Al Gore and our Organic Cotton Baggy Knicker
Keep reading...because there's an opportunity for 50 people to get a pair CHEAP!...
We get a lot of email requesting that we bring back the messenger knickers that we once did in a galaxy far, far, away. And although this falls slightly outside of the How to Avoid The Bummer Life context, I do have a meaningful, not so capitalistic, reasoning behind showing you where we're at with this particular product. Keep reading and you get a Scooby Snack....
This last week I went to go see the new Al Gore movie, An Inconvenient Truth. There's a link to the movie trailer in our VIDEO section located over there on the left. Check it out. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/aninconvenienttruth/trailer/
I highly suggest that everybody and their mother go and see this movie, and get the shit scared out of you in a way that would even make Hitchcock a little squeamish. Gore paints an unpolitical (as much as he could) picture of the crisis we're entering with global warming. I'm not one to jump on the SARS, Avian Flu, Mad Cow, etc. bandwagon, .......but this issue is for real.
I'm not going to get into details, but I want you to go see this movie.
What we're going to do is give wholesale pricing on these to the first 50 movie stubs from this flick.Starting right now, and going till 50 people send me their ticket stubs. We'll be collecting these stubs, and when these Organic knickers are ready to roll, you'll get a fat discount because you got off your ass to go see this movie. Not a bad deal. Once you've seen it...let me know what you think of this flick.
Go!
Send Stubs (or email a scan) to: Swobo, Yellow Ferry Harbor, Gate 6 Rd. No 10c, Sausalito, CA 94965
Comments
We're hoping that they show up at the end of this month.
Posted by: Tim | October 2, 2006 10:22 PM
When will these knickers be on the Swobo website for sale???
Posted by: Peter | October 1, 2006 07:08 PM
hey there,
saw AIT @ the Sequaia in dwntn Mill Valley - even rode my cruiser there to see it. Alas, I don't have the stub to prove it. Does my word count?
Posted by: rob | June 26, 2006 09:35 PM
Damn... it's not out yet in Deutschland and we're all drinking too much beer right now anyway. Damn! Glad that you're bringing out the knickers again.
Posted by: wunnspeed | June 25, 2006 10:26 AM
Sad to say that it won't come to Flagstaff, home of many who'd love to see it. Will have to save it for movie night at home. Keep up the good work...happy to have you back!
Posted by: benno | June 24, 2006 04:44 AM
I won't be able to see it in theatre as it won't be coming to the little town where I am living. All the same, when are the knickers coming out so I can buy a pair.
Posted by: Bob Wieck | June 22, 2006 06:00 AM
I want a dope pair of those ultra cool short pants, they better be that fkn wool, dude!
Posted by: Supersucker | June 21, 2006 02:31 AM
At least I'll be checking myself out in my cheap new swobo knickers when the flames consume me.
Posted by: Emanuel | June 21, 2006 12:03 AM
Whoa! Maybe instead of a discount for ticket stubs you should offer a return on the souls of the loser fashionistas who are missing the point here: That this is not really about cool knickers at low prices. It's about being aware of your situation. About realizing your house is on fire and doing something about it instead of checking yourself out in the mirror as the flames consume you. Thanks swobo folks for fighting the good fight here, doing your part, and sharing the wealth a little in the process.
Posted by: Chad | June 20, 2006 07:46 PM
If you can't afford a $9 movie you probably can't afford pants. The movie is worth seeing even if you /know/ what the problems are. It helps to establish a point of shared understanding with others and facilitates ongoing discussion.
Now if I can only find my stub from the opening weekend..
Posted by: Richard Lotz | June 20, 2006 06:13 PM
But is the carrot there only to dangle from the end of the proverbial stick? What if I don't like carrots? Does it then magically change into something like a cup of coffee? And isn't this really a weak metaphor because we, as humans, possess the wonderful opposable thumb and we can just reach out and grab the dangling object instead of biting at it like an animal? I turned my bars upside down yesterday on my way to pick up my gas guzzler from the mechanic. It lets me see the bull poo.
Maybe knickers will help
Posted by: -kw | June 20, 2006 02:25 PM
I agree with M.
Gore is not the most dynamic speaker, and to pay the price of a 12pack to see him on the screen is hard to justify.
If the $$ was going to the cause, then maybe I'd think about it.
Posted by: Murbike | June 20, 2006 12:32 PM
Hmm.. great offer but for us poor Europeans who can't see it yet as it doesn't open here for some time, we'll miss out. I went to see the Da Vinci Code last month can i send you the stubs from that film?
Plus my wife works for an environmental agency so we are green - just like cabbages!
Posted by: onegear | June 20, 2006 10:30 AM
make the jackets again, yo. I had this fiendish orange one, with green velvet lining. Still have a red one, with polka dots on the inside.
Posted by: dan | June 20, 2006 04:51 AM
I might get it on video. 9 bucks is a lot to pay for schtick I already know and agree with.
Maybe I'll buy a ticket for it and see Nacho Libre instead.
-M
Posted by: wolfy | June 15, 2006 02:14 AM
Awesome... depressing for sure, but ultimately empowering.
Thanks for dangling the carrot to get me out to see it.
Posted by: Linden | June 14, 2006 10:52 PM
question.. does it count if i drive my hummer to the theatre ? i could save the receipt from he gas station and send that accompanying the show stub.
Posted by: anonymous | June 14, 2006 08:18 PM
Yes OB1, you must make the knickers again as they were the bomb. They are so key, not just for cool weather riding but for crash protection & fending off the dreaded poison oak. Your gear rocks.
Cheers,
Ted
Posted by: Ted Thayer | June 14, 2006 06:02 PM
Don't be a stupid jerk, see this movie. Seriously.
Posted by: AK | June 14, 2006 04:07 PM