A car, a van, a motorbike, and a cyclist... *

Aidy
Aidy Posts: 2,015
edited September 2009 in Commuting chat
... all stopped across a pedestrian crossing.

Who does the officious suit have a go at?


* "An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman all walked into a bar..."

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  • kurako
    kurako Posts: 1,098
    None. But he slides across the bonnet of the car in true 70's cop show style?

    I always felt tempted to do that!
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Aidy wrote:
    ... all stopped across a pedestrian crossing.

    Who does the officious suit have a go at?


    * "An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman all walked into a bar..."
    Should've D-locked the **$%!!
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Should've D-locked the **$%!!

    Well, I was stopped behind the white line (the car and the motorbike had forced their ways past me!). I did point out that if he was going to have a go at the cyclist, he could have a go at all the others, too.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Well cyclist is clearly the more approachable - but they are all twunts for doing it.
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    cougie wrote:
    Well cyclist is clearly the more approachable - but they are all twunts for doing it.

    Where more approachable == easy target.
    Smacks of just a bullying nature.
  • snailracer
    snailracer Posts: 968
    <Hops off bike, walks it across the road to the pavement on the far side, whistling nonchalantly>
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Aidy wrote:
    ... all stopped across a pedestrian crossing.

    Who does the officious suit have a go at?"
    All I can think is...."why would a cyclist stop at a pedestrian crossing?" :? :wink:
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Aidy wrote:
    cougie wrote:
    Well cyclist is clearly the more approachable - but they are all twunts for doing it.

    Where more approachable == easy target.
    Smacks of just a bullying nature.

    Just easier isnt it ? Bloke in a van - with his window up. Bloke on the motorbike with his helmet on. The cyclist is the one who he can talk to easiest.

    If you had these three same people and you needed directions - I'd ask the cyclist first ?
  • unscarred
    unscarred Posts: 208
    If everyone stopped why did he have a go at anyone? :?
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Don't tell me it's because the cyclist is loitering on a pedestrian crossing?
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    cougie wrote:
    Just easier isnt it ? Bloke in a van - with his window up. Bloke on the motorbike with his helmet on. The cyclist is the one who he can talk to easiest.

    How many van drivers in London have their windows up?

    And the motorcyclist had his visor up, when I pointed out that he should be having a go at everyone else stopped across the pedestrian crossing, the look on the motorcyclists face was enough to know he coudl hear me perfectly well.

    It's just the whole unfairness of the attitude. Cyclists are reviled, even in situations where it's blatantly obvious that their flaws aren't unique to them.
  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    Kurako wrote:
    None. But he slides across the bonnet of the car in true 70's cop show style?

    I always felt tempted to do that!

    I did that in 1991, and ended up in hospital with a shattered kneecap :-D
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