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Bubba kindly offered up another training tip this evening for Amici Veloci or anyone:
Bubba’s continuing cycling tips:
ITS ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE
Bicycling’s first poet laureate clearly captured this concept…
“ ‘Over the mountains of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied-
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’ “
(Edgar Allan Poe, 1849)
Hey! Whoa! Bubba told me he'd be able to quote Shakespeare on demand if he quit watching TV...is he doing a test run with Poe?
Even though we've been TV-less for going on 13 years, I still can't quote jack-diddley. (OK, we do have a TV and DVD player, but no reception and we've had the same 3 Netflix movies for about 2 months now...)
I was a english lit major and can't quote jack-diddley, so I'm on your team. However, I can sing extended snippets of Gilbert and Sullivan. I have also been known to beat Petunia up the hill by making her laugh at my renditions of the New Christy Minstrels. My secret weapon -- make 'em laugh and they can't get enough oxygen to climb.Quote:
Originally Posted by yellow
I'm known to break out into song.
"I was headin' down the canyon
Doin' 90 miles an ho-ur
When the chain on my bi-cy-le broke..."
(Durn it, that's all there is to that one)
Usually my companions are left gape-mouthed at my songs. I blame my mother for teaching them to me.
Shakespeare? Surely you jest. :D
Mom(who knew exactly which canyon it was when she was a little girl)OnBike
It's not Billy Wigglestick but it is a Bubba original. I should probably post this under the thread about the wonderful things our hubbies do. I have to go find a tissue now.
Whose name is this, whose face is this
that keeps my heart afire,
Why...'tis my sweet patootie
upon her bike fat tyre.
Matilda names this noble steed,
a cycle for all terrain,
Its chain a hum, its tyres a buzz,
it sings a sweet refrain.
To mountain top, thru dale and glen,
my one true love it brings
And home again to my open arms
comes my Sarah on bicycle wings.
Awww... you have a real gem Sarah. :p
V.
Thanks, V. We're two awfully lucky girls.
SK