metro article on helmets

[Titan yer tummy]

Part 6
But the biggest danger is to the new dogs in Rotonatta, because they don’t know about the self appointed custodians of helm-bone. Now when the ferals first arrive on the scene of a concealed helm-bone (and before Mayor Sheen has had time to react) and find a noo-doggy, they are not sure at first if he might be one of them. So they circle around for a while having a sniff, giving little yaps and throwing tempting little tripe morsels to see what reaction they might get. Of course if noo-doggy is one of them then there is much celebrating and mutual slobbering and drooling and they work themselves up into a rabid tripe feeding frenzy and gorge themselves until they are bloated with their own righteousness and collapse into their strange dreams of a world without helm-bone.

 

[ufkacbln]

Part 6
But the biggest danger is to the new dogs in Rotonatta, because they don’t know about the self appointed custodians of helm-bone. Now when the ferals first arrive on the scene of a concealed helm-bone (and before Mayor Sheen has had time to react) and find a noo-doggy, they are not sure at first if he might be one of them. So they circle around for a while having a sniff, giving little yaps and throwing tempting little tripe morsels to see what reaction they might get. Of course if noo-doggy is one of them then there is much celebrating and mutual slobbering and drooling and they work themselves up into a rabid tripe feeding frenzy and gorge themselves until they are bloated with their own righteousness and collapse into their strange dreams of a world without helm-bone.

.... and how does that answer the questions that you have been avoiding since January?

 

[benb]

... total rubbish ...

Your laboured and infantile story fails utterly, because no-one is trying to prevent people from wearing helmets.

Why is a cyclist who injures their head when not wearing a helmet a fool, but a pedestrian who injures their head when not wearing a helmet not a fool?

If you can't answer, then please just say so - it's quite rude and cowardly to ignore direct questions like that.

 

[ufkacbln]

Your laboured and infantile story fails utterly, because no-one is trying to prevent people from wearing helmets.

Why is a cyclist who injures their head when not wearing a helmet a fool, but a pedestrian who injures their head when not wearing a helmet not a fool?

If you can't answer, then please just say so - it's quite rude and cowardly to ignore direct questions like that.

Perhaps we haven't phrased it properly?

A new doggy stated that any doggy riding a bicycle who Injures their head when not wearing a helmet is a very silly little doggy, yet now refuse to answer questions

The new doggy also said the he objected to the National doggy veterinary service treating doggies without helmets, but the new doggy now refuse to answer if other doggies who have preventable accidents should be treated?

Would the new little doggy care to explain his remarks?

 

[Titan yer tummy]

Part 7
However if noo-doggy turns out to be another nice ordinary doggy then the ferals are truly delighted because now they can play their favourite game called ‘taunt-the-noo-doggy’. The first stage is to surround him; the Seekers (Harriadne, Tiny-Byke, Video-Mount, Denby, Turnip and others – sort of feral poodles! or sheep dogs even) start yapping and are permitted to throw little scraps of tripe. They lunge in to give noo-doggy little semi-friendly nips – yap, yip, yap; tripe, nip, bite. When this part of the game becomes boring they start their favourite bit which is a full blown tripe attack from all quarters. This is led by the alphas: Celandine and Bratsdad. In moments noo-doggy is swamped in stale rotting offal the likes of which he has never encountered before. When the tripe supply runs low they add feral sh-te into the mix. Noo-doggy thinks to himself ‘Hmmm don’t want to lose face here.’ He doesn’t realise that all the other nice doggies who have seen it all before are watching from a safe distance and don’t really care what happens as long as it doesn’t happen to them. So the assault develops – yap, yap, yap, drool dribble, drivel - with more and more tripe and feral sh-te being thrown so that noo-doggy is soon absolutely overwhelmed. Every time he tries to tackle one piece of sh-te then another is thrown by a different feral – yap, yap, snarl, growl, howl, slobber.

This attack is so unexpected that it takes a while for noo-doggy to gather his wits and begin to work things out. Now he starts to wonder, if all this feral sh-te and tripe is right, why hasn’t Dave and Nip and all the clever dogs in Parlomen cottoned on and had the I-weigh Code rewritten. He also thinks to himself ‘Crikey if Rotonatta is a friendly place I should hate to live somewhere unfriendly.’


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[Boris Bajic]

You don't feel that you are just repeating yourself now?

Up to now, everything has made perfect sense. But this... this takes the biscuit!

How dare ANYONE suggest that there has ever been even the slightest hint of repetition on this or any other helmet thread!

There hasn't, nor will there be!

Every line of argument is as fresh as overnight snowfall and the very notion of a tired, old truism is completely foreign to all of us who hold this subject dear.

I am utterly, utterly crestfallen that the accusation of repetition has appeared on this or any other helmet thread.

As I've said many times before, helmets save lives. It's common sense isn't it?

Just ask my pal who might once have worked in A&E. Or was it C&A? Anyway, just ask him. Or her.

Thank you.

 

[benb]

... total bollocks ...

Speaking of repetition, but I feel we're all entitled to an answer.

Your laboured and infantile story fails utterly, because no-one is trying to prevent people from wearing helmets.

Why is a cyclist who injures their head when not wearing a helmet a fool, but a pedestrian who injures their head when not wearing a helmet not a fool?

If you can't answer, then please just say so - it's quite rude and cowardly to ignore direct questions like that.

 

[dawesome]

25% of car passenger and driver deaths could be prevented if they had worn helmets.

sorry for shouting.

 

[mickle]

25% of car passenger and driver deaths could be prevented if they had worn helmets.

sorry for shouting.

Hear hear!

 

[ufkacbln]

Speaking of repetition, but I feel we're all entitled to an answer.

Your laboured and infantile story fails utterly, because no-one is trying to prevent people from wearing helmets.

Why is a cyclist who injures their head when not wearing a helmet a fool, but a pedestrian who injures their head when not wearing a helmet not a fool?

If you can't answer, then please just say so - it's quite rude and cowardly to ignore direct questions like that.

When one becomes as desperate as claiming that reasonable questions about your posts are personal attacks then it becomes glaringly obvious that the original posts were indefensible and there will be no answers

It's as scurrilous as playing the "Race Card" in politics

 

[growingvegetables]

Your sig line, TyT

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Hmm - we kinda noticed.
Do you really want to say that you dismiss any and and all questions/facts/arguments that might be at odds with your personal choice as "yap, yap, yap, drool dribble, drivel", or throwing "tripe and feral sh-te"?

 

[Titan yer tummy]

Part 8
Eventually noo-doggy makes his escape and runs off to find the other nice doggies where he can get himself cleaned up and have a chat with them to ensure that he hasn’t been struck down with mad-dog disease. The ferals relishing their triumph embark on a session of mutual appreciation and bottom sniffing, rolling and splashing in the foul ordure they have made.

The nice doggies are all hiding so it takes a while, for noo-doggy to find them; they don’t tell noo-doggy they have been hiding but just carry on as if nothing has happened – though really they feel very ashamed of themselves. All the nice doggies assure him that he is perfectly normal and has just had a bit of bad luck. Noo-doggy is so filthy he has to go and have a bath - ugh! Even then he cannot quite purge the stench.

Noo-doggy is a happy family doggy and had been planning to bring his wife and puppies to Rotonatta to settle down but now noo-doggy is having serious second thoughts. What would happen if he gave one of the puppies a helm-bone and the ferals found him with it? Would he too be subjected to a sh-te-bath? If the puppies were to fall into bad company they could become wayward and delinquent and start picking up strange ideas and start hanging around with unsavoury types who might lead them astray. This is all most worrying for noo-doggy and after a lot of soul-searching he decides reluctantly that Rotonatta, whilst fine for him, is not a pleasant place to bring up puppies and so he says his good-byes to all his nice doggy mates and leaves.

 

[ufkacbln]

Part 8
Eventually noo-doggy makes his escape and runs off to find the other nice doggies where he can get himself cleaned up and have a chat with them to ensure that he hasn’t been struck down with mad-dog disease. The ferals relishing their triumph embark on a session of mutual appreciation and bottom sniffing, rolling and splashing in the foul ordure they have made.

The nice doggies are all hiding so it takes a while, for noo-doggy to find them; they don’t tell noo-doggy they have been hiding but just carry on as if nothing has happened – though really they feel very ashamed of themselves. All the nice doggies assure him that he is perfectly normal and has just had a bit of bad luck. Noo-doggy is so filthy he has to go and have a bath - ugh! Even then he cannot quite purge the stench.

Noo-doggy is a happy family doggy and had been planning to bring his wife and puppies to Rotonatta to settle down but now noo-doggy is having serious second thoughts. What would happen if he gave one of the puppies a helm-bone and the ferals found him with it? Would he too be subjected to a sh-te-bath? If the puppies were to fall into bad company they could become wayward and delinquent and start picking up strange ideas and start hanging around with unsavoury types who might lead them astray. This is all most worrying for noo-doggy and after a lot of soul-searching he decides reluctantly that Rotonatta, whilst fine for him, is not a pleasant place to bring up puppies and so he says his good-byes to all his nice doggy mates and leaves.

I take it that is still a "NO" to answering the questions raised.

 

[mickle]

What a tyt.

 

[Boris Bajic]

The sons of the Prophet are hardy and bold
And ride without hat far and near
But of all the most reckless or life or of limb
Was Abdullah Bulbul Emir.

When they wanted a man run down by a van
Or hit by a car from the rear
There was never a doubt that the name they should shout
Was Abdullah Bulbul Emir.

The heroes were plenty and well known to fame
That rode mountain bikes for the Czar
but the maddest of all and first hatless to fall
Was Ivan Skavinsky Skavar...

Etc. etc....

And that's it...... I tried (I really did) to corrupt an old favourite with cycle-helmet language. Sadly, I've forgotten the verse I'm trying to rip off.

I thought it might be more fun than some bizarre tale of Doggy-Wonderland, or whatever it was that TYT was writing.

But I've failed. And no mention of donkeys or dogs, even if I did manage to include some 19th century Crimean shennanigans. I'm sorry. I'll get my coat.

And the conclusion: Helmets are OK if you want to wear one.