elyob wrote:

"Colin McKenzie" wrote in message
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Zog The Undeniable wrote:


burt wrote:


Following on from the silly names contest for Fat Eric, I thought it
might
be fun to do the same for those honest, upstanding moral bankrupts,

BHIT.

I thought B**** and BeHIT were pretty good.

Me too. But they CHOSE those initials. I sometimes wonder if they
aren't in it purely for the gravy train, or perhaps as a sort of test
of gullibility.

Why not Cycle Helmet Association, or Protected Head and Rider Trust,
or Anti-Cycle Head Injury Society - all eminently pronounceable as
initials.



I don't get it ... CHA, PHRT, ACHIS ... ?

Society for Helmet Initiative Tosspots?



PHaRT - hmm ;-)

Interestingly, while talking to my mum about cycle helmets, she (as a
horse-rider of the past - not ridden for 5 years or so) mentioned that
not only did she think cycle helmets gave quite a lot of protection,
especially in the bike/car type incident, but that the horse riding
fraternity were actively looking at making riding helmets more like bike
helmets (ventilation holes, lighter, etc).

Horse-riding helmets (good ones) these days resemble more motorbike
helmets, because they protect the (apparently) thinnest part of the
skull, which is at the rear as it slopes back down and under to meet the
neck. Cycle helmets leave this area utterly unprotected. Horse-riding
helmets also have a much stronger outer shell - not this
lucky-if-it's-1mm-thick shell that cycle helmets have over the polystyrene.

Gave her something to think about, when I demonstrated just how they're
actually constructed, and the horse-riding bunch are already aware that
getting a sharp branch/pole/spike through a vent hole is a Very Bad Thing..

Velvet