Funny encounter this morning.

[mickle]

No sooner had I sat down at my desk but in strides a cyclist (I could tell because he was wearing the uniform of saggy yellow vest and musty helmet). And he looks me in the eye and he says: 'I'd like you to tell me why you wacked my car's rear view mirror the other day'. To which I said; 'I don't know'. I said; 'Are you sure it was me?'. And he said that whoever it was had been wearing a Cyclorama shoulder bag. So I said; 'That was me then. But', I said: 'I have no recollection of the incident, I can't remember doing it so I can't remember why I did it. Sorry.' So then He blethered on a bit about - next time, stop and have a polite word. To which I responded with: 'But if I stopped to have a word with every person whose standard of driving fell below expected levels I'd never get home'.

 

[Maz]

No sooner had I sat down at my desk but in strides a cyclist (I could tell because he was wearing the uniform of saggy yellow vest and musty helmet). And he looks me in the eye and he says: 'I'd like you to tell me why you wacked my car's rear view mirror the other day'. To which I said; 'I don't know'. I said; 'Are you sure it was me?'. And he said that whoever it was had been wearing a Cyclorama shoulder bag. So I said; 'That was me then. But', I said: 'I have no recollection of the incident, I can't remember doing it so I can't remember why I did it. Sorry.' So then He blethered on a bit about - next time, stop and have a polite word. To which I responded with: 'But if I stopped to have a word with every person whose standard of driving fell below expected levels I'd never get home'.

I think he's lying. The car's rear view mirror's inside the car, right? How the hell could your bag get in there?

 

[neil_merseyside]

He was too close seems likely...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Fuggin cyclist scum.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@mickle do you know you have adverts in your post? Well, one advert
Anyway, must have been another cyclorama bag owner to do the deed.

 

[Custom24]

Mickle, do you drive?

 

[Saluki]

Excellent shot if it was you. The rearview mirror no less. Did he have his window open?

 

[mickle]

Mickle, do you drive?

Yup. Pretty good at it I am too.

 

[mickle]

Excellent shot if it was you. The rearview mirror no less. Did he have his window open?

One of the pair of rear view mirrors attached to his doors I presume.

 

[Saluki]

One of the pair of rear view mirrors attached to his doors I presume.

Ah, wing mirrors.
The complaining bloke does not know the points of his car

 

[annedonnelly]

<pedant>
Door mirrors, actually.

Wing mirrors would be attached to the wings - either side of the bonnet. Modern cars don't have them.
</pedant>

 

[Custom24]

Yup. Pretty good at it I am too.

Glad to hear that you're pretty good at it.
So how would you have left if the situtation had been reversed?

 

[mickle]

Glad to hear that you're pretty good at it.
So how would you have left if the situtation had been reversed?

I've never given a cyclist cause to slap me across my door mirror. But if I ever do I'll let you know.

 

[Custom24]

I've never given a cyclist cause to slap me across my door mirror. But if I ever do I'll let you know.

Thanks. I'd be interested in how you feel if a cyclist slaps or damages your door mirror, regardless of whether you think you gave them cause or not, but especially in the latter case.

 

[Custom24]

[QUOTE 2564117, member: 45"]It stopped the driver running over me.[/quote]
That's the difference.