"Oi mate, your wheel's going round!" WTF?

graeme_s-2

As I was cycling home today a chav on the pavement shouted "Oi mate, your wheel's going round" at me. What the hell does that mean? The weird thing is, I'm sure I remember someone on here (or maybe the old C+ forum) saying they'd had the same thing shouted at them by a chav. Is it a chav conspiracy to confuse cyclists?

Zombie_donkey

I hope for your sake it isn't their mating call.

whyamihere

I've had that shouted at me before. I was going quite slowly in heavy traffic, so I acted shocked before thanking them for bringing it to my attention.

rjsterry

I've had that one before as well (I've since recovered from the surgery to reconstruct my sides). I've never quite got it either. There was a thread a while back (last Autumn, I think) on things that have been shouted by chavs.

Bushfire

I have it all the time having part of my commute through chav estate! Stock reply is "& so's your mum" takes them a while but worth it to hear their mates laughing.

shouldbeinbed

had that and 'oi! you've got your lights on' when riding home after a 3-11 shift in winter.

Kieran_Burns

Bushfire wrote:

I have it all the time having part of my commute through chav estate! Stock reply is "& so's your mum" takes them a while but worth it to hear their mates laughing.

I going to remember that one.....



I've heard the same thing shouted at me "Hey mate your..."

Yeah yeah yeah. Do your braincells die lonely?

Jay dubbleU

Whilst on the chav subject why is it always crappy old Corsa drivers or passengers ? Had one hoot at me on the dual carriageway yesterday for no apparent reason

Like 'so's your mum' retort - I may make use of that in future

deptfordmarmoset

Bushfire wrote:

I have it all the time having part of my commute through chav estate! Stock reply is "& so's your mum" takes them a while but worth it to hear their mates laughing.

Good comeback! It's been a stock comment along with ''get off and milk it'' since I was a kid - so early 70s - and they were already well established then.

Splottboy

NO! NO! NO! This comes from the early 60's, and we used to shout it at workers coming home from the GKN/BSC Steelworks in Cardiff docks.

The PROPER saying is "Oi! Mate! You're rear wheels going forward!"

Yep, a bit pathetic, but bloody hilarious when you're 7 yrs old !

CHAVS inventing stuff? They couldn't invent an excuse not to Sign On....
Purlllllllleeeaaaassseeee....

Splottboy

NO! NO! NO! This comes from the early 60's, and we used to shout it at workers coming home from the GKN/BSC Steelworks in Cardiff docks.

The PROPER saying is "Oi! Mate! You're rear wheels going forward!"

Yep, a bit pathetic, but bloody hilarious when you're 7 yrs old !

CHAVS inventing stuff? They couldn't invent an excuse not to Sign On....
Purlllllllleeeaaaassseeee....

Craggers

One I've had a couple of times...

"Mate...your back wheel's folllowing your front"

rjsterry

Had a feeling it was the punchline from some long forgotten joke, wwhich seems to fit with the 60's thing

greg66_tri_v2.0

Splottboy wrote:

NO! NO! NO! This comes from the early 60's, and we used to shout it at workers coming home from the GKN/BSC Steelworks in Cardiff docks.

The PROPER saying is "Oi! Mate! You're rear wheels going forward!"

Yep, a bit pathetic, but bloody hilarious when you're 7 yrs old !

CHAVS inventing stuff? They couldn't invent an excuse not to Sign On....
Purlllllllleeeaaaassseeee....

+1.

And it was stil going strong when I were a lad <cough, cough>...

Norky

I've had it too. Hi-fugging-larious. Really.

I've a theory that these people-shaped sheep lack the faculties to form an original thought on their own, all they've got (just) is the memory for a few time-worn phrases that get called out in Pavlovian fashion in response to external stimuli.

Splottboy

Pavlova? The Dancer or the Desert?

Headhuunter

I've heard it too! Isn't it amazing that some lame joke from the early 60s has made it right through to 2010 and is still going - nationally it would seem. A real urban tradition.

plowmar

Well at least your rear wasn't catching up with your front, that's a real bugger.

Kieran_Burns

plowmar wrote:

Well at least your rear wasn't catching up with your front, that's a real bugger.

wheelie bad news if it did!







I'll get me coat... err....cloak...

graeme_s-2

Headhuunter wrote:

I've heard it too! Isn't it amazing that some lame joke from the early 60s has made it right through to 2010 and is still going - nationally it would seem. A real urban tradition.

See, now rather than feeling mildly annoyed and slightly perplexed, I feel quite honoured. It's like I've spotted something rare in the wild. Do you think there's an iSpy book that covers this sort of thing?

always_tyred

See your bike?

Its a girl's bike.

Dav3m

heh, was running round clapham common yesterday and there were 2 chavs with pushchairs unneccesarily blocking the pavement. I shouted "excuse me!" as I ran past to which they shouted "theres a park there - go run in that!" to which I was very tempted to reply "there's a road there... go stand in it!"

Cafewanda

Dav3m wrote:

heh, was running round clapham common yesterday and there were 2 chavs with pushchairs unneccesarily blocking the pavement. I shouted "excuse me!" as I ran past to which they shouted "theres a park there - go run in that!" to which I was very tempted to reply "there's a road there... go stand in it!"

Tut, Tut. Rule 27 of the Runners around Clapham Common On A Weekday guide clearly states "It is permissible to encourage good behaviour in persons on/adjacent/close to Clapham Common". Nothing in the rulebook says you are allowed to be rude

Gadge

My dad told me a story once about a bloke he saw on his way to work.

He was alighting at at Farringdon tube station in the morning. The guy was wearing a weetabix box with holes cut out for his eyes, following all the commuters up the stairs to the barrier and crying out at them in a loud voice ....... BAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAA

I think the idea was to imply that he thought they were acting like a bunch of sheep.

Maybe he was mental but you must admit it is pretty funny. The old man always said he could have been anyone, including his boss, due to the weetabix box disguise. Who would know?

Anyway, it stikes me as a pretty good response to the stock Chav comments.


BAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAA

antfly

Always Tyred wrote:

See your bike?

Its a girl's bike.

I`ve had that a bit but to be fair I used to ride a girl`s bike.

Nigel Bennett

"Get them knees up!" is the usual one I hear...up where I know not, as they universally remain silent on that point. Occasionally they add "Mother Brown" to their original, brillliant and witty riposte. Must say I've not had the "Gerroff and milk it!" one for quite some time.

I did like what appeared to be genuine encouragement from what must have been an eleven-year-old at most - "Go on, lad!"...I'm fifty four, FCOL!

Must be awful for tandems - can you imagine how many times they must have heard "Can yew ride tandem?" in PG Tips Chimp-speak....

Graydawg

I had this from one of my idiotic colleagues yesterday!

To Which I replied with something along the lines of "Foxtrot Oscar"..................



I will remember the - Your Mum reply though! :roll:

fenboy369

When you have a visit from the Fairy.... "Dont worry mate, its only flat at the bottom"

jimmypippa

"Wheelie".

rolf_f

I was coming out of Shrewsbury this morning when, across the taxi rank, I saw a group of lads dressed in random super hero gear (Superman, Spiderman, Captain Scarlett etc - no Kick Ass alas!) - standing by the phone box was a gap toothed ex special needs graduate. He shouted out - 'Oi, Thunderbirds are go, heh heh heh...'. The lads looked a bit embarrassed for him. I think he thought he was being funny.