October 11, 2005
Weekend Field Trip: Bicycle Polo with the Royal Society of Adventurology
We'd seen the posters around town for the 'Royal Society of Adventurology,' and wondered who or what was beyond the rarefied dandy invitation to engage in a spot of bicycle polo on a balmy Sunday aft. We still don't know from whence these dandies materialized, but never before have we so enjoyed an hour in Trinity Bellwoods.
Mallets in hand, a few dozen well-dressed adventurers played a rousing game of polo (in which one had to get past an imbecilic goalie to send the ball through), while fans shouted 'pip pip,' drank tea, ate scones and signed membership cards on which one had to declare whether or not one had consumption. The attention to detail was admirable - tea service, lovely typography, old school playing cards, a gent on an old-fashioned carriage, a taxidermied mascot, a Duchampian insignia, excellent haberdashery, and a crowd of eager and jovial traditionalists - it was all so well done we'd like to pledge lifetime membership right away. 
The Royal Society plans more games so keep your eyes peeled for flyerage that hearkens back to frillier days.
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That's the best thing I've ever seen.
Grr, I should've gone to this. Next time I'll be there with my top coat.
I WANT TO DO THIS SO BADLY!
But I don't even have a bike. I can monitor the fox-thing tho, and just get dressed up in ye old time clothing.
The suits on bicycle-built-for-two is my favourite part. (wait, closer inspection deems it to be one suit, one skirt-ish-thing. still amazing.)
it looked like so much fun. i wished i'd had my bike with me.
For Future Reference: OK. If you see posters around for something like this, could you pretty please let us know BEFORE it happens, rather than after? I would have *loved* to take part in this, and in fact I'd been considering trying to get some people together for a friendly game of bike polo.
If only I had known! :S
Thanks for everyone who came out and to sarah for posting the story and photo's. There will be many more RSA events based on the great turn out we had for this one.
Also check out the toronto life section in this saturdays globe for more info
what a fun lot of cultural research in our present times!
i laughed, i cried, it was better than Cats!
love,
lz
Wonderful! Looks like a positively ripping time. The fox looks a bit worse for wear, but we are, after all, in the colonies, and make do we must!
Mr. Zimmerman, if you would be so kind as to extend to me an invitation when planning your next event, I'll bring a brace of polo ponies!
Huzzahs all round for the RS of A! Pip Pip!
Yours,
Viscount Smythe-Smythe