Total Pleb

Manc33

Just coming to the top of a hill today, a cyclist with a very dry sounding chain squeaked past me, quite fast.

Next up: the downhill bit.

I expected this speed demon to blast off down the hill with the same enthusiasm he had blasted past me - my guess was he had literally just set off and had a lot more energy left than me. I was coming back off a 10 mile ride trying to beat my personal best as it was and what did he do, just casually rolled down the hill, so I got pretty close to his back wheel, gave myself 10 seconds to overtake him and whoosh, I rode past him and got to the lights at the bottom of the hill.

I was there at the lights for about ten seconds before he finally caught up, but rather than wait at the red lights, he just went straight across the junction, I guess to "beat me".

I stood at the lights clapping my hands together loud enough for him to hear me as he squeaked off down the road.

DONKEY.

Wirral_paul

There's never a fast moving lorry around when you need one is there!! That'd learn 'im!!

Monkeypump

He probably wasn't trying to beat you. Your existence probably barely registered to him.

You're ranting on a web forum, he's going about his day. If he even he did register seeing you, he's certainly forgotten now.

Chill out.

rolf_f

Or you could have saved some letters and said "I saw someone RLJ today"

daviesee

Rolf F wrote:

Or you could have saved some letters and said "I saw someone RLJ today"

or
"I scalped someone today who deserved it as he is a RLJer"

jordan_217

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

laurentian

^^^ looks like we live fairly close to each other (Northamptoncestershire)- I had an "experience" with a Subaru a few days ago . . . where were you?

jordan_217

It was on the B662 between Clopton and Old Weston (the road that runs alongside the back of RAF Molesworth). It's a long, flat stretch of road - lovely for hitting some nice cruising speeds, not so nice in a head/cross wind though. Last night *was* perfect, until this nobber came along.

Anyway, what issue did you have? Was it in a similar area?

Monkeypump

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

At least you're looking on the bright side, perhaps he wasn't feeling so positive...

laurentian

jordan_217 wrote:

It was on the B662 between Clopton and Old Weston (the road that runs alongside the back of RAF Molesworth). It's a long, flat stretch of road - lovely for hitting some nice cruising speeds, not so nice in a head/cross wind though. Last night *was* perfect, until this nobber came along.

Anyway, what issue did you have? Was it in a similar area?

Just some nobber shouting something out of the passenger window as he sped by - a real hero! I was on a lane around Husbands Bosworth/North Kilworth/Kimcote area if you know it - quite a way from Old Weston so probably not the same person (maybe its a Subaru thing!). I need to put some miles in over the next couple of weekends . . . may look to get out that way but need to find some way that avoids the A14 and similar. I live on the Northants/Leics border so thought we might be close.

thecrofter

Monkeypump wrote:

He probably wasn't trying to beat you. Your existence probably barely registered to him.

You're ranting on a web forum, he's going about his day. If he even he did register seeing you, he's certainly forgotten now.

Chill out.

:shock: :?
It's ALWAYS a race.

Anonymous

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

DF33

Retard is a French word used daily. It simply means late, as in en retard, it's late.

Anonymous

DF33 wrote:

Retard is a French word used daily. It simply means late, as in en retard, it's late.

I'm pretty sure 99% of the people who use this word do not use it as a French term for being late, hence you felt the need to enlighten us to its origin and meaning. As its use as an insult is fairly offensive to some, I was simply asking the author not to use it.

Kieran_Burns

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

if it was dark, how did you know it was a red drink? :P

Zingzang

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

The far-right socio-political implications of the word pleb may be even more disturbing than the word retard, but I would never presume to admonish someone for using it.
What I do find "fairly offensive" is people who self-righteously create moral platforms from which they try to dictate which words are offensive and which words can or can't be used.

jordan_217

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

Noted. Apologies for any offense caused.

Kieran_Burns

Zingzang wrote:

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

The far-right socio-political implications of the word pleb may be even more disturbing than the word retard, but I would never presume to admonish someone for using it.
What I do find "fairly offensive" is people who self-righteously create moral platforms from which they try to dictate which words are offensive and which words can or can't be used.

So. You're offended by him being offended?

How offensive!

t.m.h.n.e.t

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Zingzang wrote:

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

The far-right socio-political implications of the word pleb may be even more disturbing than the word retard, but I would never presume to admonish someone for using it.
What I do find "fairly offensive" is people who self-righteously create moral platforms from which they try to dictate which words are offensive and which words can or can't be used.

So. You're offended by him being offended?

How offensive!

I'm feeling a sense of deja vu

Anonymous

jordan_217 wrote:

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

He doesn't sound as bad as the kind person who threw a half full McDonalds/Burker King drink at me last night whilst I was riding.

Nice wide and quiet rural road - a Subaru Outback passes me at 60-70mph and out of the passenger window comes a rouge drink. Retard missed me. It took me a while to register what happened.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity of some people. I've seen that car somewhere before.............

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

Noted. Apologies for any offense caused.

No apology needed, just maybe me being a bit too sensitive. Being the dad of 2 autistic boys I hear the flipside of comments and the meanings of some terms changes. I didn't mean to make you feel bad or admonish you, thanks for being ok about it.

Anonymous

Zingzang wrote:

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Hi, can you please refrain from using this word as a derogatory term, as some on here find it fairly offensive. Thanks.

The far-right socio-political implications of the word pleb may be even more disturbing than the word retard, but I would never presume to admonish someone for using it.
What I do find "fairly offensive" is people who self-righteously create moral platforms from which they try to dictate which words are offensive and which words can or can't be used.

Not being very clever I had no idea the word Pleb was rooted in that way.

Also, not on any moral/self righteous platform, just been in situations where my 2 son's have been referred to in that way and I find it highly offensive and upsetting. I try not to put people right about it but sometimes I can't let it slide. You would hardly use the N-word in the company of a black person, would you ?

Zingzang

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Zingzang wrote:

Not being very clever I had no idea the word Pleb was rooted in that way.

Also, not on any moral/self righteous platform, just been in situations where my 2 son's have been referred to in that way and I find it highly offensive and upsetting. I try not to put people right about it but sometimes I can't let it slide. You would hardly use the N-word in the company of a black person, would you ?

I am a disabled cyclist (paracyclist) myself. I have been called names in my time, including by road rage motorists who have wanted to beat me up, but then realised I am not fair game and have chosen to verbally abuse me instead for being, in their eyes, physically inadequate. I don't get upset at name calling, even if I can understand how other people might do, especially on behalf of their own children.

Anonymous

Zingzang wrote:

dmclite-2.0 wrote:

Zingzang wrote:

Not being very clever I had no idea the word Pleb was rooted in that way.

Also, not on any moral/self righteous platform, just been in situations where my 2 son's have been referred to in that way and I find it highly offensive and upsetting. I try not to put people right about it but sometimes I can't let it slide. You would hardly use the N-word in the company of a black person, would you ?

I am a disabled cyclist (paracyclist) myself. I have been called names in my time, including by road rage motorists who have wanted to beat me up, but then realised I am not fair game and have chosen to verbally abuse me instead for being, in their eyes, physically inadequate. I don't get upset at name calling, even if I can understand how other people might do, especially on behalf of their own children.

Fair enough, I think we both get each others perspective.