lol then look over to your friend and say get a car asshole to your friend who drives the suv ;)
----- Original Message ----- From: "cantrl. a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: Idiots in Traffic, Fat F*cks and Bikes on the Left. > That's funny! > > I like when I'll be riding in my buddy's SUV and he'll yell to bike riders "get a car a**hole", and then get all stressed out that he had to share the road with a bike rider. > > Five minutes later we'll be sitting in a traffic jam and he'll be all stressed out cursing all of the cars on the road - "stupid traffic!!". Then of course the cyclist he told to get a car will come zipping past like what seems to be a bullet train. "stupid bikes!!". > > And then he'll bitch about not getting enough exercize. Some people are just confused I guess :) > > Adam. > > > > >OKAy - I'm vented. > > > >Just got into work - I ride my bike. I ride a little over six miles > >in to the Back Bay area of Boston (busy, city streets). > > > >I'm riding down Com Ave (Commonwealth Avenue for the non Bostonians) > >which is a large avenue split by a wide park (basically two one-way > >streets. I'm going to turn left at the next block (another one-way > >street). I'm always with traffic and I ALWAYS obey every traffic > >ordinance on my bike (red lights, use my hand signals, etc) - so much > >so that I tend to drive other cyclists crazy. > > > >So, anyway: I'm riding slowly along nearing the next intersection > >(it's a red light) when a guy (a seemingly upper-middle class guy in a > >newish SUV) pulls extremely to the left cutting me off. He then yells > >out the window "Get to right! Idiots like you give bikes a bad name!". > > > > > >I responded (at first pretty calmly, he was worried about the "name of > >bikes" after all): "Actually on a one-way street it's legal for me to > >be on the left if I'm making a left-hand turn" > > > >(It is legal in MA for a bike to ride on the left or the right on a > >one-way street, whichever is safer. It's the same law that covers > >legal "lefts on red" when going from one one-way street to another. > >Actually it's perfectly legal for me to take up a whole lane of > >traffic... but I try to be accomodating and not slow anybody down.) > > > >He responds: "Get to the right you fat f*ck!" (note, please, that he > >didn't use the asterisk). > > > >I'm not that proud, I respond: "Shit-head." > > > >He replies (Ironically): "So now you're name calling!" > > > >I replied (childishly): "I think you started it by calling me fat." > > > >He retorts: "No I called you a fat f*ck!" > > > >I answer: "If you'd like you get out you can see a fat f*ck put his > >foot in your ass!" > > > >He answers: "Sure, let's do that you pile of crap!" > > > >I get off my bike and stand up (I AM a big fat bastard mind you, but > >I'm an IMPOSING big fat bastard... there are 300lb guys and then there > >are 300lb guys that can still ride a bike 12 miles a day). > > > >Apparently he reconsiders because he speeds away yelling "Get an > >athletic support you fat f*ck!" (I'm still puzzeling over that one... > >it's not like the boys had come out to play or anything.) > > > >So basically my day is effectively stained. Actually it was nice in a > >sense: right after this two guys in a beat-up van puuled up next to me > >and said "Forget him... if he had gotten out he would have had all > >three of us to deal with". I thanked them for their show of support > >(support from a stranger - or two - definately takes the edge off in > >these scenarios). > > > >Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
