[CR]Terribly nice day for riding

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme)

From: "brucerobbins" <brucerobbins@supanet.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOOD3oWb43H8VmjC00001395@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:15:21 +0100
Subject: [CR]Terribly nice day for riding

> From: Dennis Young <mail@woodworkingboy.com>
>
> In England, didn't it much use to be that just about every place was closed
> down on sunday, except for the tea shops? Not much else to do but ride a
> bike or watch the tele.
>
> If you have a English theme at the cirque, for the appropriate atmosphere
> try to time it with the part of the year that has the worst weather, and eat
> at restaurants that require massive ampounts of salt and pepper to bring the
> dishes up to tastes like anything food (excluding scones with clotted cream
> and strawberries).

Dennis,

I don't think everything closed. It was probably just the case that you couldn't fit a big American mouth or a fat American ass through the doors of these shops, built as they were for the more streamlined British figure. ;-)

Bruce, continuing the nationalistic stereotyping in
Dundee
Scotland