Stop That

26 thoughts on “Stop That”

1. Just sayin' February 25, 2015 at 4:56 pm

   What is it?
   1. Dirmius February 25, 2015 at 5:32 pm

      It is an Airwheel: http://www.theairwheel.com/
      There’s a guy using one for his commute along the canal, I’ve seen him near Portobello/Rathmines several times. Sometimes in the cycle lane, sometimes not. Looks like fun to me.
2. Mikeyfex February 25, 2015 at 4:58 pm

   Looks like this maybe

   http://www.focalprice.com/HL1930B/TG_F3_B_Mini_One_Wheel_Scooter_Electric_Self_Balancing_Bike_Motor_Unicycle.html?Currency=GBP
3. Don Pidgeoni February 25, 2015 at 4:59 pm

   Baldy really wants to push him over
   1. andyourpointiswhatexactly February 25, 2015 at 5:01 pm

      Don’t we all, Don Pidgeoni. Don’t we all.
      1. Don Pidgeoni February 25, 2015 at 5:06 pm

         We should get a whole bunch of them and then use them to play live skittles. That would be fun.
         1. scottser February 25, 2015 at 5:17 pm

            i wonder can you beat the drink driving ban with one of those?
            1. The Old Boy February 25, 2015 at 5:24 pm

               I imagine it would be counted as a “vehicle” under the old definition, so you would beat blood-alcohol rules, but still not allowed to use it in a public place while so under the influence of alcohol as to be incapable of proper control. A similar situation applies to pedal cycles and animals.
            2. Don Pidgeoni February 25, 2015 at 5:27 pm

               Oh. Probably also very hard to balance on when boozed
   2. dhaughton99 February 25, 2015 at 5:09 pm

      I want to push the photographer over for the filter abuse.
4. Mr. T. February 25, 2015 at 5:19 pm

   Nathan Barley was a profit.
   1. :O/ February 25, 2015 at 5:52 pm

      No. Get your pop culture references right. Nathan Barley was an idiot. Dan Ashcroft was a prophet.
      1. f_lawless February 25, 2015 at 6:28 pm

         “Today ridicule. Tomorrow really cool, yeah?” – Nathan Barley, idiot prophet
         1. squiggleyjoop February 25, 2015 at 6:38 pm

            Dan Ashcroft was a Preacher Man, not a prophet.
   2. Why?? February 25, 2015 at 10:44 pm

      Well Mexico!
5. Starina February 25, 2015 at 5:27 pm

   think he lives in portobello or thereabouts. unless there’s more than one monoped about.
   1. Hashtag Diversity February 26, 2015 at 6:29 am

      So what?
6. SOMK February 25, 2015 at 5:29 pm

   That analogy only makes sense if you’re a rickshaw operator union member who feels their income is threatened by people attaching wheels to themselves and you are willing to act collectively to destroy them to face off said threat.

   Would really like to see a full-on, ‘the Warriors’ style, street war between rickshaw operators and Segway users, but don’t think we’re there yet.

   The term ‘luddite’ is kind of meaningless because it’s usually invoked in terms of culture where definitions of progress are entirely arbitrary, for example if you don’t like the a painting on a gallery wall because it’s ‘crap’, the artist might call you a ‘luddite’ despite the historical fact that people have been making crap paintings since the invention of paint.
   1. dersp February 25, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      What?
   2. peckerhead February 25, 2015 at 7:52 pm

      The artist would then be misusing the word. Like you just misused the word ‘fact’.

      But I digress. I wanted to say how much fun I have had while searching for “unicycle fail” videos on YouTube.

      I’m no Luddite. you know.
   3. Soundings February 25, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      Maybe we should have a Warriors style streetwar between luddites and philistines. I’m backing the blacks.
7. Johnjoe February 25, 2015 at 8:42 pm

   Marty Mcfly not doing as Doc Brown told him.
8. munkifisht February 25, 2015 at 9:07 pm

   There was a group of lads on Henry street on Christmas eve trying to flog these. Funnily enough they were featured on Dragons Den this week and they didn’t get funding.
9. Tom Stewart February 25, 2015 at 9:19 pm

   Jaysus, you’d wonder why God gave him legs at all…
   1. Tom Stewart February 25, 2015 at 9:23 pm

      “And here was me using my lungs like a sucker” – Homer Simpson
10. Hashtag Diversity February 26, 2015 at 6:28 am

    Narcissism central.

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