WRI 26: Bring Me the Ass of the Manx Rumpy
July 20, 2008 10:16 pm UncategorizedTour of the Unknown Cyclists. Albanian dictators and bikers; transgendering; oxen. Irredentism. Bears of all sorts. Albania redux: obscurity of national customs.
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Alex E :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 5:48 am
Have not heard this episode yet. No comment.
widelyr :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 6:53 am
Editor’s Note! TdF update: The Manx Rumpy has now won 4 (four!) stages! It’s working!
McPaul :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 10:44 am
I listened to this on my iPod at the gym this morning and laughed out loud several times. I hope the chubby lady doing tricep extensions didn’t think i was laughing at her.
Be they human, cat or rumpy, aren’t the inhabitants of the Isle of Mann simply described as ‘Manx’? Calling Mr. Cavendish ‘Manxish’ is like calling Werner Herzog ‘Germanese.’
SPeaking of which, once I heard a cop refer to someone waiting at my train stop as “that Pakistanian guy.”
Francis :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Thanks for the correction, McPaul.
Francis :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Alex E, this is the best comment we’ve ever gotten.