Unshopping: you went to buy an item and returned with something quite different.

[Ganymede]

In your panniers?

Well, obviously one of them had to go on the rack.

 

[rich p]

In your panniers?

Pianniers?

 

[TissoT]

How strong was the beer?

not strong enough to make it an excuse ...

 

[ColinJ]

I caught a bus to Padiham In 1999 to watch the Prutour peloton tackle the Nick o' Pendle climb from Sabden. The bus was late getting to Padiham so I ran over Padiham Heights and down into Sabden, only to see the TV helicopter hovering over the top of the climb in the distance and the last few riders cresting the summit. I was very peed off and I decided to jog back to the bike shop in Padiham and do some retail therapy.

So, I went out to buy rail and bus tickets and came back having ordered a £2,000 Bianchi!

 

[Ganymede]

Come to think of it, I went out to wait for a lift while on tour, arrived way too early and bought a red lace ballgown. All the more remarkable since I was dressed like tramp at the time, and I mean tramp as in 'Gentleman of the Road' rather than Marilyn Monroe in 'River of No Return'. The nice ladies in the posh frock shop didn't turn a hair.

 

[the_mikey]

Went to Bath to buy a pair of trousers but came home with a Brompton instead..

 

[rich p]

Come to think of it, I went out to wait for a lift while on tour, arrived way too early and bought a red lace ballgown. All the more remarkable since I was dressed like tramp at the time, and I mean tramp as in 'Gentleman of the Road' rather than Marilyn Monroe in 'River of No Return'. The nice ladies in the posh frock shop didn't turn a hair.

I wear lycra on tour but vive lá difference!

 

[Ganymede]

I wear lycra on tour but vive lá difference!

Not a biking tour! I was on my way to Kirkcaldy from London to perform at the arts centre. It was the second week in February and terribly cold - I had a 3rd-hand, decades-old sheepskin coat on, in fear of the frozen north. Gosh I looked lovely.

 

[rich p]

Not a biking tour! I was on my way to Kirkcaldy from London to perform at the arts centre. It was the second week in February and terribly cold - I had a 3rd-hand, decades-old sheepskin coat on, in fear of the frozen north. Gosh I looked lovely.

Oh!

 

[spen666]

I went to the football and returned home with a divorce

 

[Ganymede]

I went to the football and returned home with a divorce

Oops... pricey...

 

[spen666]

Oops... pricey...

Worth it though, we won away

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Some years ago I went into the LBS for an innertube and came out with a new bike, a Dawes Giro.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I went to buy a new bike but came home with an old car. Bad decision!!

 

[screenman]

Stopped in Lincoln for a spot of lunch whilst on a trip from London up to Sunderland and bought a house, never been north of Watford before that.