{"id":318,"date":"2012-12-21T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbrsport.wordpress.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2013-03-10T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T14:58:35","slug":"some-of-the-more-gifted-questions-asked-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbrsport.co.za\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Some of the more ‘Gifted’ questions asked in 2012."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"i-found-this-humerus\"<\/a>We get asked a few thousand questions every year about swimming, cycling, running and the sport of triathlon as a whole. We always do our best to answer these questions. However, every now and then a question catches you. Here are some of our favourites from 2012.<\/p>\n

Do you sell pens? \u00a0This was asked on three occasions this year, we have no idea why!<\/p>\n

Do you sell hockey sticks? We replied that we did not.<\/p>\n

Do you sell Cricket bats? After explaining that we did not the customer went on to ask if we sold cricket bags.<\/p>\n

Do you sell tennis balls? No, we replied.<\/p>\n

Do you sell Ping-Pong balls? This was asked on three occasions. There seems to be resurgence in Ping-Pong, which is very encouraging.<\/p>\n

Is this a winter riding suit (Pointing to a wetsuit)? I was tempted to go for the sale but feared that the customer would expire from heat exhaustion.<\/p>\n

How fast does this bicycle go? This one had me a bit stumped. The eventual answer was that it would go as fast as your legs would ride it.<\/p>\n

Do you cut keys? No, we replied. I am still not sure how people expect a shop that has Swim, Bike, Run displayed all over the place to cut keys.<\/p>\n

Do you sell wheels for an outdoor lounger? No, we replied.<\/p>\n

Do you sell cell phone chargers? No we replied, we are a triathlon shop.<\/p>\n

Is this the German shop? The previous shop stocked a variety of German goods.<\/p>\n

Where are these Cu-bay bikes from? (Pointing to a Cube.) The customer managed to put a bit of a French curve on the word Cube.<\/p>\n

Will this bike make me lose weight? No, I replied, you would need to eat less and ride the bike. I never got that sale.<\/p>\n

Do you sell tri-suits for dogs? He lies in the sun and gets burnt? I can\u2019t remember how we answered that one; in fact I can\u2019t really remember much that happened after that at all.<\/p>\n

Here is to a wonderful 2013 and to a few more thousand questions asked about the sport that we love so much. We promise to keep you posted when the clangers come our way.<\/p>\n

Best regards
\nMike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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