Encounters with Idiots

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If you don't mind reading it in French, there's a lot more information here. And there's an official site here.

Cheers. I'm pleased to have got most of the gist of the Wiki site at least (I'll leave the other for now, tired eyes..)

And I've learnt the word for oyster farming...

 

[battered]

And I've learnt the word for oyster farming...

Yeah, good thing too, because it pops up *all the time* in everyday French conversation.

 

[Crankarm]

Yes it was funny bizarre, I was a little wet to start off with, after a rouge wave got me earlier in the day while paddling. So it wasn't that big of a deal being a little wetter, 10 mile later into the wind I was fully dry. It was just the ignorance that got me.
In hind sight I am more annoyed at myself, it was obvious this was a complete idiot, he looked like an idiot, drove like an idiot, was half my age, twice my size and looked like he would attack at the drop of a hat. So why did I need to tell him what I thought? little surprise when he jumped out of the car when I shouted "are you some sort of f****g idiot" There was never going to be any profit or benefit from him hearing my views

This is so true, for many years I was in a moutain rescue team, and in times of civil emergencies such as flooding and deep snow the police would get us out to assist, as we had a couple of properly equipped land rovers. And otherwise very sane people would do the most extraordinary things, you can tell people till youre blue in the face that a road is impassable, then when your back is turned they set off into the deep water and destroy their cars then need towed out. And then theres the clowns who come out especially to test their 4x4s and also get stuck. I think youre right water can have a very strange effect on people

You didn't splash him in return then?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Reminds me of tales of Ben Nevis - maybe closer to your heart. About complete tyros (probably English) setting out on the path in sandals and T-shirt, oblivious to weather looming (I know Ben Nevis can be very cold even in summer!). Gone a hundred yards, they start clamouring 'are we near the top yet?' Is this in fact true?

Given the stories you hear from the mountain rescue peeps, it wouldn't surprise me!

To be fair, the people I was talking of on the train were young and obviously didn't know any better (one was also Autistic which didn't help), but what still got me about it was that I said several times

'You will KNOW when you are in London'

but this just didn't seem to sink in.
The Autist might have had an excuse, but the others DIDN'T and I quite honestly couldn't quite beleive what I kept on hearing from them despite what I told them!

I should have said

'Yes, you are here'
and let them off at somewhere like Crewe, but unfortunately I had to stay polite which just made things 10 times worse!

Hell, they even KNEW what time we were meant to be arriving at Euston, but OH NO! they didn't even manage to grasp that!
Thing is, I know the WCML like the back of my hand, so I KNEW exactly where we were and told them so in the vain hope they would understand.

What do you do?? laugh or cry??