After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work, suddenly yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists. Today, another group in a different place were throwing eggs. The water group scored a direct hit but I wasn't too bothered - at least it was only water and it was a fine day. The egg group missed because I saw the signs before they started throwing - broken eggshells scattered across the road - and immediately took an evasive course. But, after nothing for three years twice in two days is a bit scary. What's going on? Has there been some silent declaration of 'chuck stuff at cyclists' week or what?
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After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work,
suddenly
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yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists.
You need a high powered water gun filled with dye or foul smelling, but harmless, liquid then join in with the spirit. Show them what a fun person you are ;-)
After being given a "paint gun" blowpipe for my birthday I've often considered connecting it to an Air Zound reservoir to take revenge on cars that cut me up :-)
"Richard Goodman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work,
suddenly
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yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists. Today, another
group
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in a different place were throwing eggs. The water group scored a direct hit but I wasn't too bothered - at least it was only water and it was a
fine
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day. The egg group missed because I saw the signs before they started throwing - broken eggshells scattered across the road - and immediately
took
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an evasive course. But, after nothing for three years twice in two days
is
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a bit scary. What's going on? Has there been some silent declaration of 'chuck stuff at cyclists' week or what?
"Richard Goodman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work, suddenly yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists.
You need a high powered water gun filled with dye or foul smelling, but harmless, liquid then join in with the spirit. Show them what a fun person you are ;-)
After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work, suddenly yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists.
You need a high powered water gun filled with dye or foul smelling, but harmless, liquid then join in with the spirit. Show them what a fun person you are ;-)
... and then it escalates ;-)
Don't you think we should be able to cycle around without having water bombs and such thrown at us? How should we respond?
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Don't you think we should be able to cycle around without having water
bombs
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and such thrown at us? How should we respond?
John
I see Maplin has a two-for-the-price-of-one offer on ultrasonic pest repellants at the moment. Do you think that would do? It says it's safe to use around children!
a bit scary. What's going on? Has there been some silent declaration of 'chuck stuff at cyclists' week or what?
Dunno, but I had one bad day this week. Generally on the trice I have far fewer requirements to take evasive action than on a wedgi on my commute (wedgie - one serious one a month on average, trice - until this week one in six months).
On one day this week I had one near miss going to work, one coming home, and, most inexplicably, when I had pulled off the road to get something out of a pannier and was stood by the trike, a passenger in a passing van leant out the window and yelled "[censored]" at me.
a passenger in a passing van leant out the window and yelled "[censored]" at me.
I got "Nice legs!" going home yesterday, which could be worse :-)
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a passenger in a passing van leant out the window and yelled "[censored]" at me.
I got "Nice legs!" going home yesterday, which could be worse :-)
Ooh, I can beat that - I got "you look a bit like our IT teacher" while I was getting on the trice outside the video shop yesterday, and when I asked if that was a compliment, she said "oh yes".
Ooh, I can beat that - I got "you look a bit like our IT teacher"
Ah, in with a chance with an IT girl - how bad could that be?
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Don't you think we should be able to cycle around without having water bombs and such thrown at us? How should we respond?
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Shoot them and burn the bodies, I reckon.
Nah - burn them and shoot the bodies. Much better.
After, of course, cutting their goolies off.
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On one day this week I had one near miss going to work, one coming home, and, most inexplicably, when I had pulled off the road to get something out of a pannier and was stood by the trike, a passenger in a passing van leant out the window and yelled "[censored]" at me.
I've had the odd van passenger do this. If the van has any sort of company identity on it then it is worth contacting the company and pointing out that their trained chimpanzee has lost the company business and that you will be informing all interested parties not to deal with them again. Of course it's very rarely true as I don't have much need for pipe laying services or fork-lift truck repairs, but they don't know that.
I've had the odd van passenger do this. If the van has any sort of company identity on it then it is worth contacting the company and pointing out that their trained chimpanzee has lost the company business and that you will be informing all interested parties not to deal with them again. Of course it's very rarely true as I don't have much need for pipe laying services or fork-lift truck repairs, but they don't know that.
Same goes for coaches. Dan's Luxury Travel are now in no doubt that no-one with whom I have any kind of association will ever knowingly travel on one of their vehicles ever. Not that we would have anyway...
I was hoping you were going to say New Punjab Coaches of Slough - I laugh every time I see one of them :-)
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You don't live around Little Hulton/Walkden/Swinton do you - I sometimes take the A6 route via those places enroute to manchester, and I've been "Bombed" with water and eggs several times!
Cheers.
Alan
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After three years of pleasantly uneventful cycling to & from work, suddenly yesterday, on the way home, I passed a group of kids who had taken it into their heads to throw water bombs at passing cyclists. Today, another group in a different place were throwing eggs. The water group scored a direct hit but I wasn't too bothered - at least it was only water and it was a fine day. The egg group missed because I saw the signs before they started throwing - broken eggshells scattered across the road - and immediately took an evasive course. But, after nothing for three years twice in two days is a bit scary. What's going on? Has there been some silent declaration of 'chuck stuff at cyclists' week or what?
