Wooden bicycle for two. Very high NQ (Nifty Quotient)

On Aug 16, 4:21 am, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >http://tinyurl.com/yqfvtg
>
> At first I stared at it wondering where the guy got that big, single piece
> of hardwood because I couldn't see any seams, but reading the description on
> the right, I saw that it was made out of beech plywood. Still looks really
> different though. I'd love to show up at a bicycle show wheeling that thing
> beside me.

I think this photo tells the story:

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-6.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

On Aug 16, 9:10 pm, "GarageWoodworks" <.@.> wrote:
> VERY cool. I'd just hate to slip off the seat and get a splinter in the
> twig and berries! ;)
>

Twig and berries, huh? That's some pretty funny stuff, right there.
I'm still laughing....

Jim and The Twins here in Kanuckistan.

Twig and berries? That would be branch and peaches in my case.



On Aug 16, 6:10 pm, "GarageWoodworks" <.@.> wrote:
> VERY cool. I'd just hate to slip off the seat and get a splinter in the
> twig and berries! ;)
>
> --www.garagewoodworks.com

RE: Subject

Lyrics to the melody of: "A Bicycle Built For Two".

Oh Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer to,
I'm half crazy, all for the love of you,

It won't be a stylish marriage,
For I can't afford a carriage.

But you'll look neat,
Upon the seat,

On a Bicycle Built For Two.

2nd Verse
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Oh Harry, Harry, here is my answer to,
I'm not crazy, all for the love of you,

There won't be any marriage,
If you can't afford a carriage,

For I'll be damned,
If I'll be jammed,

On a Bicycle Built For Two.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Lew

In article <[email protected]>,
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
>RE: Subject
>
>Lyrics to the melody of: "A Bicycle Built For Two".

Corrections:
( original by Harry Dacre, 1892,
see <http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/childrens-songs/Daisy_Bell(A_Bicycle_Built_for_Two).htm>
for full lyrics )

{{ this is 2nd verse in the original }}

>Oh Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer to,

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do

>I'm half crazy, all for the love of you,
>
>It won't be a stylish marriage,
>For I can't afford a carriage.

I can't afford a carriage

>
>But you'll look neat,

But you'll look sweet,

>Upon the seat,
>
>On a Bicycle Built For Two.
>


This verse doesn't exist _at_all_ in the Dacre version
on-line sources show _lots_ of variations.
>2nd Verse
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Oh Harry, Harry, here is my answer to,
>I'm not crazy, all for the love of you,
>
>There won't be any marriage,
>If you can't afford a carriage,
>
>For I'll be damned,
>If I'll be jammed,
>
>On a Bicycle Built For Two.

I knew the 'polite company' version as:

I learned it as:
"Wilbur, Wilbur, here is your answer true
{{ on-line cites seem to favor 'Michael' as the man's name. }}
{{ (Any male 2-syllable name fits the meter) }}
I'm not crazy, just for the love of you
If there isn't any carriage,
There won't be any marriage,
For I'll be switched,
If I'll be hitched,
On a Bicycle Built For Two."

the 'blunt' version:
"Wilbur, Wilbur, here is your answer true
You're all crazy, to think that I'd marry you
If there isn't any carriage,
There won't be any marriage,
For I'll be damned,
If I'll be jammed,
On a Tandem!!!"

{{all the more jarring with the
deliberate violation of the 'meter'
and the tune just stopping 'ker-thunk'}}

VERY cool. I'd just hate to slip off the seat and get a splinter in the
twig and berries! ;)

--
www.garagewoodworks.com

"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> http://tinyurl.com/yqfvtg

At first I stared at it wondering where the guy got that big, single piece
of hardwood because I couldn't see any seams, but reading the description on
the right, I saw that it was made out of beech plywood. Still looks really
different though. I'd love to show up at a bicycle show wheeling that thing
beside me.