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BIG RACE-why is no one signed up?

stiksandstones

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
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Orange, Ca
So the weekend of the worlds there is a big race up in nor cal...but no pros are signed up??? What the dealio.
It is paying prize money, is in a decent location, put on by some fairly competent promoters and will get some media coverage.

Cougar Mountain Classic Sep 11th

http://nt1.adventuresports.com/event/cmc/index.asp

Enlighten me on the lack of popularity??? Or is racing truly dead?
 
MMike

MMike

A fowl peckerwood.
Sep 5, 2001
18,207
105
just sittin' here drinkin' scotch
'E's passed on! Racing is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-SPORT!
 
stiksandstones

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
5,078
25
Orange, Ca
MMike said:
'E's passed on! Racing is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-SPORT!
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Can you delete this please-its not only unfunny, its lame.

Oh and it makes no sense.
 
T

Tashi

Monkey
Mar 6, 2003
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MMike said:
'E's passed on! Racing is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-SPORT!
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Brilliant!

Is racing dead? I sure don't know, I haven't paid attention in years.
 
AlmostHeaven

AlmostHeaven

Turbo Monkey
Jun 8, 2005
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VIRGINIA
stiksandstones said:
So the weekend of the worlds there is a big race up in nor cal...but no pros are signed up???
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not to be a d!ck because i've got some respect for you....but you just answered your question in the first sentence.

prize money or not, any pro qualified for Worlds is DEFINTIELY going to Worlds, not some po-dunk race in Northern Cali hills.

racing isn't dead, but it is in NorCal.
 
Msisle Dad

Msisle Dad

Monkey
Jul 1, 2003
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Catonsville, MD
stiksandstones said:
So the weekend of the worlds there is a big race up in nor cal...but no pros are signed up??? What the dealio.
It is paying prize money, is in a decent location, put on by some fairly competent promoters and will get some media coverage.

Cougar Mountain Classic Sep 11th

http://nt1.adventuresports.com/event/cmc/index.asp

Enlighten me on the lack of popularity??? Or is racing truly dead?
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---Because the race is weeks away... We enter races 1 week prior due to the lack of a refund policy...
 
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blt2ride

Turbo Monkey
May 25, 2005
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Chatsworth
stiksandstones said:
So the weekend of the worlds there is a big race up in nor cal...but no pros are signed up??? What the dealio.
It is paying prize money, is in a decent location, put on by some fairly competent promoters and will get some media coverage.

Cougar Mountain Classic Sep 11th

http://nt1.adventuresports.com/event/cmc/index.asp

Enlighten me on the lack of popularity??? Or is racing truly dead?
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Dang, that looks like a really fun event. I'm not too sure why no one has signed up. If it wasn't so close to the Mammoth Nationals, I would head up there.

The only thing I can guess is that not a lot of people know about it; this is the first I have heard about it...
 
stiksandstones

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
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25
Orange, Ca
AlmostHeaven said:
not to be a d!ck because i've got some respect for you....but you just answered your question in the first sentence.

prize money or not, any pro qualified for Worlds is DEFINTIELY going to Worlds, not some po-dunk race in Northern Cali hills.

racing isn't dead, but it is in NorCal.
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Ok, fair play.
But, last I checked there were more than 8 pro men and 4 pro women (amount of people from states that will be at worlds) racing in the USA.

And actually, I am just being corrected-its the weekend after the worlds???

Ah hell-at any rate, weird there are no pros signed up.

party on.
 
MVRIDER

MVRIDER

Monkey
Sep 23, 2003
248
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Mtn. View, Ca.
They probably saw that I'm registered in sport and are now too scared to sign up. :D Actually, with less than a month to go there's still only 3 other guys in my div., kinda wierd. I first only heard of it via word of mouth, but then I got a mailer...in the mail. Someone told me that all those who participated in the Sea Otter should have gotten the same mailer, so I wouldn't say that there's no publicity. :confused:
 
Full Trucker

Full Trucker

Frikkin newb!!!
Feb 26, 2003
10,565
7,674
Exit, CO
I raced 3 events at Sea Otter this year - no mailer. And this is the first I've heard about this "Big Race". But I live in Colorado, the land of freak downpours on the Expert class and muddy 4X courses, so maybe they didn't send me a mailer on purpose.
 
oly

oly

skin cooker for the hive
Dec 6, 2001
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Witness relocation housing
kidwoo said:
Only because you don't have the proper british comedy repertoire.

I thought it was pretty funny. Or as they say in canada........ "pretty funny"
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Dead Parrot Sketch


The cast:

MR. PRALINE
John Cleese
SHOP OWNER
Michael Palin

The sketch:

A customer enters a pet shop.

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?

Owner: What do you mean "miss"?

Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!

Owner: We're closin' for lunch.

Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.

Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?

Mr. Praline: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!

Owner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.

Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

Owner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Mr. Praline: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

Owner: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

Mr. Praline: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you
show...

(owner hits the cage)

Owner: There, he moved!

Mr. Praline: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!

Owner: I never!!

Mr. Praline: Yes, you did!

Owner: I never, never did anything...

Mr. Praline: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!

(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

Mr. Praline: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.

Owner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!

Mr. Praline: STUNNED?!?

Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.

Mr. Praline: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour
ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

Owner: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.

Mr. Praline: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?

Owner: The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!

Mr. Praline: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the
first place was that it had been NAILED there.

(pause)

Owner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and
VOOM! Feeweeweewee!

Mr. Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!

Owner: No no! 'E's pining!

Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

(pause)

Owner: Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh,
we're right out of parrots.

Mr. Praline: I see. I see, I get the picture.

Owner: I got a slug.

(pause)

Mr. Praline: Pray, does it talk?

Owner: Nnnnot really.

Mr. Praline: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?

Owner: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)

Mr. Praline: Well.

(pause)

Owner: (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?

Mr. Praline: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.
 
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