Bicycle repairer pets his doggie, in Beijing (photo)

A bicycle repairer strokes his dog inside a storage box on his tricycle as he waits for his customer in Beijing November 24, 2011. (REUTERS/Soo Hoo Zheyang)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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fantastic.
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phisrow

I am a total sucker for that “I’m genetically engineered to love you in my fuzzy way” look puppies have.
Vivian Leonard

Might I point out that there are in fact two dogs in the picture?
http://japansunset.blogspot.com igzabier

nice cultural insight, cool moment, and this is so different than typical West(micro repair shop mobile maker handyman) but then same(human loving animal, human making existence).
avocadotoe

Oh look, is it a Stockbroker?
Is it a Quantity Surveyor?
Is it a Church Warden?
No! It’s BICYCLE REPAIR MAN!
http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

Dogs ♥♥♥
koko szanel

straight from Blade Runner, just wait few hours to get dark and some acid rain
flowergardenslayer

Dude’s bike reminds me of the old adage “The cobbler’s children always go bare”
http://twitter.com/BonzoDog1 BonzoDog1

Cue Monty Python: It’s bicycle repair man!
http://twitter.com/winkytwit Neil Winkelmann

I’ll bet he can fix just about anything. My local bike shop can too – once they order in the part – and wait two weeks for it to arrive. There was a guy who would set up repair services along the Bristol-Bath cycle path in the UK when I lived there a few years back. Can’t recall if he had dogs. Cool photo.
http://twitter.com/VagabondAstro Robert Little

I initially wanted to make a statement about the whole “east vs west” mindset, but instead, I think I’ll say that this is simply wonderful.
PrettyBoyTim

There are mobile bicycle repair outfits here in the west as well:

e.g: http://cycleserve.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/ALVTalk ALV Woods Natter

they look like pedigree english cocker spaniels, i’d hazard a guess that this is a fairly unusual dog for someone to own in china?
needsleep99

Preparing his dinner.
- Aurvara
  
  He’s been reading about this Kobe beef lark and thought why limit it to cattle.
dainel

I see the text in my RSS reader “A bicycle repairer strokes his dog inside a storage box on his tricycle as he waits for his customer in Beijing”. I think of a man on a something like a bicycle, with a small dog in a box on his bike. He’s reaching in to pet the dog.

I click the link. Instead of what I imagine, I see a an enormous box. The man is actually sitting in the box. Along with his two dogs.
grimatongueworm

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