XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Yesterday, I saw a line of parked cars coming up, did a shoulder-check, there was car in the distance but not that close, I pulled out to pass the cars, then I heard the car behind accelerating hard, then I entered a pinchpoint and suddenly the car that had been in the distance was right up my backside beeping at me. I turned and looked and on closer inspection the car was a chavmobile and the driver obviously took offence to me blocking him from doing 60mph in a 30 zone in a built-up area.
As luck would have it (or not!) we were about 20 metres from a red traffic light. I stopped, and he screeched up beside me and shouted, "Get off the road you f***ing queer c**t!"
Now, clearly this man was a hater of cyclists, and had serious personal issues.
My first reaction was to get incredibly angry and in that split second when I was deciding whether to (a) shout back at him or (B) snap his wingmirror off ... I managed to restrain myself!
I said, "Don't be so rude! That's no way to talk to yourself!"
I could almost see the cogs whirring in his brain as he tried to figure that one out ...
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Then he sped off when the lights changed and shouted something else incomprehensible at me.
As luck would have it (or not!) we were about 20 metres from a red traffic light. I stopped, and he screeched up beside me and shouted, "Get off the road you f***ing queer c**t!"
Now, clearly this man was a hater of cyclists, and had serious personal issues.
My first reaction was to get incredibly angry and in that split second when I was deciding whether to (a) shout back at him or (B) snap his wingmirror off ... I managed to restrain myself!
I said, "Don't be so rude! That's no way to talk to yourself!"
I could almost see the cogs whirring in his brain as he tried to figure that one out ...
Then he sped off when the lights changed and shouted something else incomprehensible at me.
