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dustybin
05 Dec 19 16:51
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Apparently it's dystopian and sexist for a man to buy an excercise bike for a woman.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50649826

Apparently it implies the man thinks the woman is fat.

So no jewerly either then by that account as it implies they look rather drab?
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Report Crisp77 December 5, 2019 4:53 PM GMT
I bought my wife an Iron for Christmas last year and she wasn't happy because she doesn't like golf so I had it.
Report trilby22 December 5, 2019 4:56 PM GMT
I'd give mine some wood if I had one.
Report casemoney December 5, 2019 5:06 PM GMT
Having a Look at a few of Rears getting out of The School run Tractors ,they are beyond PELOTON , the Machine would collapse ,

I wonder if any of the Hubbies bought the cars for the wife ?
Report Reynard December 5, 2019 5:07 PM GMT
trilby22 • December 5, 2019 4:56 PM GMT
I'd give mine some wood if I had one.


A wife or a **** ? Confused
Report trilby22 December 5, 2019 6:28 PM GMT
LaughBlushGrin
Report 1st time poster December 5, 2019 7:09 PM GMT
buy HER something today that fits her just as well in 20 years time

and every woman loves A SCARVE,  Laugh
Report Hank Hill December 5, 2019 7:55 PM GMT
I don't get it either. Obviously she is already slim, but that doesn't automatically make her fit. Also not sure what is dystopian about it - far more dystopian things going on in the UK and the rest of the world than some bloke buying his wife an exercise bike Laugh
Report Crisp77 December 5, 2019 8:26 PM GMT
Spending £2k on a present for the wife... What is he guilty about?
Report Dr Crippen December 5, 2019 8:41 PM GMT
That girl in the ad isn't very good looking.
She looks like Meghan Markle.
Fancy spending all that money and slipping up on that.

No wonder their shares have slumped.
Report morpteh mackem December 5, 2019 9:07 PM GMT
deliveroo advert also banned ( thank god )
Report Crisp77 December 5, 2019 9:12 PM GMT
Eddie Stobart who name their lorries after lasses in financial trouble
Report the bloob December 5, 2019 10:42 PM GMT
some people love being offended, to the point where they will scrutinise anything to see if it could possibly be offensive to someone (as long as that 'someone' is not white, male, hetero and able-bodied)
Report lybertyne December 6, 2019 2:15 AM GMT
Apparently it implies the man thinks the woman is fat.

A cardio workout is good for the heart.  Clue's in the name - cardio from Greek cardi = heart.  As bloob says, certain groups look to be offended.

I'm getting my woman her favourite perfume.  I'm sure there are some who'd say it's because I think she smells.

As for Peloton - £2k-ish for a bike and £40-ish per month subscription? LaughLaughLaughPlain
Report the bloob December 6, 2019 9:51 AM GMT
he should have got her chocolates and perfume just like any other bloke, and then later in the evening, when the kids have gone to bed, given her the lingerie he had bought her

I am trying to think of a gift that could not possibly be in some way considered sexist, but I can't
Report Get me a drink December 6, 2019 10:19 AM GMT
Fan knee tickler?
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 10:26 AM GMT

Dec 5, 2019 -- 4:56PM, trilby22 wrote:


I'd give mine some wood if I had one.


Laugh

Report Dr Crippen December 6, 2019 10:43 AM GMT
Anyone who mounts one of those contraptions every day to pedals their balls off, thinking it will get rid of some weight needs their heads examining.

And if you're worried about your heart or have heart disease, a brisk walk will do you as much good.
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 10:49 AM GMT
Spot on Dr C, I bought one (not the same brand) for cardio work, boring as fck, a brisk walk is far more enjoyable, and as good if not better.
Report Lady Faye Verrit December 6, 2019 11:52 AM GMT
Eddie Stobart who name their lorries after lasses in financial trouble

Crisp....he won't give a dam!
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 11:55 AM GMT
He was HGV positive..................
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 11:55 AM GMT
OK I'll get me coat.Laugh
Report dustybin December 6, 2019 12:06 PM GMT
I have an excercise bike and a treadmill....both might be considered boring but they have their place.
Instead of seeing them as alternatives to roadbikes or walks in car fume land, see them as alternatives to sitting on the settee watching tv, or using a screen like an ipad, much like standing desks.

The other benefit is that you can just do a blast on them and not have to worry about trying to get home with jelly legs or looking a berk struggling on an incline etc
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 12:11 PM GMT
I live in Dunchurch Warks, so not so bad re car fumes etc, A walk around Draycote Water from my place is 5 miles+.......... it's a reservoir and country park near the village of Dunchurch, 3.75 miles south of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water.
Report Dr Crippen December 6, 2019 12:14 PM GMT
Whatever you do, if that's what you want to do then that's how it should be.
Report UBLE/REGY December 6, 2019 12:15 PM GMT
If people even remotely suggest nowadays that women cannot do everything men do

They are castigated

I don't why Evolution bothered with two sexes, it appears humans only need one.
Report dustybin December 6, 2019 12:20 PM GMT
boxing, I dont live far from reservoirs, but the whole area is the edge of the Peak District and on the slopes of the Pennines, getting there up and down hills is an arse hole in itself

The old women around here dont need real or pretend bikes, they are like mountain goats and generally get pretty close to 100
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 12:55 PM GMT
Laugh
Report Dr Crippen December 6, 2019 1:11 PM GMT
Cars are the worst thing that's happened for people's health.

Sitting about all day, then when they do go out they take the car.
Report Lady Faye Verrit December 6, 2019 1:30 PM GMT
He was HGV positive..................

If that is genuinely your inventiveness, I'll give you a solid 8.5

Laugh
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 2:02 PM GMT
Sadly not.Sad
Report Lady Faye Verrit December 6, 2019 2:35 PM GMT
Ok....1.5 for honesty...
Report dustybin December 6, 2019 2:38 PM GMT
Cars are the worst thing that's happened for people's health.

Sitting about all day, then when they do go out they take the car.


Add to that the chemicals in the exhausts that increase heart attacks and strokes of people unfortunate enough to live near a main road....the cheating done by emissions software, and the data I read recently that suggests fumes are worse inside the cars than actually walking beside them.
Report boxingthefox December 6, 2019 2:46 PM GMT

Dec 6, 2019 -- 2:35PM, Lady Faye Verrit wrote:


Ok....1.5 for honesty...


Cheers, claiming something that is not your own is just plain wrong IMHO.Happy

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