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Offline heffay

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why don't they call them... ?
« on: September 25, 2007, 07:48:54 AM »
handlesbar?  i really only see one bar there.  if they are clipons,  so be it.  they would be clipons but, shouldn't handlebars be a handlesbar?

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Offline dustyc

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 07:50:47 AM »
Same reason we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.
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Offline mlinder

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 08:55:25 AM »
A single handlebar IS a handlebar.
When you say handlebars, you are referring to multiple handlebars.

Your bike only has one handlebar on it.

It's just a common mistake (which I make, too) to call a single handlebar handlebars.
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Offline Uncle Ernie

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2007, 09:30:20 AM »
Wow.  With this sort of logic and diplomacy, can world domination be far off?
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2007, 09:50:06 AM »
Aren't handlebars handled the same way as pants?
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2007, 10:26:33 AM »
Quote from: S-Dog on September 25, 2007, 09:50:06 AM
Aren't handlebars handled the same way as pants?

What, put on in the morning and removed just before you go to bed at night ???
Seems like a lot of pointless work to me.
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Offline Uncle Ernie

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2007, 03:17:08 PM »
Well, they get pretty wrinkled if you don't.

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2007, 03:28:12 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Ernie on September 25, 2007, 09:30:20 AM
Wow.  With this sort of logic and diplomacy, can world domination be far off?

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Paul for KING :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2007, 04:04:13 PM »
Should a get my hairs cut or just a haircut.
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2007, 04:12:35 PM »
.....asteroids instead of hemerhoids?
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2007, 04:57:21 PM »
You can wear pants if you like but Im wearing trousers when stepping outside  ::)

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2007, 05:00:06 PM »
Quote from: fuzzybutt on September 25, 2007, 04:12:35 PM
.....asteroids instead of hemerhoids?

fuzzy hemerhoids :o :o :o :o doesn't bare thinking about, does it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2007, 04:26:22 PM »
pants? whats wrong with my kilt?  ;D :D ;D :D
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Offline cb650

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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2007, 04:33:51 PM »
Cause you grab them at 2 points?   Are you bored at work?
Y goverment workers?



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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2007, 05:38:12 PM »
Quote from: fuzzybutt on September 26, 2007, 04:26:22 PM
pants? whats wrong with my kilt?  ;D :D ;D :D

What ever blows your skirt up  :D
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2007, 07:27:14 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Ernie on September 25, 2007, 03:17:08 PM
Well, they get pretty wrinkled if you don't.

I have never seen wrinkled handlebar(s)

Shouldn't this be in the shameless boost post?
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Re: why don't they call them... ?
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2007, 08:31:15 PM »
Quote from: 333 on September 26, 2007, 07:27:14 PM
Shouldn't this be in the shameless boost post?

That post is just beating a dead horse f...
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