by: kitty at June 14, 2005 08:22 PM
Kitty wants videos, I'll pass...but I would love to have a video of Rosie 'O nekkid biking...that'd be priceless fodder.
Posted by: ProfShade at June 14, 2005 09:37 PM