Puncture vs pain

[bazzawill]

So I have a patch of cow trop (3 corner jacks) in my front yard which I am in the process of eradicating. I have removed all the plant I am now just finding the remaining seeds (nasty prickles). They are not easy to see and love to get stuck in my feet and tyres. This brought a question to mind that I thought I might pose to the tribe. If you had the chose between a prickle full on to your foot in deep or to your tyre that caused a flat that no sealent or other method could fix what would you choose.
I know this is a false dichotomy, the sealent in my schwalbe one pro is pretty damn good when I remember to renew it, I usually carry my bike over the lawn and wearing shoes or thongs protect my feet and pick up the prickles harmlessly but that is no fun.

 

[jond]

barry i am a man.

therefore i would always prefer a puncture.

i cant even stand bindies in my foot.

heck a green ant latched onto my big toe a few days ago and my wife swore i was having our miracle baby.

to quote dr smith "oh the pain the pain"

 

[MrSteve]

Pain.

A guy I used to ride with rode his beautiful baby blue and cream Triumph Daytona Special that he had lovingly restored himself.
He'd often say that if he ever went down, he'd wrap himself around his beloved bike to protect it.
His logic was, people can heal but inanimate objects cannot.
After some thought, this makes some sort of twisted sense. Especially if you value your bike more than you value your life.

What's a little pain? At least, the bike would be spared!

 

[ratz]

What's a little pain? At least, the bike would be spared!

Gotta ask Larry what was worse; all the road rash; or watching the beloved Vendetta floating into the Air and off the rack going down the highway.

 

[LarryOz]

Gotta ask Larry what was worse; all the road rash; or watching the beloved Vendetta floating into the Air and off the rack going down the highway.

The pain is different, but probably equal is some strange way.
All I can say, is that dislocated shoulder sure hurt a lot worse than some road rash!

Pain - I believe our bodies where created somehow to forget the actual pain. How else could a woman go through childbirth and one second swear she will never, and I mean NEVER have another one - only to actually want another one knowing the pain will greet her again. Or how can any one of us crazies have a awful accident, even requiring major and painful surgery and lengthy recovery, be so willing to hope on a bike and chance the same happening again. But we do???

 

[castlerobber]

How else could a woman go through childbirth and one second swear she will never, and I mean NEVER have another one - only to actually want another one knowing the pain will greet her again.

"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." ~ John 16:21, NIV

 

[jond]

well in australia we say " lucky men dont have to have babies otherwise we would be extinct in a generation."

go those mighty sheilahs. love em. bless em.

 

[LarryOz]

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." ~ John 16:21, NIV

Excellent!
I of course looked through the Good Word, but could not find anything relating to bicycle riding and falling - wonder why??
But these quotes do seem to be apropos to cycling:

"For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity" - Proverbs 24:16

"Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble" - Job 14:1

"Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand" - Psalm 37:24 (this one seemed most appropriate for recumbents- although I'm relatively sure the original writer (probably David) did not have that in mind!

 

[MrSteve]

"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
~ Alan Watts

Religious quotes? Seriously?

 

[JOSEPHWEISSERT]

"What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today!" - Bill Murray
"Religion deserves to die" - David Silverman
"I found Jesus! He was hiding behind the couch." - T-shirt
Now, can we talk about bikes?

 

[LarryOz]

Now, can we talk about bikes?

Yeah - but I thought this thread was about punctures, and crashing, and pain..... and quotes.. I guess..

 

[castlerobber]

Well, Larry asked a rhetorical question about a certain kind of pain, I answered it with a source more authoritative than I. However, unlike most of y'all, I can testify to its truth firsthand. Twice. 18 years ago, and 15 years ago.

 

[ratz]

Well, Larry asked a rhetorical question about a certain kind of pain, I answered it with a source more authoritative than I. However, unlike most of y'all, I can testify to its truth firsthand. Twice. 18 years ago, and 15 years ago.

I've been in the room for 5, so that probably equates to suffering for 1 or at least .5

 

[castlerobber]

I've been in the room for 5, so that probably equates to suffering for 1 or at least .5

This is bringing Bill Cosby quotes to mind...sorry, Joe...

"Carol Burnett described what labor pains feel like. She said, 'Take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.' "

"My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six."

 

[super slim]

Well, Larry asked a rhetorical question about a certain kind of pain, I answered it with a source more authoritative than I. However, unlike most of y'all, I can testify to its truth firsthand. Twice. 18 years ago, and 15 years ago.

Having twins is the best way to go as only 1 9 months pregnancy, for 2 children, but maybe with a larger stomach, and the second birth is easier than the first!???

I am a polite identical twin that let his brother pop out first,!!! and I popped out 10 minutes later!
OR am I the lazy one that let his brother do all the hard work???