Potatoes – Clean Joke of the month ……………………

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

Well, a Girl Potato and Boy Potato had eyes for each other, and
finally they got married, and had a little sweet potato, which they
called ‘Yam’.
Of course, they wanted the best for Yam.
When it was time, they told her about the facts of life. They warned
her about going out and getting half-baked, so she wouldn’t get
accidentally mashed, and get a bad name for herself like ‘Hot Potato’.

Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the
sack and make a rotten potato out of her!
But on the other hand she wouldn’t stay home and become a
Couch Potato either.
She would eat properly so as not to be skinny like her Shoestring
Cousins.
When she went off to Europe, Mr. And Mrs. Potato told Yam to
watch out for those hard-boiled guys from Ireland and the greasy
guys from France called the French Fries. And when she went
out West, she must watch out for the Indians so she wouldn’t get
scalloped.
They sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that’s Potato University ). So that
when she graduated she’d really be “in the Chips”.
But in spite of all they did for her, one-day Yam came home and
announced she was going to marry Keith Quinn.
“Keith Quinn!!!!”, they cried. They were very upset and told Yam
“You can’t possibly marry Keith Quinn because he’s just …….
Are you ready for this? Are you sure? * OK! You asked for it:
Here it is! * *
…. just a COMMONTATER!”