To me Vespas look like something to steal. Couldn't you just pick one up and throw it in a pickup truck or something?
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 23, 2008 4:09:58 pm PDT #8769 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - May 23, 2008 4:25:17 pm PDT #8770 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I saw a scooter the other day with a bumper sticker that said "I t heart Tel-Aviv," except it had an Adidas logo instead of the heart.
tommyrot - May 23, 2008 4:27:07 pm PDT #8771 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
To me, a Vespa looks like an innovative (for its time) unit-body (i.e. no frame - the body shell provides all the strength) scooter with an aesthetically pleasing shape.
What? I saw a documentary once.
Jesse - May 23, 2008 4:29:45 pm PDT #8772 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What does that even mean, Hil?
tommyrot - May 23, 2008 4:30:22 pm PDT #8773 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do tread on me?
Hil R. - May 23, 2008 4:35:34 pm PDT #8774 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What does that even mean, Hil?
I have no idea.
Torque - May 23, 2008 4:37:03 pm PDT #8775 of 10001
Bad Wolf
The sushi was gooood. Soft-shell crab is in season.
So you went with the sushi, excellent. I went to one of those pick up and bake your own pizza places.
What kind of wine goes with an Artichoke/Chicken Pizza?
meara - May 23, 2008 4:40:37 pm PDT #8776 of 10001
The thing about vespas, at least old ones, is they pollute awful.
Newer ones are much much better about this
Actually, I see organ donors every time I see unhelmeted non-car cycles.
Yeah, really important to wear a helmet. And even still, it is dangerous--a coworker's wife was hit by a van, and she was wearing a helmet, and it was still touch and go for quite a while. She lost a kidney, had a lot of internal injuries, broken ribs, and a broken leg. On the other hand, it's not like you can't be in car or bike accidents either.
§ ita § - May 23, 2008 4:41:07 pm PDT #8777 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I went with the popcorn. My body went with the migraine. Phbbbpptt.
sarameg - May 23, 2008 4:46:04 pm PDT #8778 of 10001
My dad's first accident, a car made a sudden right turn in front of him. He flew 6 ft, landed on his head (seriously, the foam was compressed to under half and inch), skidded another few feet on his face. Broke his hand (only one bone, amazingly) and required multiple plastic surgeries.
Another, he got rear ended and planted his ass through the car's windshield. He was lucky that time: his worst injury was wipershaped bruises. The bike went under the car and looked like spaghetti, though.