I've never 'got'

Only from the cheap seats.

That would be Hermès

...knew that would be coming loooool.

You set 'em up...

Chapeau

The ubiquitous use of the word "chapeau".

+1 for this. Before here, I'd only ever heard it used by introspection-free people who work in ad sales.

It's something to do with cycling...

It's a French slang for jizz, translates literally as 'gentleman water'. I guess the original meaning use was for when something was worth a wank.

See also 'bidon'

tend to be used by the same sort of poshos who use'garment' and 'supper'

Inverse snobbery.

Gilets.

See also fender, sprinkles and douche. You're not American.

Not you specifically.

The word supper should be banned from the English language

Can we still eat it? Only I've got a pizza with beans on top here

This may help

Over Woolworths shutting down

I have lived in the Medway towns region almost all my life and I haven't either.

Having Kids.

Chain cleaning, beyond a good rub with a rag and relube. Especially buying chain cleaning devices. Even more, degreasing new chains.

Those CP threads where it's essentially wealthy forumengers outsourcing component selection to a cabal of willing volunteers.

Just post your credit card statement and a picture of the finished bike.

I grant you I don't find them as interesting as someone putting together a period correct lugged carbon Look or a CAAD 4 but it's still a valid project regardless of the value/condition of the parts.

I suppose I go get them, because it's vicarious shopping. I just find them meh.

But then how would they get the free help?

Sometimes the advice is very helpful, speaking as (I suspect) one of the aforementioned.

As recompense my new bike doesn't have a cp thread at all, does that make it better?