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Possibly the most important question in the world

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Posted by: Jamir---------------------

No, it is not, "Why are we here?" or "Is there a God?". It is not even, "Who let the dogs out?". It is this... Why do we call a pair of handlebars a pair? There are only one. This has always baffled me.


Discuss.


Posted by: a454elk---------------------

Don't do this Thunder, the worms are already crawling outta the can as we speak!! Why ask why, sometimes you just have to have faith and let the light guide you!


Posted by: Smitty---------------------

Why are pants in pairs? I don't have a pair of shirts. Don't say because you have two legs, I also have two arms.


Posted by: Rooster---------------------

I have a pair of handlebars. One is on the bike, and the other is waiting for me to crash.

Maybe a long time ago they came in two pieces? Like those little fold up pit bikes you see every now and then. Just a thought.


Posted by: Jamir---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by a454elk
Don't do this Thunder, the worms are already crawling outta the can as we speak!! Why ask why, sometimes you just have to have faith and let the light guide you!



But I have to know elk! I have to know. So what if I never find out who my father is. So what if I never find out why my pet turtle went bye bye. So what if I never find out how many licks it takes to get to the chewy chocolaty center of a Tootsie pop. I must know the answer to this burning question. We have over 15,000 members, you would think that one of them would know this.


Posted by: bclapham---------------------

ive got a pair of scissors, are they of any use?


Posted by: whyzee---------------------

I think it's time Thunder sets of on a quest, a journey to find pa(i)rity with his long lost twin. The one who stole his turtle. Maybe the answer lies in Pa(i)ris?


Posted by: Jamir---------------------

Now you are just being mean.


Posted by: nikki---------------------

Aww man... good questions!

And why is it "bars" - I mean fatbars (like Tag T2's and Pro Tapers) are only ONE bar. Should we say: "my bike has a Tag T2 bar" that just ain't gonna cut it. Maybe it's the fact that there is two handle bars for your two hands I guess.

I got an extra "set" of Renthals - why a set? Bar pad and bars = set? I have no idea.

Good point Smitty on a pair of shirts? I just don't get it.

8th wonder of the world, I suppose.


Posted by: Jamir---------------------

Nikki, you have just driven my point home! That is what set it off for me. A few years back I called a shop and asked if they had a particular "set of Renthals". The guys said, "Yeah, $54" I then asked if that was for one bar, or for the whole set. He hung up on me. Go figure!


Posted by: mackay---------------------

Well with street bikes you can get a pair of "clip on" bars...there are actually 2 pieces to these and maybe this is just a carryover from long ago when they were really 2 pieces and them someone had the idea to mount them differently and a 1 piece option was born??? I dunno just a wild stab in the dark


Posted by: GETMETOCA---------------------

96whyzee125, will you please go ask your nine year old son this question and see what he says?? I'm just curious. I bet he's got a good answer.


Posted by: JuliusPleaser---------------------

Yeah, I had clip-ons on an RD-350 back in the day. I had Clubman bars on my Kawi 400 triple though. Why were they "Clubman" bars? I never clubbed anybody with 'em.

And how come you can have two of a pant, but they can be called "two pairs" or "two pair"?????

And why can you call 'em "pants" or a "a pant"? And why isn't "pants" spelled "pance"? If you keep repeating "pants" to yourself, it will eventually sound like a very silly word. I say we should call 'em "lirts".


Posted by: XRpredator---------------------

Dangit, now my head hurts . . .

A pair of boots, okay. A pair of gloves, yes. A pair of grips, certainly.

Pants, why? Why a pair of pants? Heck, why a pair of undershorts? I only wear one at a time, right? Handlebars? What the heck?

And for that matter, why is it called a tripleclamp? It only clamps to the bars <ack!> twice. It only clamps to the forks (fork?) twice? Or is that 4 times? Should it be called a doubleclamp? A quadrupleclamp? A sextupleclamp?

Dangit Thunder! Go watch your movie and stop making us think too hard!


Posted by: a454elk---------------------

I told you Thunder, now look what you done did!


Posted by: bbbom---------------------

Hmmmm sounds like it's time to hit the bar or should that be bars?


Posted by: slo' mo---------------------

since everyone is working to solve this, how about...

Is it a good thing if your vacuum cleaner sucks? Or that you leafblower blows? Why do "slow up" and "slow down" mean the same thing? Would you ever tell somebody they needed to "speed down"? Why does it always hit your shoes when you throw up? Shouldn't it hit on top of your head? Speaking of heads, mine's beginning to hurt.


Posted by: a454elk---------------------

OK, I've done some serious research on these "Pants" thingys. Here's what I got Thunder. The word "pants" comes from "pant". To pant is to breath rapidly in short gasps as after exertion, or to give off or emit steam in loud puffs and finally, to utter breathlessly. Thus, this conclusion: There was a time that no size tags were installed in trousers (plural for trouser). Big Betty Sullivan, of Long Island, NY., tried a pair of these trousers, unfortunately, they were 10 sizes too small. She began to "pant" (see above for description) while attempting to wear the garment. There we have the new name for the garment in question and also new legislation to add the size tags inside garments. My .02 cents, best I could do.


Posted by: bclapham---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Julius Pleaser


And why can you call 'em "pants" or a "a pant"? And why isn't "pants" spelled "pance"? If you keep repeating "pants" to yourself, it will eventually sound like a very silly word. I say we should call 'em "lirts". [/B]


they are called trousers where i come from!


Posted by: Kav---------------------

wile we're talking about it, what do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?


Posted by: AJ Waggoner---------------------

ehh but why is "car"go shipped via frieght train or airplane?

ships carry cargo?
airplanes carry shipments?




Posted by: Todd Turner---------------------

I do industrial safety. We keep track of "near misses." But, wouldn't a near miss indicate at least a glancing blow- or a HIT.

Or, we take a nap. Where do we take it?

Kids are going together. Where are they going?

As the comedian Steven Wright used to wonder.... what's the deal with Jumbo shrimp. Isn't that mutually exclusive terminology. Or military intelligence... (My apologies to our fighting men doing our country a great service, its just carry over humor from the 60's and 70's).

And finally, a quote from a favorite musician by the name of Randy Stonehill: Live every day like its your last and one day you'll be right!


Posted by: Danman---------------------

Triple clamps. They clamp three things: two fork legs and one bar. There is a top and a bottom. So they are triple meaning three and plural on clamps is because there are to of them.

Handle bars. Its kind of out there, but may be some one called the "pair of handle bars" a handle bar to begin with and some numskull said that since there were two grips on the bar they should be called a pair and handle bars. The frase was then stuck that way.

While we are pondering questions answer this one. If you could take you motorcycle to the speed of light and you looked down at you head light could you see the beam? Also as you passed the speed of sound could you hear the motor?


Posted by: zio---------------------

That's all child's stuff. Pre-school brain-teasers. What I wanna know is...

What exactly happened the very first time the sh*t hit the fan? Did someone have such a bad day that they finally went over the deep end and grabbed a handful out of their tighties & hurled it at a co-worker? Then it all flung everywhere, on everyone, and just as the boss stepped out of his office to see what all the ruckus was about, a peice shot into his mouth? Did he look like the guy who played Elliott's brother Donny on Just Shoot Me?


Posted by: MrLuckey---------------------

And why do they call them apartments when they are really all stuck together? Where do you sit when you go to a ballgame, 'the STANDS"! Some roads with fast moving traffic are referred to as parkways? When a house catches on fire does it burn up or burn down? All very good questions indeed.


Posted by: Kav---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Danman

While we are pondering questions answer this one. If you could take you motorcycle to the speed of light and you looked down at you head light could you see the beam? Also as you passed the speed of sound could you hear the motor?




I'll say yes you can see the beem of light because you are not going faster then the light But will not hear the engine, because you are going fater then the speed of sound


Posted by: dave186---------------------

What about apehangers, ever seen an ape hangin from 'em?


Posted by: chumbucket---------------------

hahaha, lirts. What a funny word.


Posted by: Ol'89r---------------------

Don't have a clue Thunder. What I've always wondered, if you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?? :confused:


Posted by: txvintage---------------------

Pred touched on this, but why is it a pair of panties, but only a bra. Seems backwards to me.

Why when a dog gets castrated is it called getting fixed, seems broken forever to me.

How can a shirt really be sleeveless?
How do you get your arms out?


Posted by: Rooster---------------------

:silly: Popssssstcreeick. Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug.......buuuurrrrrrp! I'm going to leave now, my brain hurts. I think I'm suffering from compouddyliacusrectacorniaseptescema.


Posted by: Okiewan---------------------

I still want to know what happens when you make instant coffee in a microwave.


Posted by: XRpredator---------------------

Quote:
The Man called Dan speechified:
Triple clamps. They clamp three things: two fork legs and one bar. There is a top and a bottom. So they are triple meaning three and plural on clamps is because there are to of them.

Okay, that'll work for the top clamp, but how come you call it a lower tripleclamp when it only clamps to two tubes?!?

Quote:
Okiewan from Muskogeewan pondered the following:
I still want to know what happens when you make instant coffee in a microwave.

I think you're right. It's done before you put it in! TIME MACHINE!!!


Posted by: kdx357---------------------

ooh my sister found out its 2113 licks to the center of a tootsie pop and i belive i saw a ape like creatue hanging off some bars



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