Bike Polo Follow Up

I had some questions about the bike polo process and picture, so here is a truncated version of the actual e-mails exchanged that led to my match. This points out that I don't tell stories completely accurately, but not completely inaccurately either.

On 6/25/09 2:24 PM, "Rider 3" wrote:

PW – We just figured out our trip schedule . . . and we would like to come to Tacoma to visit you and your family (okay, mostly your family), stay with you that night and we would need to leave by noon the next day.

So, can we come crash at your place Thursday night?
Rider 3

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From: PW
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:36 AM
To: Rider 3
Subject: Re: Visit

Yes, for sure, but you will have to play bike polo on Thursday evening with us.

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On 6/26/09 11:33 AM, "Rider 3"wrote:

Bike Polo – Hmmm. Have you got a bike and mallet?

We are all looking forward to a quick visit.

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From: PW
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 11:45 AM
To: Rider 3
Subject: Re: Visit




Bikes, mallets no problems.

pw

From Rides

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On 6/26/09 11:51 AM, "Rider 3" wrote:

It's a sickness with you, isn't it? Can you get medicated or do you just have to live with it?

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From: PW
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:50 PM
To: Rider 3
Subject: Re: Visit


I think that question should be addressed to my wife, in my mind I'm perfectly "Normal".

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On 6/26/09 2:08 PM, "Rider 3" wrote:

You're a math guy, right? Let's think about "normal", as in representative of the "norm" – not dissimilar to the concepts of median or mean. Oh, I just remembered you aren't a math guy, you are an economics guys. Let me see if I can put this in terms you can understand . . .

If the X axis represents the number of aging white males in suburban King County neighborhoods and the Y axis represents the number of people participating in a combination of bike polo, BMW GS ownership, cyclocross racing, mountain climbing and extraordinary acts of vacationing while maintaining a job, you would find a lack of correlation between these statistical groups. We can infer from this behavioral-statistical model that there are only 4 inhabitants of the correlative cross section and of those, 3 are institutionalized. The remaining group is made up of one individual; initials PW. This would indicate that the sample is either not statistically valid or that the remaining member of that group does not meet the normative standards or mores of the remaining societal group.

Is that clear?

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From: PW
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:20 PM
To: Rider 3
Subject: Re: Visit

I just remembered you majored in English and everything you say is idle prattle.