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  1. Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.
    [censored].

  2. David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.

    Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should "get in my
    [censored] lane". The road was a single carriageway in each direction with no
    junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or behind.
    Puzzling...

    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    Regards,

    -david

  3. "David Nutter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.

    Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should "get in my
    [censored] lane". The road was a single carriageway in each direction with no
    junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or behind.
    Puzzling...

    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    Regards,

    -david

    Not puzzling at all. Your lane is the gutter!

    KC

  4. David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.
    [censored].

    exactly the same thing happened to me yesterday.
    yuck.

    Audrey

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  5. On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:15:28 +0000 (UTC), David Nutter
    <[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

    Quoted message said:
    David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.

    Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should "get in my
    [censored] lane". The road was a single carriageway in each direction with no
    junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or behind.
    Puzzling...

    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    There's always 'I am in my [censored] lane, you tosspot' if all else
    fails...

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  6. Gawnsoft said:
    Quoted message said:


    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    There's always 'I am in my [censored] lane, you tosspot' if all else
    fails...

    True. I was trying so hard to think of something cutting to say that I
    missed the opportunity to say anything at all.

    Ah well.

    Regards,

    -david

  7. David Nutter said:

    True. I was trying so hard to think of something cutting to say that I
    missed the opportunity to say anything at all.

    Unfortunately the middle finger is usually the first thing that springs
    to mind, but it does seem to be the spark that causes road rage.

  8. David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.
    [censored].

    Last time this happened to me it was immediately a van overtook me
    having had to slow for all of, oh, 25m. I remain utterly convinced
    that it was not just coincidence that he had to wash the screen at
    preceisely that moment.

    It was an AA van which I thought particularly apt.

  9. David Nutter said:

    Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should "get in my
    [censored] lane". The road was a single carriageway in each direction with no
    junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or behind.
    Puzzling...

    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    A big smile and "ya ni ponimayu angliski yazik" can be quite amusing.

    --
    Dave...

    Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

  10. "Abbey Engineers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<bgJqc.63$6K2.59@newsfe1-win>...

    Quoted message said:

    "David Nutter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    David Waters said:

    Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc etc, I had
    the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who decided he needed to clean
    his windscreen at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
    was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been impossible
    for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had passed because that
    could be dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there and then.

    Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should "get in my
    [censored] lane". The road was a single carriageway in each direction with no
    junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or behind.
    Puzzling...

    Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

    Regards,

    -david

    Not puzzling at all. Your lane is the gutter!

    KC

    Perhaps he was referring to the pavement?

    LGF

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