Turning The TW200 Into A Street Bike (Mostly)
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From: . on 12 Aug 2008 09:37 On Aug 12, 7:20�am, h...(a)fki030.fki.uu.se (Hans-Christian Becker) wrote: > I just *had* to look that up, and according to my dictionary it is > > "fern bar (noun informal) > a barroom in a contemporary design that includes ferns and other plants." "Biker bar" is an antonym for "fern bar". Just try calling a biker "sweetie". You'll get a pool cue broken over your head. Don't you have biker bars over there?
From: TOG on 12 Aug 2008 10:14 On 12 Aug, 15:20, h...(a)fki030.fki.uu.se (Hans-Christian Becker) wrote: > In article <d788377e-93c1-4f56-9c93-d96366ccd...(a)v57g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > > TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >Oh, can anyone enlighten me as to what a 'fern bar' is? Two nations > >separated by a common language, and all that. > > I just *had* to look that up, and according to my dictionary it is > > "fern bar (noun informal) > a barroom in a contemporary design that includes ferns and other plants." > > I suppose it was meant as an insult, but I fail to see how. > Well, Krusty's insults are generally somewhere around the primary school playground level. I must say, your explanation has left me even more baffled than I was before.
From: TOG on 12 Aug 2008 10:16 On 12 Aug, 14:37, "." <Rhiann...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 12, 7:20 am, h...(a)fki030.fki.uu.se (Hans-Christian Becker) > wrote: > > > I just *had* to look that up, and according to my dictionary it is > > > "fern bar (noun informal) > > a barroom in a contemporary design that includes ferns and other plants." > > "Biker bar" is an antonym for "fern bar". Really? Given The Learned Doctor's definition, I'd doubt it. Still, whatever you say. > Just try calling a biker > "sweetie". > You'll get a pool cue broken over your head. > > Don't you have biker bars over there? I'm confused now. What do you call a bar that has both ferns *and* bikers in it?
From: Hans-Christian Becker on 12 Aug 2008 14:26 In article <b7ab2bee-69fa-48c0-a8e6-ee089bbd3993(a)i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, .. <RhiannonX(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"Biker bar" is an antonym for "fern bar". Just try calling a biker >"sweetie". >You'll get a pool cue broken over your head. Seriously, I would probably not go to a bar where someone would assault someone over being called `sweetie'. And furthermore, I think you have a rather narrow view of what a "biker" is (or should be). We're not in the movies, you know. >Don't you have biker bars over there? None that I frequent, and I suppose that makes me wuss in your eyes. Boo-hoo. -- Dr. Hans-Christian Becker '96 VN750 SM5TLH KG6POK Uppsala, Sweden
From: Hans-Christian Becker on 12 Aug 2008 14:29
In article <86b81ba3-0169-4820-8947-313d03aa7779(a)s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >On 12 Aug, 15:20, h...(a)fki030.fki.uu.se (Hans-Christian Becker) wrote: >> a barroom in a contemporary design that includes ferns and other plants." >school playground level. I must say, your explanation has left me even >more baffled than I was before. Heh. Imagine _my_ surprise as a non-native-English-speaker when it turned out that a fern bar actually was a bar with ferns! (Which sounds rather posh, I think.) -- Dr. Hans-Christian Becker '96 VN750 SM5TLH KG6POK Uppsala, Sweden |