Popped my "rocket" cherry

[jonny jeez]

Okay, so I know I said I would never do it....and My mum certainly would never forgive me...

But last night, in the last few miles of my journey home my winter "sniff" was starting to drive me nuts!
I've had a sniff since coming off antibiotics in December and it gets worse when I am cold or when I exercise...so, perfect for a winter bike ride!!

I had no tissue and could tell by the "build up" that the sleeve just wouldn't cut the mustard, I even considered the MacTissue drive in option but didn't want to stop. I tried repeatedly to "hack it up" (sorry for the mental image you are now seeing) but this started to become proportionally ineffective and annoying.

So eventually, after finding the quietest , darkest part of road around...I tucked my head down and gave it a blast

EUREKA!!

It was quite a thrill, especially as it "worked out" so well, all very tidy and no blowback to deal with.

Now this isn't just my first rocket while commuting...it's the first in my entire life...imagine that, doing something (with your own body) that you have never, done before in your entire life. I can actually see the appeal.....but no...this morning I packed an easily reachable bundle if tissues, just in case.

Apologies, not really a commuting topic, but inspired by those on these pages...I couldn't have done it without you!

.....Sniff

 

[BentMikey]

Nothing wrong with blowing a rocket, as long as it's not over the person behind you.

 

[Twenty Inch]

Slippery slope (literally as well as figuratively), old chap. Pretty soon you'll be flobbing all over the traffic lights, like the rest of us.

A charmer once did it to me as I was wheelsucking him down East India Dock Road. Taught me a lesson...

 

[ianrauk]

did you aim it at a pot hole? Would have saved the council a job.

 

[MacB]

did you aim it at a pot hole? Would have saved the council a job.

How manky would it be for someone to come off on frozen snot?

 

[Armegatron]

Had a chuckle reading this. Congrats on your first one, just be careful of the wind.

 

[snorri]

We await hearing of the next stage in your bodily development towards adulthood with some trepidation.

 

[gavintc]

Just don't do it in a chain gang - I did, forgetting where I was and got an earful in the cafe.

 

[thomas]

An alternative is to use your glove as a hanky

 

[gaz]

A charmer once did it to me as I was wheelsucking him down East India Dock Road. Taught me a lesson...

Someone was wheelsucking me once and i didn't know he was there. had a spit behind me whilst going on and it hit his foot. he decied to have a go at me. don't cycle behind me then!

 

[BentMikey]

In fairness, you could have checked before spitting! It's polite to announce your presence when drafting, but then the person in front should also be aware of his or her surroundings, and be looking regularly.

 

[gaz]

true, but at least i didn't gob on his face..

 

[HobbesChoice]

Congratulations on breaking the seal there Jonny (I think!).

I still can't bring myself to do it (no problem with those who can) but I do have the last remnants of a cold, so it may be a cherry popping week for us newer commuters on here! We'll see!!!

Just don't tell your Mum!

 

[XmisterIS]

I tend to snot into my glove or hand and wipe it on my arse.

 

[jonny jeez]

I tend to snot into my glove or hand and wipe it on my arse.

why doesn't that surprise me