New Team Sky kit – would you wear it?

The replicas aren’t as see
The replicas aren’t as see through (thank the Lord). But I was interested to spy the blue version.

Very nice and almost road.ccish in colour.

I am sure our new jersey will be much better, although I am keeping my argyle one.

http://www.rapha.cc/shop/team-sky?cm_re=Homepage-_-MainCarousel-_-tskit2014

Andy P, I’ll do a break down
Andy P, I’ll do a break down for you, just to completely kill any remaining humour.

You wrote:
I don’t ride for the team, so no, I won’t be wearing the kit.

This is the sort of rule made popular by a website called The Velominati. This is a portmanteau of Illuminati, the secret society, and Velo, the French word for bike. On this website they have a list of rules which are somewhat tongue in cheek, but some people take them far too seriously.

After this ajmarshal1 replied with

Ah, the good old Velominazi.
I’ve got a green jersey and I’m shit at sprinting. Come at me bro.

Now then, the word Velominazi is a play on the word velominati that some people to show their displeasure at the bores that hold “The Rules” in such high esteem that they use them as gospel. You’ve probably guessed what the play is but essentially they’ve created another portmanteau by tagging the word ‘Nazi’ on the end.

The “green jersey” is a green coloured cycling top, traditionally awarded to sprinters in the Tour de France. Other grand tours use other colours, green is usually achieved by mixing the primary colours of yellow and blue.

“Shit at sprinting” means that he isn’t very good at sprinting.

He is suggesting that there may be some humour in the incongruous pairing of a poor sprinter wearing a sprinters jersey.

“Come at me Bro” is a phrase originally used by some Americans to suggest that they want to initiate a fight but don’t really want to throw the first punch. It’s often accompanied with outstretched arms, bouncing up and down, etc. Similar to the sort of behaviour you see in pubs and clubs in the UK where some mindless child bounces around trying to look “hard” and shouting inane nonsense like “Do you want it” and such like to make it look like they want to fight but the reality is often that they are just posturing. Come at me bro has now become a bit of an internet meme with the phrase being tagged on to the end of something they have written to mockingly suggest they believe in something so much that they would enter in to physical confrontation to defend that belief. It’s kind of implied that the ridiculousness of such a thing highlights that it is not a literal request, but is in fact just a joke.

So, armed with this new knowledge, lets return to the post:

Ah, the good old Velominazi.
I’ve got a green jersey and I’m shit at sprinting. Come at me bro.

You see, it’s supposed to be funny. Or rather it was supposed to be funny.

‘Nazi how? I was trying to be
‘Nazi how? I was trying to be nice, the guy meant well enough. Slightly pot kettle there!’

Not you. Try reading the thread. How can you say he meant well enough without reading his post…:)

Godwin’s Law; you killed the
Godwin’s Law; you killed the thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

‘I have to stick up for the
‘I have to stick up for the guy who made that comment as I see folks are calling him out for being “ill tempered”… which is really not necessary! ‘

the nazi comment was necessary, presumably?

Al__S wrote:”come at me bro”

Al__S wrote:

”come at me bro” is a praticularly american invitation to fight.

Usually used now in jest, mainly by Brits & Europeans in a sarcastic manner as if to mimic Americans… its just a popular pisstake of modern slang.

I have to stick up for the guy who made that comment as I see folks are calling him out for being “ill tempered”… which is really not necessary!

Thanks for the translations.
Thanks for the translations. What an ill-tempered chap.

Al_S…well, quite. And indeed I was not berating or blanking anyone. The question was would *I* wear it, and my answer referred to me, not anyone else. However, our colonial chum appears to have read this differently. Ah well.