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August 5, 2011 6:21 AM Subscribe
Funny signs to support triathletes?
I'm a runner, so I'm very used to seeing signs during races that say things like, "You look like a Kenyan" and "Because 13.2 would be stupid."
However, there's a triathlon that's going to go by our apartment on Sunday morning, and I'd like to make an appropriate sign. By the time the athletes get to our neighborhood, they will have swum 1500m, biked 40k, and just started a 10k run.
I'm a runner, so I'm very used to seeing signs during races that say things like, "You look like a Kenyan" and "Because 13.2 would be stupid."
However, there's a triathlon that's going to go by our apartment on Sunday morning, and I'd like to make an appropriate sign. By the time the athletes get to our neighborhood, they will have swum 1500m, biked 40k, and just started a 10k run.
A friend recently went to a marathon and had a sign reading "Worst parade EVER", which got lots of chuckles. Encouragement for her runner was written below in smaller letters.
posted by cosmicbandito at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011 [19 favorites]
posted by cosmicbandito at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011 [19 favorites]
I have placed a clean sheet of glass between here and the finish line.
Robbed from the onion.
posted by therubettes at 6:55 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Robbed from the onion.
posted by therubettes at 6:55 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Stop Tri-ing and start being an anthlete
posted by AugustWest at 6:59 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by AugustWest at 6:59 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
How about "If you aren't at the finish in 15 min I'm stealing your bike".
(Going to keep checking this thread for new ideas. I'm making a tri sign too, but mine is most likely to say "Go Mommy!" and will feature a cute two-year-old helping to hold it up for my wife.)
posted by caution live frogs at 7:25 AM on August 5, 2011
(Going to keep checking this thread for new ideas. I'm making a tri sign too, but mine is most likely to say "Go Mommy!" and will feature a cute two-year-old helping to hold it up for my wife.)
posted by caution live frogs at 7:25 AM on August 5, 2011
Something to do with how their legs must feel like rubber after the ride? (The ride to run transition always feels very weird.) If someone can make a good sign-appropriate line from this, please do.
"Are your shorts still wet?"
posted by bread-eater at 7:32 AM on August 5, 2011
"Are your shorts still wet?"
posted by bread-eater at 7:32 AM on August 5, 2011
Keep going! You've almost outrun the zombies!
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:37 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:37 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: "Did you remember to lock your bike?"
posted by niwnfyc at 8:08 AM on August 5, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by niwnfyc at 8:08 AM on August 5, 2011 [7 favorites]
do or do not. there is no tri
posted by Jacen at 8:11 AM on August 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Jacen at 8:11 AM on August 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
"Overachievers!"
"Want some toast with those jelly legs?"
posted by kataclysm at 8:31 AM on August 5, 2011
"Want some toast with those jelly legs?"
posted by kataclysm at 8:31 AM on August 5, 2011
Try not to think about how much you have to pee right now.
Your shoelace is untied.
posted by adorap0621 at 8:44 AM on August 5, 2011
Your shoelace is untied.
posted by adorap0621 at 8:44 AM on August 5, 2011
"I am never going to give you up or let you down!" I Rickrolled a friend this way during a marathon and other runners loved it.
posted by MsMolly at 9:14 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by MsMolly at 9:14 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
The bus with your clothes broke down.
Wouldn't a nap be nice right now?
I won't give you a ride home if you peed on yourself.
Give up now: someone faster already finished.
Don't turn around, there's a bunch of people chasing you.
posted by wenestvedt at 9:48 AM on August 5, 2011
Wouldn't a nap be nice right now?
I won't give you a ride home if you peed on yourself.
Give up now: someone faster already finished.
Don't turn around, there's a bunch of people chasing you.
posted by wenestvedt at 9:48 AM on August 5, 2011
Best answer: "I trained for 6 months to hold this sign."
posted by peep at 11:32 AM on August 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by peep at 11:32 AM on August 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
I really like MsMolly's idea... Even further, have several people holding signs with parts of the lyrics, so they are read in sequence.
Bonus points if the last sign says "Burma-Shave"
posted by xedrik at 7:48 PM on August 5, 2011
Bonus points if the last sign says "Burma-Shave"
posted by xedrik at 7:48 PM on August 5, 2011
Best answer: "What, like it's hard?"
"The Wall is right down the street" (contributed by Mr. Terwilliger)
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:03 PM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
"The Wall is right down the street" (contributed by Mr. Terwilliger)
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:03 PM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I (heart) trisexuals
Which one of you is delivering my breakfast?
My grandma went by 20 minutes ago
Only 9.9997 km to go!
posted by ambient2 at 6:47 PM on August 6, 2011
Which one of you is delivering my breakfast?
My grandma went by 20 minutes ago
Only 9.9997 km to go!
posted by ambient2 at 6:47 PM on August 6, 2011
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(That's why they do triathlons in that order, right?)
Sorry, that's all I could come up with.
posted by wisekaren at 6:40 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]