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Dublinbikes nickname ?

Poncherello · 2009-09-28 11:54:45

Have these things not got a nickname yet ? Any suggestions

28-09-2009 11:54am

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Have these things not got a nickname yet ?
Any suggestions

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#2 28-09-2009 11:59am

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Dunno about nicknames, but "nil bikes bud?" is a handy anagram for the doom mongers.

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#3 28-09-2009 12:05pm

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Sorry in advance ! Goin for a ride on a Dike !

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#4 28-09-2009 12:09pm

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Do they have to have one? Do you remember all those letters to the Irish Times suggesting nicknames for the Spire in O'Connell Street in Dublin? They were tedious.

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#5 28-09-2009 12:15pm

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how about ....... erm.... Deceaux Dikes (but pronounced "Deco" as in ...anto and deco - typical Dublin names) ... maybe?

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#6 28-09-2009 12:19pm

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no they dont have to have one. Just I use em quite a bit and "I took a Dublin bike in " just doesnt roll off the tongue.
" I jumped on a dike " ... mmmm I dunno maybe a bit cringy

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#7 28-09-2009 12:22pm

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@PCPhoto, Decos Dikes, ROFL

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#8 28-09-2009 12:37pm

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Velibs? That's what I refer to them as anyway.

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#9 28-09-2009 12:42pm

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Yes, why not velibs

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#10 28-09-2009 12:44pm

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Well it is more euro.

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#11 28-09-2009 12:57pm

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Rotharscalltán ?

Please excuse the appalling attempt at Irish, I'm foreign innit.

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#12 28-09-2009 3:45pm

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Maybe reverse the tradition with a positive name associated with the city...Johnathan Swifts??:eek:

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#13 28-09-2009 4:02pm

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"yore ma" - cause they've been ridden by nearly as many people.

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