Young America Films, a subsidiary of the Centron Corp. of Lawrence, Kan., created this bicycle education film, simply titled "Bicycle Safety," back in 1950. While you might get a chuckle or two from some of the scenes, many of the lessons taught by this film remain valid 57 years later.
If you have about 10 minutes to spare, enjoy today's feature presentation:Labels: cycling, humor, safety
Roger 0 comments links to this post 1:01 AM
I'm still in the bicycle humor mode, so to honor all the men and women who keep our bikes in tip-top shape, here's some vintage stuff from Monty Python:
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Let me share with you some bicycle-related humor that I've received recently from various e-mail sources.
The first comes from a cycling friend, Tracy, who shared a list of puns. Some of them are rather punishing, including this one:A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.The second recently was sent to members of the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation's mailing list:Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"The final one comes from a long-time Cursillo friend, Milt. Here goes:
The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want.'"
The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."A woman named Jill stood up at her church's Testimony Meeting, or as some churches call it, "Cry Sunday," one Sunday morning, took the microphone from one of the church ushers and bared her soul to the enrapt congregation:I invite you to share your bicycling humor in the comments below. All that I ask is that you keep it reasonably clean!
"I want to tell you about the awful accident that my husband, Jim, has suffered this past month. He was riding his bike, lost control, ran off the highway and hit a tree. He was rushed to the hospital and could have died, but thank the Lord, all he suffered was a broken scrotum."
The congregation gasped in horror. The men in the congregation were obviously uneasy and writhed in their seats.
"Jim has been in terrible pain all month since the accident. He has trouble breathing. He has trouble swallowing his food. He can hardly lift anything, he's in so much pain, and he has missed work because of it. He can't lift our children up to hold them and give them the personal love that they need. Worst of all, we can no longer cuddle and have intimate relations. He is in constant pain, a pain so terrible that our love life has all but slipped away into oblivion. I would like to ask you all in the congregation to pray for Jim, and pray for us, that his broken scrotum will soon heal and be as good as new."
A dull murmur erupted within the congregation as the full impact of this terrible accident sunk in, and the men in the congregation were visibly shaken up with the thought that, "there but for the grace of God go I."
Then, as the murmuring settled down, a lone figure stood up in midst of the congregation, worked his way up to the pulpit, obviously in pain, adjusted the microphone to his liking, then leaned over and said to the congregation:
"My name is Jim, and I have only one word for my wife, Jill. That word is: STERNUM!"
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