40 year old men who ride BMX bikes: classic or so f*cking classic they make you want to stick a whole pack of Big League Chew in your mouth at once?

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I don't know if they're everywhere, but do you see these geezers around where you live? 40 year old men riding BMX bikes with mirror shades on, newspaper delivery bags over their shoulders, riding around like they own the fucking joint. Don't you just want to take them home and scrub 'em? New answers, please.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

If by "scrub 'em" you mean "hug 'em" then YES!

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Or just scrub 'em with one of those brushes you wash your car with.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I ain't got no car, kid.

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:17 (twenty-three years ago)

How 'bout a mushroom brush? Fuck the scrubbin'! What about the dudes? What about putting all that gum in your mouth at once? MIRROR SHADES. DRIVERS LICENCE SUSPENSIONS.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Bryan is sooooo jealous! Just a few more years, and you can be one of these guys!

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

And maybe Ally will scrub you!

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Dude, you just want me to scrub YOU.

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey! Scrub THIS. These guys look like Schneider from 'One Day At A Time'.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

An old dude on a BMX is certainly preferable to a besuited wanker on a goddamn razor scooter.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Is "mushroom brush" a euphemsim for "penis"?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:52 (twenty-three years ago)

"butt hairs"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 23 May 2003 02:03 (twenty-three years ago)

"Big League Chew"

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 23 May 2003 02:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Scary thing is is that I feel even more fucked up now than I did when I started this stupid thread.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 02:25 (twenty-three years ago)

The problem is that this needed to be a picture thread.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 23 May 2003 07:14 (twenty-three years ago)

An old dude on a BMX is certainly preferable to a besuited wanker on a goddamn razor scooter.

I've only ever seen this once, in Paris. He looked pretty serious like he was waiting for an important client - except he was standing astride the damn scooter. I wanted to take a picture but I wimped out since there was no way I could outrun a scootin' businessman.

― robster (robster), Friday, 23 May 2003 07:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm fuckin' drunk. I don't care, but I would like to give you money for that title alone. If I was a millionaire, trust me, you would have at least $1000 in your account right now. I swear, the earth needs more people like you.

― Scaredy cat, Friday, 23 May 2003 07:44 (twenty-three years ago)

'Popeye'>>>Big League Chew

― dave q, Friday, 23 May 2003 08:28 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.ananova.com/images/news/eggs_barryPA350x538.jpg

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought Pete was more of a tube person.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:05 (twenty-three years ago)

what in the name of god is 'big league chew' ?

― piscesboy, Friday, 23 May 2003 09:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Andrew Farrell is a cunt.

Actually I'm a well known bus genius - I only use the Tube rarely. that is a photo of the famous Barry Sheavils - jailed british egg thief.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 23 May 2003 10:23 (twenty-three years ago)

i went on a date or two with a guy that had some sort of grown up job (investment banker or something like that), and wore posh suits, AND was like 6'4 and rode a BMX bike around old street. in his suits. he looked like a total idiot.

p.s. i love big league chew. but dang, that's a lot of gum.

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 23 May 2003 11:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Big League Chew: a big fucking bag of bubble gum, shredded up to simulate chewing tobacco. Popular with baseball-playin preteen boys.

― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 23 May 2003 11:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Like me! dave q is right: Popeye was even better 'cause it was green and if you slobbered while chewing it you'd freak yer mom out. The earth needs more people like me? I don't wanna live in a world like that.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

That's not a BMX!

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 23 May 2003 14:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah. Mountain bikes don't count. Gotta be one of the smaller ones.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh sheesh. It's still a beautiful pic. Why don't ya post a better one instead of complaining!

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 23 May 2003 14:55 (twenty-three years ago)

What Collette said. What a bunch of dicks (see also: anyone who skates over the age of 25 (and I'm only going that old for NA's benefit).

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:03 (twenty-three years ago)

TONY HAWK IS NOT A DICK YOU FUXOR ahem.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

You're just jealous of my skyllz. LAP SCREW REPRAZENT!

― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Haha! My Astronomy professor, one of the world's awesomest pople, is one of these guys.

http://www.isu.edu/~nickbenj/martin.jpg

The world wants to scrub Martin Hackworth.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, obv there are some good ones. But the ones who do it to try and retain their youth, or cos they think it looks cool. If you're an astronomy professor (COOLEST JOB EVER!) you can do what you like - similarly, if skating earns you $50 million a year, you're unlikely to care what I say.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll go out on a mission this weekend to take some pics of these fuckers, THEN YOU'LL KNOW. You'll wanna take one of those Braun electric toothbrushes to them. I was terrified of mirror shades when I was small.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Why does that picture three posts up remind me of Ned?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't see why people as young as 40 shouldn't ride BMX bikes. We shouldn't laugh at young people trying to be trendy.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:51 (twenty-three years ago)

WAH HA! PLEASE tell me you don't own any mirror shades, Martin? (and sorry for being ageist!)

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.sportsci.com/apasgait/images/old_bike.jpg

― arch Ibog (arch Ibog), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

YES!!!

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I no longer own a pair of mirror shades - not since the '80s (the, not my).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

WHEW!

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I could buy some?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The bike couriers in your town ride BMX?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

yup they are bike couriers- CLASSIC espc. when they deliver the goods

― ke[hm, Friday, 23 May 2003 21:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd rather use a courier company with bikes that can actually get up a bit of speed.

And what's with the new hip thing (in London, anyway) where teenagers ride bmxs with the saddles REALLY LOW? May I say "dicks!" again?

― Mark C (Mark C), Saturday, 24 May 2003 14:30 (twenty-three years ago)

40 year old anythings are gross

― blaaca, Saturday, 24 May 2003 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)

So today I was walking down the street when I saw this 40 year old guy coming towards me. No, he wasn't on a BMX bike, but get this. He had greasy black hair in an 80s style do, and was wearing black aviator sunglasses. Plus: he was pumping his way down the street on a skateboard while grooving to tunes on his cassette walkman. But the best thing of all was, he was wearing a Huey Lewis and the News t-shirt. I am not making this up.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 03:23 (twenty-three years ago)

That's almost as good. Sean wins a prize! Was it a "Sports" t-shirt or "Fore"? Bonus points for "Fore".

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 03:37 (twenty-three years ago)

It was a TOUR shirt!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 03:54 (twenty-three years ago)

40 year old anythings are gross

Noooo!!

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 03:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh right! I completely forgot about the reason I came to this thread. There's a guy I see downtown occasionally, who is 40 something and has tinted glasses, tracksuit bottoms, and best of all: a jet black Elvis pompadour and sideburns. He doesn't ride a BMX though, it's a banana seat bike with a basket.

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 04:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Close enough! Almost better, actually. Does he collect aluminum cans to put into the basket?

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 04:09 (twenty-three years ago)

No, the basket usually carries a plastic grocery bag, this in turn contains library books. I only know this because I've seen him getting books there. I have no idea what books they were, unfortunately.

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 04:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Hopefully not about gunsmithing.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 04:19 (twenty-three years ago)

these men are prohpets. bmx bike=time machine

― kephm, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven months pass...

I am stupidly thrilled to see that Ananova is still hosting that picture egg-thief Barry.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 23 May 2004 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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