[PATAKI] JOINS ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS TO ANNOUNCE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WORLD HEADQUARTERS...

ny.gov ^ | November 10, 2006 | staff

[Condor51]

***STOP ALREADY! LOL!***

I would have been one of the first, but I type slow :-)

[HOTTIEBOY]

They are very uncomfortable. They are not practical whatsoever. They have no practical purpose but to look good and boost the ego of some rich boomer or celebrity.

But like they say, you want comfort? Buy a Saturn.

[auto power]

....so when IS the good Governor going to help defray the medical costs for those emergency workers who gave their lives during 9/11 and are now dying of cancer and receiving absolutely ZERO help from the city of New York.....

[Robert A Cook PE]

You would think that Pataki would have the nerve to not PRETEND he isn't standing in the woods in a country town on a dirt lot with a bunch of bikers who have a TV show in upstate NY...

Oh. Right. TV show ... Let's wear a suit and bring a podium out into the country - we'll be on TV and NYC will think we're "cool" !

[Fitzcarraldo]

i didn't know they could grow oranges in NY

[cripplecreek]

Here's one of their production bikes. It's really pretty standard but you'll pay top dollar for the name.

[lesser_satan]

Mikey's the only reason to watch. The rest of it is a bunch of contrived, over-dramatized crap.

[period end of story]

One of my favorite episodes was when they made the "Jet" bike.(not the New York Jets bike)

They did a camera shoot aboard a carrier.

[T.Smith]

Have you seen the one(s) that Paul Sr. rides that require him to lean way to the side to see around the gas tank? There is nothing about that type of motorcycle that I like.

[rabidralph]

LOL! That was hilarious. Ran right into that rock in the pond.

[CT-Freeper]

i didn't know they could grow oranges in NY

It's named after William III of Orange, not oranges the fruit.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Similar podia are used in motorsport, where the first three finishers will usually stand on one at the end of the race to receive trophies. Notable exceptions are the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 races which have different historic customs. In motor racing, the term is frequently used to refer to a top three placing (as in "he'll get a podium").

regardless of size or number, I "really" don't think that any NASCAR or WWF fan is going to think of the term "podia" when his winner climbs on any raised platform at the end of a race ....

[Silly]

You made my point. It is exactly that reason I wrote the strip. The podium looks totally out of place, and he looks like a boob standing there basking in dignity with guys who live with the moms.

[synbad600]

OCC rocks! Being from NY, now living in FL, I love to watch the show, not only b/c I think Paul Sr. is hot, but b/c I can see the beautiful mountains, streams, foliage, etc. that I miss so much.

[cubreporter]

Why do you say that?

[antiRepublicrat]

This should have been a "caption this" thread. I can see the Paul Sr. thinking "I have to deal with this nimrod to collect half a mil in development funds?"

[cubreporter]

Amen to that.

[period end of story]

What about this piece of crap they built?

[Red Badger]

The writer was referring to Euro-racers, I believe.....

[alice_in_bubbaland]

What crap, I don't see no crap? Not even a red x! :)