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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Jus wondering is all...... 11/08/12 at 18:02:30 If a chick strips her bike down to the nitty-gritty, you know the minimalist look, is this called a "bobette"?
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #1 - 11/08/12 at 18:07:57 But don't most folks (especially men) refer to their bikes in a feminine sense anyway? "I took 'her' for a spin today"... etc. But this "chick" for one ain't ridin' no "bobette"
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Blinky-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Three Eyes Are Better Than Two Posts: 528 Kentucky Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #2 - 11/08/12 at 18:12:40 raydawg wrote on 11/08/12 at 18:02:30: If a chick strips her bike down to the nitty-gritty, you know the minimalist look, is this called a "bobette"? Stripped to the nitty-gritty? That would be called a Sally Rand. Google it if you must.
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Reply #3 - 11/08/12 at 18:19:39

babyhog wrote on 11/08/12 at 18:07:57:

But don't most folks (especially men) refer to their bikes in a feminine sense anyway? "I took 'her' for a spin today"... etc.

Bikes, cars, trucks, boats, trains, ships, etc... Actually in most other romance languages, objects have gender anyway; including tables, chairs, paper, computers, trees, etc. I think the feminine substitution in American english, however, stems more from the redneckian hillwilliam vernacular.

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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #4 - 11/08/12 at 18:44:18 Goodness, the things I learnt from this message board. Boy (or girl) howdy I tell ya, its a regular Readers Digest where it pays to increase your word power
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Reply #5 - 11/08/12 at 19:15:33

I don't know any real bike or car men that call them her/she/etc. The only men(boys) that call them that are the ones that are trying to come off as real gear heads. They're the first ones to sell their rides when the trends change. Real gear heads call them "it" and they're also the ones that would prefer to be around "it" than around a real human being.

As far as ships are concerned - that's more tradition than anything else. Ships are always called "she" even when they're labeled with men's names.

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Reply #6 - 11/08/12 at 21:31:47

raydawg wrote on 11/08/12 at 18:02:30:

If a chick strips her bike down to the nitty-gritty, you know the minimalist look, is this called a "bobette"?

Could it be a boober?... Huh

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Okay that was bad...
I'll send myself to the corner... Embarrassed

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I'd go for a "Bobitt" joke,... but,.. I'm already in the corner...
Then we devolve to the petcock jokes...
Too many options...
Huh

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #7 - 11/09/12 at 02:29:22 ooooh ---- petcock <shiver> Even reading the word makes me get all paranoid.
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #8 - 11/09/12 at 03:33:13 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/09/12 at 02:29:22: ooooh ---- petcock <shiver> Even reading the word makes me get all paranoid. Are those Chris Matthews type shivers?
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Reply #9 - 11/09/12 at 13:16:25

Cavi Mike wrote on 11/08/12 at 19:15:33:

I don't know any real bike or car men that call them her/she/etc. The only men(boys) that call them that are the ones that are trying to come off as real gear heads. They're the first ones to sell their rides when the trends change. Real gear heads call them "it" and they're also the ones that would prefer to be around "it" than around a real human being.

As far as ships are concerned - that's more tradition than anything else. Ships are always called "she" even when they're labeled with men's names.

I don't know anything about this, but I think i remember reading in "the hunt for red october" that the russians call their ships and boats "he" instead of "she"

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #10 - 11/09/12 at 15:00:08 Them Russians locked their submarine boys down in their uboat for way way way too long ....
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tizzyfit Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 158	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #11 - 11/09/12 at 16:11:56 raydawg wrote on 11/08/12 at 18:02:30: If a chick strips her bike down to the nitty-gritty, you know the minimalist look, is this called a "bobette"? Well, if she has a kitchen knife and wants to wack your kickstand off, then I suppose you could refer to her as Mrs. Bobette.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #12 - 11/11/12 at 04:40:08 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/09/12 at 15:00:08: Them Russians locked their submarine boys down in their uboat for way way way too long .... I used to work with a fellow that was on a Sub when he was in the service. He joked that 100 men start out a voyage on a sub....and 6 months later they come up as 50 couples! Eeeeeew!
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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: Jus wondering is all...... Reply #13 - 11/11/12 at 10:01:36 If you cut the bike down, shouldn't you call it a "Bobbit"?
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Reply #14 - 11/11/12 at 10:01:50

Dave wrote on 11/11/12 at 04:40:08:

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/09/12 at 15:00:08:

Them Russians locked their submarine boys down in their uboat for way way way too long ....

I used to work with a fellow that was on a Sub when he was in the service. He joked that 100 men start out a voyage on a sub....and 6 months later they come up as 50 couples! Eeeeeew!

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