Comments on: A Whiter Shade of Perl http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27914 HalfEmpty Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:11:34 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27914 <p>Dis Jan.... der Kaiser: http://www.myspace.com/kaiserjan</p> Dis Jan…. der Kaiser: http://www.myspace.com/kaiserjan

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27860 HalfEmpty Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:22:46 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27860 <p>One of my major regrets (I has dem) is discovering bike racing so late in life. I could have been The Jan of my time.</p> One of my major regrets (I has dem) is discovering bike racing so late in life. I could have been The Jan of my time.

]]> By: Brett_McS http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27831 Brett_McS Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:11:34 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27831 <p>Yes, they're knockoffs of the pro team shirts - complete with the advertising. Of course the non-shaven legs are a give away.</p> Yes, they’re knockoffs of the pro team shirts - complete with the advertising. Of course the non-shaven legs are a give away.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27826 ninme Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:31:42 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27826 <p>Tour de France, hah. Try Foothill Expressway. DirtCrashr will know what I'm talking about. One summer's roadtrip we crossed the border, immediately spied a man on a bike in jeans and a flannel shirt, and mom started in on how we must be in Canada since people were bicycling in normal clothes and not a bunch of spandex. I always wondered how all these bikers all got such sweet endorsement deals, Powerbars, Powerade, etc. Then one day I found myself in a bike shop and realized they actually pay money for endorsed spandex bicycling outfits. What utter absurdity.</p> Tour de France, hah. Try Foothill Expressway. DirtCrashr will know what I’m talking about. One summer’s roadtrip we crossed the border, immediately spied a man on a bike in jeans and a flannel shirt, and mom started in on how we must be in Canada since people were bicycling in normal clothes and not a bunch of spandex. I always wondered how all these bikers all got such sweet endorsement deals, Powerbars, Powerade, etc. Then one day I found myself in a bike shop and realized they actually pay money for endorsed spandex bicycling outfits. What utter absurdity.

]]> By: Brett_McS http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27815 Brett_McS Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:02:49 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27815 <p>As the British ex-pat writer Alistair Cooke ("Letter from America") noted, there is quite a bit of subtlety in American Football - it's like a big game of chess. He said the disdain shown it by his compatriots is quite misplaced. </p> <p>I don't see much evidence of subtlety in the 20-20 form of cricket, with or without flashy uniforms. I will always prefer the epic novel of the full game (which, for American readers, lasts up to five days), and not just because of the traditional "whites" - although that is a part of it.</p> <p>Just say No to Spandex, indeed. There is more than enough Spandex for all eternity in the Tour de France.</p> As the British ex-pat writer Alistair Cooke (”Letter from America”) noted, there is quite a bit of subtlety in American Football - it’s like a big game of chess. He said the disdain shown it by his compatriots is quite misplaced.

I don’t see much evidence of subtlety in the 20-20 form of cricket, with or without flashy uniforms. I will always prefer the epic novel of the full game (which, for American readers, lasts up to five days), and not just because of the traditional “whites” - although that is a part of it.

Just say No to Spandex, indeed. There is more than enough Spandex for all eternity in the Tour de France.

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27773 DirtCrashr Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:02:19 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27773 <p>Ick - just say NO to spandex. At least they aren't covered with Nike logos, and carrying gigantic titanium-hybrid cricket bats like those to which golf has succumbed. As a kid overseas I was better at cricket than basketball.</p> Ick - just say NO to spandex. At least they aren’t covered with Nike logos, and carrying gigantic titanium-hybrid cricket bats like those to which golf has succumbed. As a kid overseas I was better at cricket than basketball.

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27768 HalfEmpty Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/04/a_whiter_shade_of_perl.html#comment-27768 <p><i>promises to bring all the subtlety associated with American football </i></p> <blockquote> <p>:< Dammy yankees~</p> </blockquote> <p>NASCAR~ The end of the world as Boston wants it.</p> <p>/I just finded the tilde</p> promises to bring all the subtlety associated with American football

:< Dammy yankees~

NASCAR~ The end of the world as Boston wants it.

/I just finded the tilde

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