This is our seventh post - scroll down to see the first six !
Photo: Is Bruce saying goodbye to the hairs on his legs, individually ? (see below)...
We have to admit, somewhat ruefully, that we didn't actually go on the proposed Mt Dandenong Ride - we got involved in setting up this blog. Neither of us has done this before and there was quite a learning curve. We have tried to put information on the blog as well, so it is a hybrid blog-website. We hope some people find it of some small interest.
One thing we discovered while researching bike-ride-blogging was that we are not first! Quite a few Rotary groups in the U.S., Europe and Australia have organised marathon bike rides to raise money for Polio Plus. A couple have kept blogs. One example was a blog written by John Gatt (Junior) during last year’s Ride to Conference. He had some novel ways of raising money, including having his legs waxed and head shaved for the ride - the waxing event was even videoed.
Hmmmm ...a thought....would we be able to convince potential donors this way ? I suggested same to Bruce ... wondering whether he could go even further and undergo a Brazilian - but Bruce felt that no, that would not attract much interest , and anyway Rotarians would not know what a Brazilian was. But the discussion reminded Bruce of a story he'd heard at Rotary ....
Three Brazilian Soldiers
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.""OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"
By the way I wonder if our readers know why road cyclists wax their legs ? More Things You Always Wanted to Know About Cycling will be featured in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, see our quiz question !
One thing we discovered while researching bike-ride-blogging was that we are not first! Quite a few Rotary groups in the U.S., Europe and Australia have organised marathon bike rides to raise money for Polio Plus. A couple have kept blogs. One example was a blog written by John Gatt (Junior) during last year’s Ride to Conference. He had some novel ways of raising money, including having his legs waxed and head shaved for the ride - the waxing event was even videoed.
Hmmmm ...a thought....would we be able to convince potential donors this way ? I suggested same to Bruce ... wondering whether he could go even further and undergo a Brazilian - but Bruce felt that no, that would not attract much interest , and anyway Rotarians would not know what a Brazilian was. But the discussion reminded Bruce of a story he'd heard at Rotary ....
Three Brazilian Soldiers
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.""OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"
By the way I wonder if our readers know why road cyclists wax their legs ? More Things You Always Wanted to Know About Cycling will be featured in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, see our quiz question !
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