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I'm more or less used to the "is that a triumph" and "do they still make those" questions.

Today however whilst I was out getting some groceries it would appear that the locals have upped their game.




Well Graham ol' boy, I sincerely hope that your answers to those questions posed to you today were something along the lines of:

The girl at the checkout asked me:
[Q]-" are you not worried about breaking those eggs if you have an accident?"

[A]-"Why, OF COURSE the breaking of these eggs would be of my utmost concern in the unfortunate occurence of an accident! And by the way, thank you ever so much for you concern regarding their safety!"

Then I had a market reasercher ask me:
[Q]-how I got to the store today while I was loading my shopping into the panniers.

[A]- "By helicopter! I had this motorbike here flown in later and while I was inside that store shopping!"(pointing at the store you had just exited as you voiced the words "that store" would have been most helpful toward the questioner's ultimate understanding of your answer here, BTW)

Then to top it all, some old chap asked me while I was waiting in the queue for the petrol pump:
[Q]-if my bike was electric as it was quite quiet.

[A]-"No Sir. Inside these engine cases are two little wheels with hamsters running inside of them. The wheels are of course in a parallel and NOT in a "V" configuration here mind you, as this IS a proper BRITISH hamster-driven motorbike engine you see before you here!"

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)