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tonymddn said:
I found this Daily Mail article on Google Now or whatever it's called, so some UK people who read that paper (no offence) will have seen this.

it's written the way I would have liked to have wroted it. :p

Please note, only to be read by people with 2 legs, a full head of hair, no pets and must be easily offended....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...-joke-causes-offence-laments-CRAIG-BROWN.html
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To misquote Woody Allen, the joke was worse than offensive, it wasn't funny.
 
On a second reading, I think you're right. It was a nice idea if it had better examples. .... and my quips are never funny, but they keep me happy.
 
rootabaga said:
When I was younger I used to go to comedy clubs regularly

On one occasion the comic landed the punch line and it was crickets.....
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I guess if a comic can get over that first silence with a novel quip, it becomes less of a fear, and I'm sure long standing (no pun) comedians still have those moments.

The disasters wannabe comics can't avert (eg Britain / America's Got Talent) is not being able to 'see' outside their heads!

I only reply really to say I never heard the saying 'it was crickets' - but a description was never more apt or funny :D
 
tonymddn said:
I found this Daily Mail article on Google Now or whatever it's called, so some UK people who read that paper (no offence) will have seen this.

it's written the way I would have liked to have wroted it. :p

Please note, only to be read by people with 2 legs, a full head of hair, no pets and must be easily offended....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...-joke-causes-offence-laments-CRAIG-BROWN.html
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I found it amusing but I also thought it would have been funnier if it wasn't such an accurately sad look at the way people are today
 
That wasn't a 'real' Beetle anyway, just a retro Beetle-like thing on a Golf platform. The genuine article was discontinued some time ago (I believe either Mexico or Brazil was the last place they were being made).
But there is a retro all-electric Bus coming in a few years, called the 'ID-Buzz'.
 
These new car side / door mirrors are interesting. Developed alongside a new Audi electric vehicle, they're designed to reduce airflow and fuel consumption.
The article stated they are currently legit for Europe but not the US.

Having worked a few months at a place where we had 4 BMW i3's ER's I got to love driving them, but they are unique in the electric / hybrid EV world.

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See also :

https://electrek.co/2018/09/17/audi-launches-e-tron-electric-suv-with-74000-starting-price/

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/audi-e-tron-launches-brands-first-electric-only-model
 
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rootabaga said:
Like anything else in the genre, it doesn’t translate to real-world, but if you’ve ridden at any kind of speed, it gives you a sense of how tremendous an accomplishment it is to do that...successfully.
I’ve driven a car at nearly 150 and a motorcycle at 120, and I can’t imagine 180 on a bicycle, special bike and slipstream or not. ;)
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Actually, now I've watched the video and followed thw link to the bike I learned more.

Still looks a bit weird.
 
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