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From: tomorrow on 12 Jun 2007 17:10 On Jun 12, 3:17 pm, Nate Bargmann <n0nb.DO.NOT.S...(a)ME.networksplus.net> wrote: > In this world of ours perception is reality. Right now the global > warming debate has many reassessing their impact on this old world of > ours. Slogans are an important part of all this and it got me to > thinking yesterday. We motorcyclists need a slogan to show how eco- > friendly we are. I submit the following: > > Quiet pipes save Mother Earth. > > Now, that may seem charmed, perhaps even quaint. But, how else can we > get the eco-activists on our side and promoting motorcycles while still > being able to use fossil fuels for our own gratification? I prefer Rider Wearhouse's T-shirt slogan: "Pave the Planet! One World, One People, One Slab of Asphalt"
From: BrianNZ on 12 Jun 2007 20:45 Stephen! wrote: > BrianNZ <brian(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote in news:f4n16j$kid$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz: > >> ?? 'Mother Earth' has ears!? Noise only affects animals....... > > > You've obviously never been caught in an avalanche. ;) > No, I haven't. How does this show the earth can 'hear'?
From: BrianNZ on 12 Jun 2007 22:50 Stephen! wrote: > BrianNZ <brian(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote in news:f4nefi$c0c$2(a)lust.ihug.co.nz: > >>>> ?? 'Mother Earth' has ears!? Noise only affects animals....... >>> >>> You've obviously never been caught in an avalanche. ;) >>> >> >> No, I haven't. How does this show the earth can 'hear'? > > > Who said anything about hearing? I was referring to your comment about > noise only affecting animals... Plenty of avalanches have been started > by loud noises... > .....now that you mention it, your previous post makes perfect sense! It must be me....... :(
From: Thumper on 12 Jun 2007 23:33 "Keith Schiffner" <schistan(a)bresnan.net> wrote in message news:Voydnc4UYMF2ZfPbnZ2dnUVZ_r-onZ2d(a)bresnan.com... > > "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb.DO.NOT.SPAM(a)ME.networksplus.net> wrote in message > news:pan.2007.06.12.19.17.39(a)ME.networksplus.net... >> In this world of ours perception is reality. Right now the global >> warming debate has many reassessing their impact on this old world of >> ours. Slogans are an important part of all this and it got me to >> thinking yesterday. We motorcyclists need a slogan to show how eco- >> friendly we are. I submit the following: >> >> Quiet pipes save Mother Earth. >> >> Now, that may seem charmed, perhaps even quaint. But, how else can we >> get the eco-activists on our side and promoting motorcycles while still >> being able to use fossil fuels for our own gratification? >> >> Whatcha y'all think? > > It is fine for hypocritical greenies. Me I prefer "Sell the cage and ride > a motorcycle" You want all those crackpot cagers on bikes? I'm not so sure I agree with that. Thumper > >
From: Keith Schiffner on 12 Jun 2007 23:52
"Thumper" <roadapple(a)unclewebster.com> wrote in message news:5AJbi.16401$296.6439(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Keith Schiffner" <schistan(a)bresnan.net> wrote in message > news:Voydnc4UYMF2ZfPbnZ2dnUVZ_r-onZ2d(a)bresnan.com... >> >> "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb.DO.NOT.SPAM(a)ME.networksplus.net> wrote in message >> news:pan.2007.06.12.19.17.39(a)ME.networksplus.net... >>> In this world of ours perception is reality. Right now the global >>> warming debate has many reassessing their impact on this old world of >>> ours. Slogans are an important part of all this and it got me to >>> thinking yesterday. We motorcyclists need a slogan to show how eco- >>> friendly we are. I submit the following: >>> >>> Quiet pipes save Mother Earth. >>> >>> Now, that may seem charmed, perhaps even quaint. But, how else can we >>> get the eco-activists on our side and promoting motorcycles while still >>> being able to use fossil fuels for our own gratification? >>> >>> Whatcha y'all think? >> >> It is fine for hypocritical greenies. Me I prefer "Sell the cage and ride a >> motorcycle" > > You want all those crackpot cagers on bikes? > I'm not so sure I agree with that. Not to worry they'll all be helmetless, tank tops, shorts and flip-flops...they'll be kill off in no time. Now tell me that would be a bad thing? I don't oh I'd tear up at the funeral if they were someone I knew of...crocodilian tears. -- Keith Schiffner Assistant to the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Silly Walks. "terrorist organization" is a redundancy |