How he did it ? :)

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:16 pm

amar wrote:there must be a gap in the frame, he just slipped his mouth thru that gap.

ingenius.. :roll:

and why did he do it? to get his picture taken. mission acomplished.

I'm with amar on this one... simple visual trick performed with a simple physical alteration of the bicycle.

Jay-eye · Post by **Jay-eye** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:11 am

Well, having Googled I can tell you that we were all wrong.

It appears it was the result of an horriffic accident when he got too close to the action while watching the 'Tour de France' near the Massif Central this summer. Apparently the paramedics said that if the front wheel hadn't come off at the critical moment he would have been killed outright. An emergency team was on hand to cut the spectator free but he later said he was such a fan of cycle racing he would wear the frame with pride. He is planning on sending the pedals to President Bush as a message of peace to the world.
The rider walked away unharmed.
http://www.thisisthenews.com/news/0411/ ... rsiybt.asp

j.i.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:28 am

Jay-eye wrote:Well, having Googled I can tell you that we were all wrong.

It appears it was the result of an horriffic accident when he got too close to the action while watching the 'Tour de France' near the Massif Central this summer. Apparently the paramedics said that if the front wheel hadn't come off at the critical moment he would have been killed outright. An emergency team was on hand to cut the spectator free but he later said he was such a fan of cycle racing he would wear the frame with pride. He is planning on sending the pedals to President Bush as a message of peace to the world.
The rider walked away unharmed.
http://www.thisisthenews.com/news/0411/ ... rsiybt.asp

j.i.

I get a page not found error at that link... I still think it is a hoax... it is physically impossible for that portion of the bicycle to get into that portion of his anatomy unless he held the bike while his split lip healed... seems a bit much to ask, even for 15 minutes of fame.

EricWingler · Post by **EricWingler** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:47 am

This can be explained simply using quantum physics. You see, there is a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that the molecules in the frame's top tube momentarily went in opposite directions, creating a gap in the tube. There is also a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that during this separation the man's cheek entered this gap. Multiplying these probabilities together, we get a number so mindbogglingly small that the event was certain to happen.

Isn't this all explained in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:57 am

Jay-eye wrote:

It appears it was the result of an horriffic accident when he got too close to the action while watching the 'Tour de France' near the Massif Central this summer. Apparently the paramedics said that if the front wheel hadn't come off at the critical moment he would have been killed outright.

Are you saying that he got Lanced!

MarkB

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:07 pm

MarkB wrote:Jay-eye wrote:

It appears it was the result of an horriffic accident when he got too close to the action while watching the 'Tour de France' near the Massif Central this summer. Apparently the paramedics said that if the front wheel hadn't come off at the critical moment he would have been killed outright.
Are you saying that he got Lanced!

MarkB

My sneaking suspicion is that the horrific accident was a result of carelessly enthusiastic exercise of the victim's being a connoisseur of the subtleties of the complex aromatic characteristics of bicycle seats.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:12 pm

Eric is, of course, correct. It's the same old probability thing.

Michael, where did you see this again?

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:03 pm

EricWingler wrote:This can be explained simply using quantum physics. You see, there is a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that the molecules in the frame's top tube momentarily went in opposite directions, creating a gap in the tube. There is also a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that during this separation the man's cheek entered this gap. Multiplying these probabilities together, we get a number so mindbogglingly small that the event was certain to happen.

sh*t.

i said i will hear no more about it.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:01 pm

An explanation of this business can be found in Flann O'Brians novel "The Third Policeman". Although in the book it was a mans arse that got involved with the bike.All to do with the mingling of both parties molecules.

http://www.hellshaw.com/flann/faramur.html

Here's a short excerpt.

Slan,
D.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:40 pm

Nanohedron wrote:My sneaking suspicion is that the horrific accident was a result of carelessly enthusiastic exercise of the victim's being a connoisseur of the subtleties of the complex aromatic characteristics of bicycle seats.

now that was the smartest answer I have read yet!

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:48 pm

One does try to approach these matters with some delicacy.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:16 pm

EricWingler wrote:This can be explained simply using quantum physics. You see, there is a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that the molecules in the frame's top tube momentarily went in opposite directions, creating a gap in the tube. There is also a small--extremely small, but positive--probability that during this separation the man's cheek entered this gap. Multiplying these probabilities together, we get a number so mindbogglingly small that the event was certain to happen.

Isn't this all explained in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Ah... so ... hmmm... yeah...

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:06 am

There is no difficulty to this stunt.
One must first eat, then regurgitate but not completely,
the bicycle.

There is a famous holyman in South India and, when you go
to see him, he hands you a ring, apparently out of the
blue, with your name inscribed on it.
It's either silver or gold. Suppose you think
'This is nice but I like gold better.' He immediately
asks you for the ring back, closes it in his hand
and gives you back a gold ring with your name inscribed
on it.

I was told that this fellow is a hoax.
The holyman doesn't
materialize out of nothing the ring with your name on it,
as he pretends. No, no, he has a warehouse in Bombay full of
rings with names inscribed on them. When you arrive
he simply reads your mind, discovers your name, then
telekinetically transports a ring with your name from
the warehouse to his hand. I was told this quite seriously.