Yo Dingo, (From my man CARL LARSON

Yo Dingo,
One of my co-workers here at the BTA just resigned and she sent this email out before Christmas. Lots of office in-jokes. I don't understand half of it. I just thought you'd enjoy the fact that while I only get mentioned once...you get mentioned twice! ...and you don't even work here! Jerk.

I hope all's well.

Carl

Subject: A few parting thoughts . . . .



Twas the night before Alice
And all through the town
Not a cyclist was spinning
Except Dingo the Clown
The panniers were hung on the bike racks with care
In hopes that Earl Blumenauer soon would be there

The children were sitting all snug on their trikes
While Kidical Mass queued up for the night
And Heather in her Deller and Mike with a trailer
Gathered BTAers to send renewal mailers

When at the Convention Center there arose such a clatter
Yelton sprang from his desk to see what was the matter
Away to MLK Ave he biked in a flash
Blowing through stop signs and tempting road rash
He caught up with Gretchen, whose time sheets did glow
And Rohde who said all his bills were a go

When what to Lynne Mutrie’s eyes did appear
More Clif Bars for Walk + Bike Day’s little dears
A true hardy pedaler so lively and quick
Dropped off tubs of soup whose spoons Larson licked

As dapper as Bricker, the guests they all came
And whistled and shouted and called them by name
“Now Giant, now Townie, now Raleigh, now Surly,
On Peugot, on Kona, and on Pearl Izumi!”
To the tables filling the great auction hall
They bid again, bid again, bid again all

Then Holly and Bailey and Rousculp arrived
With Alpenrose Dairy’s ultimate prize
And Stephanie called out, “No challenge is too tall—
Bring your website, your loose brakes, bring me them all!”

Then Lieuallen recruited more volunteers
While Emily raided the fridge full of beers
Green boxes went in, the Sauvie Bridge stalled
And artwork was finally hung on the walls
Poyourow issued no tickets that eve
Except to Lore Wintergreen whom she made grieve

Angela’s Craig built a bike made for five
LeeAnne’s Kelly Grow continued to thrive

Wissow, he lassoed that Dingo the Clown
As ZooBombers lit hills up and down
Sam Adams banished all cars from I-5
Burkholder’s bike network dreams came alive

BikePortland reported that Alice did rock
And cyclists to BTA always will flock


P.S.Yelton: We're out of cream!