Sidecars

Petty, who sometimes took his kids to school in sidecars, says it's no big deal to use them — "the easiest way to put it is that you ride a motorcycle and you steer a sidecar" — and having company helps: "Otherwise, it gets a little lonely." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not content with dancing the night away at Claridges, drinking some sort of brandy and Cointreau concoction they called sidecars, she and her friends had taken to continuing the party at someones house. ❋ Kate Morton (2008)

Wary of the risks, the outside investors have teamed up with experienced underwriters from established insurance companies to create new finance vehicles known as "sidecars." ❋ Mario Christodoulou (2011)

At the first party they served sidecars, which is a very delicious drink I’d never had before, and that’s why we never made it to the second party where they were serving absinthe—so maybe it’s just as well. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They include industry loss warranties, which are derivatives triggered by the size of losses caused by an event to the entire insurance industry, and "sidecars," which capture the risk of a sub-portfolio of an insurance or reinsurance company's business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Outside of sidecars, investors have also shown interest in the insurance market via traditional equity investments. ❋ Mario Christodoulou (2011)

Over the past few months a flurry of sidecars have been set up to take advantage of current premium rates for catastrophe insurance. ❋ Mario Christodoulou (2011)

The first sidecars were set up following 9/11, but it was not until after Hurricane Katrina that their popularity truly grew, when an estimated $34 billion in new capital flowed into the insurance market, around 13% of which came through sidecars. ❋ Mario Christodoulou (2011)

Retrocessional insurance, which underwrites the risks of reinsurers in a third level of cover, is also popular with sidecars. ❋ Mario Christodoulou (2011)

In late December, as I mixed sidecars and martinis, poured draughts of Long Trail ale and glasses of white wine, a blizzard arrived, howling in the treetops. ❋ William Doreski (2011)

The first Germans we had to engage were on motor bikes and sidecars and had only small-arms fire power and were no match for our tanks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As there was no physical gallery to tour, the event functioned as more of a product premiere, with figures from the museum and gallery communities mingling with sidecars and Prosecco in hand, tooling through the inaugural exhibition, Tony Oursler's "Valley," on five computers stationed around the room. ❋ Nicole Campoy-Leffler (2010)

A few of the bikes have sidecars—they throw their loot inside. ❋ Max Brallier (2011)

When asked if skiing or giving a [sidecar] was a more homosexual act, Jerry was perplexed. On one hand, skiing has twice as many foreign dicks in your hands but on the other hand with a sidecar he would also be hard therefore presumably enjoying himself. Jerry reasoned that one could [reluctantly] ski but a sidecar implies [self pleasure]. ❋ Anonymoos3 (2020)

Man, [the bartender] [at that] [restaurant] made the best damn sidecar I ever had. ❋ Your Testicles (2011)

I could tell by how she [fingered] her [stoma] that she wanted me to [ride] in her sidecar. ❋ Bungfullajung (2016)

Flakus was [tokin] a fat [bowl] of [grass], so i was sidecaring to keep us on the road. ❋ Taver13 (2010)

Man! I went to a party with Mike last night, there was a bunch of his old highschool buddies there. Mike and his buddies started talking about their favorite [rugby] teams, [I have no clue] about rugby. I got put in [the sidecar]! ❋ 21dreams (2010)

"That prick Sidecar Roper, that [half a man]." [Vincent Gallo], in a 2004 Howard Stern interview, implying that Richard Roper would be a nobody if not for his working relationship with [Roger Ebert]. ❋ Pissedoff999 (2023)

While Jane was enjoying the [dexterity] of my index and forefinger [I slipped] in a sidecar [for the win]. ❋ Mamamomash (2003)

Good looking woman walks into a [crowded] bar and pushes her way to the front, and without asking the small nerdy guy on HER arm what he wants, she [orders] the drinks. ONLOOKER 1: "woah check out that blonde!" ONLOOKER 2: "...check out [the sidecar]" ❋ Razzamatazz (2005)

[The philadelphia] [sidecar] I got from Tom last night nearly perforated my [bowel]! ❋ Nursy (2009)

You didn't know [Gilman] was into [Philly] sidecars? Where do you think he [picked up] smoking? ❋ Uptodate (2008)