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Blue Rat · 08-18-2008, 12:40 PM

I unknowingly rode over a big wad of gum today. By the time I got home it was all over my bike. Spokes, brakes, gears, seat stays, chain stays, well you get the idea. Just about the time I'm going to smash my face into the garage wall in frustration my neighbors little girl (4 or 5 years old) wanders into the garage and says, "Hello Mr. Scott, what are you doing." So I show her the sticky mess that was my bike. She says, "Uck" and then tells me that when she gets her gum stuck in her hair her mommy uses ice to make it hard so it'll come out. (Light bulb starting to glow over my head). She then enters the realm of Mensa by telling my that her dad uses "compussed air" (sic) to clean his computer and that the can gets very cold. Now that light bulb above my head is glowing like a sun. I grab the can of compressed air and start spraying it on the gum, which instantly hardens and crumbles off my bike.

I take my hat off to the future of humanity

... oh yeah, as payment for her brilliance, we're going to Cold Stone for some ice cream.

VTVic · 08-18-2008, 12:45 PM

very funny.

Chewyeti · 08-18-2008, 01:05 PM

kids are great... as long as they arent your kids.

davidB · 08-18-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewyeti

kids are great... as long as they arent your kids.

wrong. you have it backwards.

and no i don't have any kids.

mottmcfly · 08-18-2008, 01:11 PM

that was good!

NitrOx · 08-18-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by davidB

wrong. you have it backwards.

.

You sir are correct. You won't know this till you have kids of your own.

duke777 · 08-18-2008, 02:55 PM

WOW that's cool! Great to hear that there are some future to America!

Abui · 08-18-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by duke777

WOW that's cool! Great to hear that there are some future to America!

The future of America is in doubt if we believe stories that make us feel good.

If gum is sticky why doesn't it stay on the tire? How does it get on the spokes?

The can gets cold when its nearly empty. Good luck on cleaning more than one dab.

bikeluvr · 08-18-2008, 08:27 PM

wow i hope i never run over gum it sounds like a big hassle to clean it up.

Pain Freak · 08-18-2008, 08:57 PM

Tell little girl that peanut butter works very well getting gum out of hair. My mom did this on a regular basis with my little sisters. Works great as my kids did it a few times when they were younger.

08-18-2008, 12:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blue Rat F.O.G.R.	Out of the mouth of babes ... I unknowingly rode over a big wad of gum today. By the time I got home it was all over my bike. Spokes, brakes, gears, seat stays, chain stays, well you get the idea. Just about the time I'm going to smash my face into the garage wall in frustration my neighbors little girl (4 or 5 years old) wanders into the garage and says, "Hello Mr. Scott, what are you doing." So I show her the sticky mess that was my bike. She says, "Uck" and then tells me that when she gets her gum stuck in her hair her mommy uses ice to make it hard so it'll come out. (Light bulb starting to glow over my head). She then enters the realm of Mensa by telling my that her dad uses "compussed air" (sic) to clean his computer and that the can gets very cold. Now that light bulb above my head is glowing like a sun. I grab the can of compressed air and start spraying it on the gum, which instantly hardens and crumbles off my bike. I take my hat off to the future of humanity ... oh yeah, as payment for her brilliance, we're going to Cold Stone for some ice cream. __________________ "He's soft and he's fat and he's wearing my clothes and he's getting too old and he was born on my birthday and I'm afraid if I stop riding, he'll catch up with me." I. E. Bikes

08-18-2008, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
VTVic STR Veteran	very funny. __________________ Dirtmistress' new bike review: "is better than I could have ever dreamed. It made me feel things I never thought possible!

08-18-2008, 01:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chewyeti Good Times 'round da Bend	kids are great... as long as they arent your kids. __________________ -Aaron or Chewy 08 VOODOO Canzo 29er 08 Santa Cruz NOMAD "Dude, this brings back memories of the gay bar I went to!" - Rockinthecasbah

08-18-2008, 01:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
mottmcfly Pro beginner	that was good! __________________ Matt13 "Dont I feel stupid..... I read the thread title, not once, but twice as "Our Reindeer Lives". And I thought, who the hell owns a reindeer????"

08-18-2008, 02:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
duke777 XTR=CRACK!	WOW that's cool! Great to hear that there are some future to America! __________________ $2,237.66 in damage.......Bambi must die!

08-18-2008, 08:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
bikeluvr Member	wow i hope i never run over gum it sounds like a big hassle to clean it up.

08-18-2008, 08:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pain Freak Peanut butta jelly	Tell little girl that peanut butter works very well getting gum out of hair. My mom did this on a regular basis with my little sisters. Works great as my kids did it a few times when they were younger. __________________ If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body—but rather a skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow, what a ride!’ ” —anon.

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