"OCD—Obsessive Cycling Disorder”—a cycling pun on “obsessive–compulsive disorder”—has been printed on many images. “Uncle Gigs.....suffering from OCD (Obsessive Cycling Disorder)” was posted on the newsgroup Gears 4 Beers on October 24, 2009. “Definite OCD (Obsessive Cycling Disorder)” was posted on Twitter on May 31, 2010.
Wikipedia: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder where people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly (called “rituals"), or have certain thoughts repeatedly. People are unable to control either the thoughts or the activities for more than a short period of time. Common activities include hand washing, counting of things, and checking to see if a door is locked. Some may have difficulty throwing things out. These activities occur to such a degree that the person’s daily life is negatively affected. Often they take up more than an hour a day. Most adults realize that the behaviors do not make sense.
Google Groups: Gears 4 Beers
Lynchburg Ride Recap.....Saturday, 10-24-09
Gig Miller
10/24/09
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Uncle Gigs.....suffering from OCD (Obsessive Cycling Disorder)
Twitter
Tony Leach
@tonyleach
Just did a circuit of Leith Links @ 10pm just to get 400 miles logged for May. Definite OCD (Obsessive Cycling Disorder)! Lovely sunset. #fb
4:34 PM - 31 May 2010
Twitter
Terence Dackombe
@SirTerence
Replying to @NickyAACampbell
@NickyAACampbell OCD - Obsessive Cycling Disorder.
4:43 AM - 26 Sep 2010
Twitter
C.T. Thongklin
@CThongklin
I have an OCD… an Obsessive Cycling Disorder. #damnwellproudofittoo
8:17 PM - 30 Nov 2010
Chapeau
OBSESSIVE CYCLING DISORDER
Do you have OCD?
Mar 01, 2016
ERV Cycle Insurance
Our Top 25 Cycling Quotes
Written by ERV On Air Published on 9 June 2016
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12. OCD: Obsessive Cycling Disorder
Planet X (UK)
26 July 2016
My Life With OCD (Obsessive Cycling Disorder)
It’s about 07:00 on a Tuesday morning, I am sat in my home office and I have a heap of work to trawl through but I get that all too familiar feeling… It’s an urge, one I cannot explain. It’s like a yearning, a lack of fulfillment, it’s in the bones and it just won’t go away.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
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“People think I go out of my way to piss them off. Trust me, it’s not out of my way at all” (6/8)
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“Think outside. No box required” (6/8)
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Entry in progress—BP (6/8)
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“Exercise gives you energy, but you need energy to exercise. Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me” (6/8)
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“Why did the chicken cross the road?"/"To get to your house."/"Knock, knock…” (6/8)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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