Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
This is a picture of Sovern in a bunny suit, floating in Surly's Anomoly Containment Unit.
See, Sov was sitting at his desk this morning when I got here, talking to a customer on the phone, and I accidently pushed the wrong button on the Surly Central Processing Command Center computer masterboard. I thought it was the hot chocolate dispensing button. There was a quick, bright flash, the smell of burning hair, and the next thing I knew Sov was about 10% of his original size and inexplicably dressed in a bunny costume. At first I didn't know where he'd gone, but he jumped off his now-enormous chair, stomped over to my desk in a miniature rage, and kicked me in the big toe. His voice is now high and squeaky, and he is super pissed off about it, as later this afternoon he has to --and I am not making this up-- call a watermelon seed spitting contest (maybe it has something to do with playing the banjo, I don't know. I do not dwell long enough to educate myself on his myriad perversions).
Unsure what to do, I grabbed him and threw him in the ACU chamber, where we keep all the weird crap produced by the CPCC computer, like the fixed gear derailleur, bullhorn handlebars, and Brauer, until such time as the anomoly du jour can be stabilized and refined into an actual product or absorbed back into the shitstem...er, system.
Turns out the button is the Random Idea Modifier (we have one of those?). I never did get my hot chocolate.
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See, Sov was sitting at his desk this morning when I got here, talking to a customer on the phone, and I accidently pushed the wrong button on the Surly Central Processing Command Center computer masterboard. I thought it was the hot chocolate dispensing button. There was a quick, bright flash, the smell of burning hair, and the next thing I knew Sov was about 10% of his original size and inexplicably dressed in a bunny costume. At first I didn't know where he'd gone, but he jumped off his now-enormous chair, stomped over to my desk in a miniature rage, and kicked me in the big toe. His voice is now high and squeaky, and he is super pissed off about it, as later this afternoon he has to --and I am not making this up-- call a watermelon seed spitting contest (maybe it has something to do with playing the banjo, I don't know. I do not dwell long enough to educate myself on his myriad perversions).
Unsure what to do, I grabbed him and threw him in the ACU chamber, where we keep all the weird crap produced by the CPCC computer, like the fixed gear derailleur, bullhorn handlebars, and Brauer, until such time as the anomoly du jour can be stabilized and refined into an actual product or absorbed back into the shitstem...er, system.
Turns out the button is the Random Idea Modifier (we have one of those?). I never did get my hot chocolate.
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Friday, June 16, 2006
Steamrollers back in stock very soon
49cm and 56cm Steamroller framesets should be back in stock very soon, either today or Monday. 53cm, 59cm and 62cm should be in stock early next week.
Karate Monkeys should be completely stocked by next week also.
After these two models, Long Haul Trucker framesets and Cross-Check complete bikes are the only thing we're really hurting on. Utility Blue LHTs and Dark Green or Black Cross-check bikes should be ready 1st week of July. Cherry Red LHTs won't be ready until the end of July.
OK, time to go ring my cowbell at the Nature Valley Gran Prix road crit downtown. Hopefully we'll get a sprinkle of rain so there are more crashes. We Minnesotans grew up with hockey, so a little blood seems just a natural part of any sport.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Sorry to interupt the shenanigans with a serious blog entry but we want to give a shout out to Sam and Laura who are riding Surly Long Haul Truckers from Washington State to Maine to raise money for IBD. They dubbed their ride "Tour de Guts," and you can read more about their quest by going here.
Best wishes on your ride and thanks for supporting Surly!
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Cotton-headed ninny muggins?!?
Oh, that's it. I think it's time for "throw-shit O'clock"
-Sov
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