The Bearings, Vol 6, No 2
Articles in this issue
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Parody of 'Hey Diddle Diddle' in which the cow jumps over the moon after being shocked by a cyclist's racing suit that fitted him far too tightly.
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Comic complaint to police headquarters demanding a diver and dredging machine to rescue a wheelman lost in the mud of Nevergood Avenue.
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Classroom example in which Mama tries to illustrate 'boaster' with a cycling analogy, and Willie cuts to the chase by calling the hypothetical braggart a liar.
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Pun on 'bow' — a bachelor speculates that a woman carries ribbons on her handlebars so she always has a bow with her on her air-er.
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Comic verse expressing envy not of kings but of the Racing Board magnate, whose power and prestige far exceed those of mere royalty.
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Satirical mock advertisement seeking fat crows for dining, addressed to 'Zimmerman's critics' at the English wheel papers.
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A salesman tries to sell a double-back-action inflater to a man with solid tires, arguing the inflater will last even longer if it is never needed.
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Taking your sister out tandem riding is compared to reading a typewritten letter from your sweetheart — something is missing.
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Comic lament in which Willie is heartbroken not at his aunt's funeral but because the big bicycle races were held on the same day.
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Observation that a man never fully understands the unattainable until he tries to locate a puncture in a pneumatic by the light of a flickering bicycle lamp.