On my pedestrian commute to class today as I walked down Franklin Street I saw a lady dressed in shorts with a button up shirt tucked in and wearing a tie. She was standing next to her bike which had panniers and thus drew my attention. She noticed me and the ensuing conversation commenced:
Strange Woman: Can you spell Coca-Cola?
Me: Yeah
Strange Woman: Spell it.
Me: c-o-c-a hyphen c-o-l-a
Strange Woman: Ok, now you can work for them.
Then she walked off.
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I would assume she has a problem with them calling it "coke"? That's an amazing story...and you got to use the word pannier...how often in their lifetime does a person get to use the word pannier? (I think I just filled my quota) Speaking of coke...I should go drink the one I got out of the machine earlier.
That's an interesting hypothesis, but why would you think that? Yes it was a strange occurance. If I ever see the lady again I'm going to ask her the same question.
What the hey's a Pannier? Like a Banana seat? Or those tassle things on the handlebars? I need some context clues here...-susanna
I'm assuming that the panniers you're talking about are the things that are almost like saddlebags across the back wheel? That's what I pictured. The word comes from women's clothing though, you know how elizabethan dresses stick straight out sideways? those were called panniers, and I think they eventually evolved into pockets, but I'm not sure.
You're correct.
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