Image is everything?

[Teflon]

Oh I geddit, that's what they were riding in "CHIPs" right?
Ponch and .....the other one?

Umm....ok, guess, that too?...

[idb]

Umm....ok, guess, that too?...

You know...potatoes....CHIPs................. sheesh!!

[Ixion]

You know...potatoes....CHIPs................. sheesh!!

No, the CHiPS bikes were Hondas, not Harleys (Didn't anyone tell you, this is Official Don't Get It day ?)

[onearmedbandit]

I think you will find that he's refering to the 'tm' 'potatoe potatoe potatoe' noise the engine makes. Or I could be wrong.

[Ixion]

I think you will find that he's refering to the 'tm' 'potatoe potatoe potatoe' noise the engine makes. Or I could be wrong.

See, I was right about it being Don't Get It Day. You didn't get it !

[idb]

I think you will find that he's refering to the 'tm' 'potatoe potatoe potatoe' noise the engine makes. Or I could be wrong.

Aaawwwwww! *slaps forehead*
Now that you mention it...it does sound a little bit like 'potato, potato'

[Pixie]

No, the CHiPS bikes were Hondas, not Harleys (Didn't anyone tell you, this is Official Don't Get It day ?)

Sorry,The CHiPs bikes were Kawasaki Z 1000's,except when they went off road,then the magically turned into faired trail bikes.
CHP has even used Moto Guzzi at various times

[Wolf]

To qualify then, I have no probs with big 4wd's if they serve a purpose, tow a boat, go bush, whatever. 4 tons of mum's taxi that doesn't leave 'Remmers' is wrong. There are better, safer vehicles without the waste.

Every day around Hamilton I see 4x4's driven by petite women and the vehicle has obviously never even pulled over onto a grass verge, let alone gone "off-road". Usually with only the driver in them.

Arrogant, greedy, wasteful. self-centred arseholes. Should have the vehicle impounded and stripped for recycling into 1.5 - 2 other cars and licence permanently revoked for criminal misuse of our resources.

I would estimate that well over 50 percent of the cars in Central Hamilton during a working day don't actually need to be there - so many with a sole occupant (OK, I'm only seeing a brief part of their day and some may have a need for a car - but not all of them) so many cars that travel less distance than I walk (a workmate lives half the walking distance from work as I do and drives a car to work - with no one else in it).

If all those sole occupants car-pooled, walked, caught the bus or rode a bike, we would have quieter, safer roads; less pollution and less wastage.

We need a licencing system wherein you have to prove you need a type of vehicle to be driving it on the road - like "if you are carrying an infant or more than 2 passengers or a certain amount of cargo/tools, you are allowed a car" etc. No "mum" in any city would be allowed a 4x4...

[Wolf]

then he holds up his left hand,palm open...and in his hand is a pistol!....you just never know what those 4x4 guys are doing!

Like breaking the law...

Your customer is a fuckwit. If that was a real pistol, he is in breach of the pistol licence conditions (if he has one), if it's a toy or an airpistol, he's breaking the law with regard to displaying something that looks like a loaded pistol. If he'd encountered me that night, he'd have been arrested - I take firearms safety and the regulations very seriously (IMO the army is a bunch of idiots because their rifle drill breaches basic safety rules). We have enough fucking grief from the press and the legislators without munters like that behaving irresponsibly in public.

"Some bloke in a 4wd brandishing a pistol" - guaranteed to get him done for an offence with a loaded firearm - whether or not it was loaded or even real - at least, lose him any firearms licences he has, too. What a One day he'll fuck up at the wrong time and pay for it.

[XTC]

Sorry,The CHiPs bikes were Kawasaki Z 1000's,except when they went off road,then the magically turned into faired trail bikes.
CHP has even used Moto Guzzi at various times

I think the chips bikes were actually Z900's.......
I stand corrected..... Z1000's
http://www.chips-tv.com/FAQ/character.shtml#4

[Wolf]

Sorry,The CHiPs bikes were Kawasaki Z 1000's,except when they went off road,then the magically turned into faired trail bikes.
CHP has even used Moto Guzzi at various times

Any other old farts here remember the Telethon where Eric Estrada (The vainer one from CHi(m)Ps) came to NZ as one of the Celeb Guests and managed to swagger macho-like up to a Harley then stall it in front of the entire nation...

[Two Smoker]

Its like guys on thousands... have the bike, the leathers the helmet... THEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHICKEN STRIPS!!! (PT)

[Storm]

[QUOTE=Wolf]Like breaking the law...

(IMO the army is a bunch of idiots because their rifle drill breaches basic safety rules). We have enough fucking grief from the press and the legislators without munters like that behaving irresponsibly in public.

Would you please be so kind as to elaborate further?

[Timber020]

Hummers have to be the epitome of poser crap. They are so heavy and under ranged and wide that they can really be just a big track blocker. I think they are a motivation thing for the army, if your driving one you have to gain your own personal gas supplies by taking oil rich nations or you will have to walk.

Tassles look great, on my girfriend....lol

[sedge]

Hummers have to be the epitome of poser crap. They are so heavy and under ranged and wide that they can really be just a big track blocker. I think they are a motivation thing for the army, if your driving one you have to gain your own personal gas supplies by taking oil rich nations or you will have to walk.

Tassles look great, on my girfriend....lol

Heh heh... Did you hear about the guy in Kapiti a couple of months ago who tried to drive his Hummer across the Waikanae river ?... It sank They pulled it out with a crane...

Sedge.