Offed by a teddy

[Bollo]

Well nearly. Full brake grab, speed wobble and exfoliation of my left arm by a hedge.

The countryside and lanes around Winchester are generally a delight to the cyclist, where the only natural hazards are suicidal bunnies, more recently hares, the odd deer and on one occasion a dive-bombing owl......
( ).

So the large brown teddy that lurked in the dappled shade of a country lane was not on my radar until it was too late. After stopping I went back to move the teddy and suffered a bit of a dilemma - what to do with it?

(a) There are only one or two houses nearly. Knock on a few doors to see if a child has dropped it.
(b) Leave the teddy where it is. A parent is sure to come searching for their child's teddy.
(c) Kids need to learn to be more careful. Mount the teddy's dismembered head on a spike and display it outside the reception class of the local infants.

What would you do.......?

 

[Speicher]

I do not think I could bear to leave him at the roadside all alone. I would paws and think what to do.

 

[cosmicbike]

Tie it on the front of your handlebars as a trophy

 

[Archie_tect]

Write a note in permanent marker and fix it to the hedge telling the bereft child where his/her teddy is.
[When she was 3 MissA_T had a favourite small teddy which she carried everywhere. She dropped it somewhere in Tescos... she was inconsolable at the check-out so they put a call out on the tannoy and within five minutes it was found under one of the chiller cabinets... we then bought a couple of identical substitutes as back-up.]

 

[Doseone]

Loved Phoneshop. Thought it was great comedy.

 

[EltonFrog]

Buy it a little red hat and duffle coat and some marmalade sandwiches and put it on the side of the road hitch hiking.

 

[tadpole]

Adopt it,

 

[TissoT]

Give it to your wife/girlfriend for a Birthday/Christmas present ..
Thus saving money for bikes/parts.....

 

[michaelcycle]

With proof of life:

 

[pauldavid]

Tie it on the front of your handlebars as a trophy

You don't drive a skip lorry do you?

 

[Fnaar]

Nail it to a tree

 

[Brandane]

Misleading title. I thought you had been kicked off your bike by a bloke in a brightly coloured suit, greased back hair, sideburns, wedge shoes, and a collection of Showaddywaddy records!

 

[Saluki]

Misleading title. I thought you had been kicked off your bike by a bloke in a brightly coloured suit, greased back hair, sideburns, wedge shoes, and a collection of Showaddywaddy records!

I was thinking that he had been knocked off his bike by the Showaddywaddy tour van.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Must be me but that wasn't the kind of teddy I was thinking about either & worst of all still am, now where is that Anne Summers catalogue again.

Alan...

 

[cosmicbike]

You don't drive a skip lorry do you?

To admit that on a cycle forum may not be popular. ..
No, but I have watched Toy Story 3.