Someone explain this to me and then tell me why I get irritated when I see them?

[graywarrior]

[MrCoffee]

1. you're irritated because...

in your dreams, it's you on the back of that bike.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. It's the fashion faux pas.

The guy should be wearing spandex too.

[graywarrior]

3. Why does the term "packin' bitch" come to mind?

My ex-biker background? My filthy, sexist, perverted mind? My "why the fuck should you be in charge" attitude? Help me out here. I go into a rage when I see these things, the riders dressed alike in nike jackets and shorts, little helmets upon their heads. Grrrrrr.

[JackBeck]

4. You get irritated because

It shows yet another of how our country is married to the patriarchy, even in post-feminist America.

The woman in this picture still has to take the back seat to the man. And look at where his posterior is. It looks as though she literally is holding this man up by his ass, and yet gets no credit for it.

And their shirts pretty much match the color of the bike. I'm sure she had no say in her choice in clothing and was forced by her male partner submit to this horrible experiment in partner assimilation.

Or maybe you just have an immediate revulsion to ginger men.

Personally, whenever I see people wearing racing gloves, I wanna hurl.

:hi:

[graywarrior]

10. I saw some at Nokomis Beach today and I went ballistic

Some would say I was the crazy one.

[JackBeck]

17. GInger guys or racing gloves?

[graywarrior]

23. WTF?

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Really? And what if you and your partner where in the same situation?

Would you feel the same? Looks too me like they are just enjoying spending time together. :shrug:

[JackBeck]

19. Was that directed to me or the OP?

Besides, I wouldn't mind being behind my partner.

It's a postition that I assume a few times a week, while we enjoy spending time together.

[graywarrior]

24. Hahahaha I get it now.

No. Ginger men are cool. I crack up when I see someone driving their car with racing gloves on.

[JackBeck]

25. Personally, I have a thing for redheads.

But I recently worked with someone who wore racing gloves all day long. For no reason. It was a "fashion accessory". Weird.

[graywarrior]

27. I really love redheads.

And I have a friend who wears gloves with no fingers and a keychain on his belt with about 40 gazillion keys jingling from it. He hucks and spits all the time, too. One time I was driving and he was in the passenger seat. Evidently, he didn't like the way some guy pulled up next to us at a light and he jumped out and started yelling at them. I left him there when the light changed.

[JackBeck]

29. Gloves with no fingers.

Succinctly explains my coworker.

I never quite understood what it was about. He played a lot of video games, so I just assumed it had to do with that for whatever reason.

[graywarrior]

30. Somehow, it's a Tom Petty thing to me and I have no idea why.

[rug]

5. It's his ass on her handlebars.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Just because no one has ever seen ex-Surgeon General Koop smile

doesn't mean that you get to slap him up when we finally do. LEAVE THE SURGEON GENERAL ALONNNNNE! ;-)

[JackBeck]

8. And the woman in back

reminds me of a character that Amy Sedaris would create.

[Snarkturian Clone]

7. I ask myself the same question

when I see all the hipsters hanging out outside the coffee shop.

[Xipe Totec]

9. I wouldn't want to be downwind of that muffler either n/t

[Dangerously Amused]

11. Jesus. I hope she doesn't ever have to reach for her water bottle!

:puke:

[uppityperson]

14. That was my thought also. Hope she has a good set of teeth...chomp

[SarahB]

12. Those fucking Amish people shouldn't be so uppity.

They should be ridin' the buggies like everyone else. Bastards!

[graywarrior]

16. Amish women don't wear shorts! ! ! !

They wear this stuff!!!


And they ride these things, so as to be able to carry more food home for the mister.

[SPKrazy]

13. Because he is putting his ass in her face

when he could have her in front :P

:shrug:

[DS1]

18. Because it's an old ass bike with straight bar seat-stays

which means the bumps make her ass hurt a lot more than they should.

[graywarrior]

20. There's a filthy minded line in there somewhere

[zanne]

21. Because they're grown people wearing helmets on a bicycle.

What--no knee or elbow pads?

[graywarrior]

22. But but whyyyyyyyyyy must they ride as one?

Cannot they have separate bikes?

[zanne]

33. because it's CUTE.

:puke:

[graywarrior]

34. Well, alrighty then. . .

[KoKo]

36. They enjoy each other's company?

:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. You mean fat men with those stupid fucking mustacheless beards?

Yeah, they piss me off, too.

[graywarrior]

28. They piss me off, but not as much as why it takes two to ride a freakin bike

[KG]

31. yea, i can see where seeing two people out together having fun their way

would send anyone into a psychotic rage. :eyes:

[graywarrior]

32. I guess you don't know me well enough

[KoKo]

35. I dunno...the guy has bad red dye job on beard and they are both wearing old Kerry '04

T-Shirts? The woman is kind of thin and maybe that's why she's second on the Tandem...? :shrug: Also looks like she doesn't get out in the sun as much as the guy. I enjoy folks getting out and doing anything together in nature, though.

[graywarrior]

37. OMG, it's not these people in particular! ! ! !

It's anyone who would ride one bike together! I don't understand that. It's meeeeeeeee, my dysfunction, I guess.

I am so misunderstood. :nopity:

[noamnety]

40. I understand it.

I'm married to a guy who rides about 75 miles a week during his commute, aggressively. We can't really go out on bike rides together on the weekends, because our pacing is so different. I ride ... um ... less than 75 miles a week. He gets frustrated having to go too slow, I get frustrated cause I can't keep up.

We don't have one, but a tandem bike would let us go places together without having to drive, with both of us getting a good energetic workout - but arriving someplace at the same time.

If you don't get mad at two people driving someplace in the same car, then maybe you shouldn't get mad at them riding someplace on the same bike.

[TK421]

38. They should be riding unicycles, those damn clowns

:mad: but I feel sorry for HER hands! What if he farts and she has an itch on her nose?

[Arugula Latte]

39. The matchy-matchy helmets & shirts are pissing me off.

And the big ass on her hands is annoying.

A tandem bike in general ... Well, I can see how it could cause issues for ya.

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. I dunno; but I hope for that woman's sake...

that the guy didn't eat beans for breakfast.