# I think Mr Bush should give up his bicycle. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366 "2005-07-06T23:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/1 "2005-07-06T23:58:25Z")
Another ride another accident. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/06/bush.bike/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/06/bush.bike/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/2 "2005-07-07T00:00:15Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Another ride another accident. > > [CNN.com - Bush collides with police officer during bike ride - Jul 6, 2005](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/06/bush.bike/index.html) Didn’t bush fall of an un-fall-offable segway? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/3 "2005-07-07T00:10:14Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Didn’t bush fall of an un-fall-offable segway? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/4 "2005-07-07T00:16:25Z")
Exactly how does one plow into a policeman? As athletic as Mr. Bush is, surely he could have the ability to manuver a bike to avoid the collision. Very strange. Did they do a BAC test? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/5 "2005-07-07T00:42:57Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Exactly how does one plow into a policeman? As athletic as Mr. Bush is, surely he could have the ability to manuver a bike to avoid the collision. Very strange. Did they do a BAC test? Coming around a blind corner at speed perhaps? Or, policeman and Bush are both startled at the same time and both move the same way? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/6 "2005-07-07T00:44:46Z")
If he sold his bicycle, how would he pedal his ass to Big Business? [sub]I’m never sure which homonym to use when writing such lines. Is there a convention?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/7 "2005-07-07T00:52:17Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Exactly how does one plow into a policeman? As athletic as Mr. Bush is, surely he could have the ability to manuver a bike to avoid the collision. [On the Scene Reportage:](http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-more-important-point-about-bushs.html) > [@](#): > > It’s been pouring rain here all day. Two hours after Bush ran over the cop, the sidewalks and streets were still SOPPING wet - I’m talking 100% wet and glistening. And this idiot decided to take a bike ride when it was sopping wet out. And what happened? Big surprise. **His brakes didn’t work** and he skidded into a cop. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/8 "2005-07-07T01:00:19Z")
Is there some rule against biking in the rain now? Do _I_ think I’m king of the world or something when _I_ go riding in the rain? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/9 "2005-07-07T01:04:35Z")
> [@](#): > > **Originally posted by 1920s Style "Death Ray"** > Do _I_ think I’m king of the world or something when _I_ go riding in the rain? Do you get a big dirty stripe up your backside? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/10 "2005-07-07T01:11:32Z")
Yes, is that what marks me as “king of the world?” What if I go riding with a friend, do we have to share the title? ---
**Author:** ![EleventyOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@EleventyOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EleventyOne)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/11 "2005-07-07T01:19:21Z")
Man’s a menace. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/12 "2005-07-07T01:43:25Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > What if I go riding with a friend, do we have to share the title? You can be Ceasars and Co-Augustus. Something from Western Civ I. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/13 "2005-07-07T09:21:52Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Didn’t bush fall of an un-fall-offable segway? I _knew_ we’d segue to that topic pretty quickly! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/14 "2005-07-07T11:00:52Z")
Cool bananas! What powers do I get? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/15 "2005-07-07T11:01:57Z")
Which was, of course, a reply to the meat eating plant. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/16 "2005-07-07T11:05:56Z")
You’re a freaking 1920s style “Death Ray”. You don’t need any more powers. You might, however, be interested in a shark or two. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/17 "2005-07-07T11:13:25Z")
The '20s version isn’t as leathal as some may have lead you to believe. > [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > You might, however, be interested in a shark or two. Shark? Tell me more. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/18 "2005-07-07T12:19:16Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > Cool bananas! What powers do I get? Well, let’s see…you may play a musical instrument while your capital city burns; you get to pick the national religion and you may make up and enact all by yourself interesting legislation such as “all laws, including this one, shall be illegal.” ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/19 "2005-07-07T21:42:42Z")
Awesome! That was the first time I’ve ever burst out laughing just from reading a thread title. Kudos, Reeder. (Because I had already heard about his latest bicycle accident). And I think you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366/20 "2005-07-07T22:03:14Z")
My sister told me aout this. I thought it was the setup to a joke. “Bush fell off his bicycle today.” “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah, he crashed into a Scottish Policeman.” “Uh -huh…” “That’s it.” “I don’t get it.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-mr-bush-should-give-up-his-bicycle/311366.md?page=2)