Here's Your Sign...
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
ORIGINAL: scooterbooter
So today it finally happened. I was starting to think that the world wasn't as full as dumb people as I had originally reckoned. But today restored my faith in humanity.
I walk into a store. Leather chaps, my riding jacket (emblazoned with Harley Davidson patches and clearly armored), I had my gloves on, goggles on my head, over my doo rag, which is emblazoned with the MoCo bar and shield, and my helmet in hand.
The cashier says "are you on a motorcycle?"
I say "No I like to go out in fancy dress to shop, to make it more fun....here's your sign!"
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It beat out the dude who came up to me the other day just as I was fixing to ride off, who got off to a very bad start by asking me if that was my bike (no I like to look at other peoples motorcycles, while in full leathers, and wearing a helmet...[sm=rolleyes.gif])
Anyways, he asked me what bike it was, so I dutifully replied its a Sportster... to which he replied "who makes that"
erm, dude, let me give you a hint...
Yamaha doesn't paint Harley on its tank as a general rule....
So, what numbskull comments have YOU run into?
So today it finally happened. I was starting to think that the world wasn't as full as dumb people as I had originally reckoned. But today restored my faith in humanity.
I walk into a store. Leather chaps, my riding jacket (emblazoned with Harley Davidson patches and clearly armored), I had my gloves on, goggles on my head, over my doo rag, which is emblazoned with the MoCo bar and shield, and my helmet in hand.
The cashier says "are you on a motorcycle?"
I say "No I like to go out in fancy dress to shop, to make it more fun....here's your sign!"
[sm=chairshot.gif]
It beat out the dude who came up to me the other day just as I was fixing to ride off, who got off to a very bad start by asking me if that was my bike (no I like to look at other peoples motorcycles, while in full leathers, and wearing a helmet...[sm=rolleyes.gif])
Anyways, he asked me what bike it was, so I dutifully replied its a Sportster... to which he replied "who makes that"
erm, dude, let me give you a hint...
Yamaha doesn't paint Harley on its tank as a general rule....
So, what numbskull comments have YOU run into?
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
ORIGINAL: scooterbooter
[sm=chairshot.gif]
I've heard that more than a few times myself. I think I shall steal that comeback!
ORIGINAL: FireHawk
I heard this once as I was dismounting my ride.
"Hey a Harley! Do you like it?"
No, this grin on my face is caused by really tight underware.
Here's your sign
I heard this once as I was dismounting my ride.
"Hey a Harley! Do you like it?"
No, this grin on my face is caused by really tight underware.
Here's your sign
I've heard that more than a few times myself. I think I shall steal that comeback!
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
The best one for me is when I am on the Fatboy, it is a 2003 and it say's it all over the bike, every where there is a d@m emblem and then again on the dash. Then the guy looking at it tells you he has 3 and one is brand new, then proceeds to ask what year it is?????????
Or the other day was a good one also I was on the RK and it still has those cheezy dealer plate's on it. A guy with an HD hat, sweat shirt and t-shirt on say's "Is that a PAN" I just looked at him with a dumfounded look and dropped the clutch at about 5 grand. Oh another great one was a guy on a RK with an EVO engine threw on some 03 tins and was trying to tell me it was an 03. I asked him if he then swapped in the evo engine, he then told me it was a twin cam.
KB
Or the other day was a good one also I was on the RK and it still has those cheezy dealer plate's on it. A guy with an HD hat, sweat shirt and t-shirt on say's "Is that a PAN" I just looked at him with a dumfounded look and dropped the clutch at about 5 grand. Oh another great one was a guy on a RK with an EVO engine threw on some 03 tins and was trying to tell me it was an 03. I asked him if he then swapped in the evo engine, he then told me it was a twin cam.
KB
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
A couple I know checked into a motel room and noticed there was no phone in the room. His wife says, "Oh great! Now we'll have to walk all the way back to the front desk and tell them what time to give us our wake up call."..... Here's your sign.
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
Didn't any of your parents teach you that if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all? Why is it cool to be jerks to people who just don't know? Grow the hell up!
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
Sure they did, but they also taught me to not suffer fools.
Lacking common sense or not thinking at all should be pointed out. Not in a nasty way, but in a way that might, just might spark a lick of sense to start to bud.
The one about the phone less motel room is a good example. There's no phone in the room, how in the heck are you going to get a wake up call? Is the staff going to scream down the hall or out in the parking lot "WAKE UP! THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!"?
Not knowing is one thing, and I educate people about a subject when they ask about it (Being a computer Tech leads to answering a lot of questions from users). I always answer nicely and try to give them some information or tips they can use in the future.
Lacking common sense or not thinking at all should be pointed out. Not in a nasty way, but in a way that might, just might spark a lick of sense to start to bud.
The one about the phone less motel room is a good example. There's no phone in the room, how in the heck are you going to get a wake up call? Is the staff going to scream down the hall or out in the parking lot "WAKE UP! THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!"?
Not knowing is one thing, and I educate people about a subject when they ask about it (Being a computer Tech leads to answering a lot of questions from users). I always answer nicely and try to give them some information or tips they can use in the future.
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
ORIGINAL: FireHawk
Sure they did, but they also taught me to not suffer fools.
Lacking common sense or not thinking at all should be pointed out. Not in a nasty way, but in a way that might, just might spark a lick of sense to start to bud.
The one about the phone less motel room is a good example. There's no phone in the room, how in the heck are you going to get a wake up call? Is the staff going to scream down the hall or out in the parking lot "WAKE UP! THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!"?
Not knowing is one thing, and I educate people about a subject when they ask about it (Being a computer Tech leads to answering a lot of questions from users). I always answer nicely and try to give them some information or tips they can use in the future.
Sure they did, but they also taught me to not suffer fools.
Lacking common sense or not thinking at all should be pointed out. Not in a nasty way, but in a way that might, just might spark a lick of sense to start to bud.
The one about the phone less motel room is a good example. There's no phone in the room, how in the heck are you going to get a wake up call? Is the staff going to scream down the hall or out in the parking lot "WAKE UP! THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!"?
Not knowing is one thing, and I educate people about a subject when they ask about it (Being a computer Tech leads to answering a lot of questions from users). I always answer nicely and try to give them some information or tips they can use in the future.
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
No, you need to re-read what I posted. People that do not know like my customers or just people that know I'm a tech I treat with respect and try to educate them on the subject.
People that act brainless or ask very obvious questions get the funny/flip/smart a$$ answer. In that case I posted above it worked and the guy laughed (as I was grinning at him) and said "Yeah I guess you do.". We then has a conversation about the bike and I answered all his questions to the best of my ability. I wasn't being a jerk, I was trying to engage his intellengence and it worked.
I don't claim to be a expert or super worldly and to tell you the truth there have been a few times (more than I'd like to admit), where I've received the signs.
People that act brainless or ask very obvious questions get the funny/flip/smart a$$ answer. In that case I posted above it worked and the guy laughed (as I was grinning at him) and said "Yeah I guess you do.". We then has a conversation about the bike and I answered all his questions to the best of my ability. I wasn't being a jerk, I was trying to engage his intellengence and it worked.
I don't claim to be a expert or super worldly and to tell you the truth there have been a few times (more than I'd like to admit), where I've received the signs.
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
I really think that when it comes to the bike the questions come as a quick thought turned into words to ask this guy about his bike. I get "do you ride a Harley?" all of the time in check out lines etc while I have any HD clothes, lots of folks have t-shirts and less have the bike. When folks ask questions while I am on it they typically are obvious answers but I answer them anyway and 9 times out of 10 you get "man I wish I had one", "sure wish I knew how to ride", "doesn't riding in all this traffic scare you" etc, etc, etc the "dumb question" is a nervous ice-breaker.
Do all you folks read these post?
Do all you folks read these post?
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RE: Here's Your Sign...
I pulled in to work and a co-work asked you know how to ride a motorcycle.[:@] I replied nope I just pushed it in to work. Then she replied why you should have rode it in or gotten a trailer.
Her sign is very big
Her sign is very big