Proposal for a distasteful sport.

[srw]

If anybody bothered reading to the bottom of that article they would see the author's note that the article is tongue-in-cheek.

The thing about humour is that if you have to put that sort of disclaimer on it you ought to know you've got it wrong.

And one person's "tongue-in-cheek" is far too often the victim's "bullying and incitement to hatred". It's possible to be funny about someone else without getting them pissed off.

 

[blazed]

I guess getting offended and getting into a rage makes people feel important. Then comes the internet campaign that we see so often from cyclists, try to destroy that business/person. Any success in doing that adds to the persons self importance.

That site is a little two bob website with probably a handful of visitors, the traffic from cyclechat members today is probably their highest daily total of the year. It's clearly not a platform to try and bring a cyclist Armageddon, just a crappy writer who tried to be funny for his handful of visitors. You guys are a bunch of morons and an embarrassment to all serious cyclists like myself.

 

[vernon]

Why not, everyone else calls me it

My butler doesn't.

 

[vernon]

That site is a little two bob website with probably a handful of visitors, the traffic from cyclechat members today is probably their highest daily total of the year. It's clearly not a platform to try and bring a cyclist Armageddon, just a crappy writer who tried to be funny for his handful of visitors. You guys are a bunch of morons and an embarrassment to all serious cyclists like myself.

There's a few probably's in there - too many for a probably serious cyclist.

 

[Dec66]

You guys are a bunch of morons and an embarrassment to all serious cyclists like myself.

Go on, admit it.... You've got a narrowboat, haven't you?

Do serious cyclists get friendly waves on the towpath?

 

[Bollo]

There's a few probably's in there

Definitely.

 

[vernon]

Do serious cyclists get friendly waves on the towpath?

No but they make hostile waves when pushed into the canal.

 

[TVC]

My butler doesn't.

No, he calls me a pleb.

 

[Venod]

Do serious cyclists get friendly waves on the towpath?

They always wave when I am hurtling down the Leeds Liverpool.

 

[Smurfy]

The author is clearly the Jeremy Clarkson equivalent of the narrowboat community!

 

[PaulSecteur]

Do you think Ralph is best friends with Ronnie Pickering?

Who...?

RONNIE PICKERWING!

 

[Dayvo]

I blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah ad nauseam .

You're obviously far too serious for us, so why don't you just disappear and do yourself a massive favour. And probably one for all of us, as well.

BYE! You won't be missed.

 

[ufkacbln]

The Katie Hopkins of the Canal Scene

 

[ufkacbln]

A fairer sport would be to remove the trip hazards caused by these canal boat users

Putting big metal spikes on teh canal parh and then tying ropes with loose ends to them

I think that we should develop removingthis hazard to a new sport
King of the Patch
There will be sections of towpath designated 'Patches' and the person who removes the most of these pins and ropes (backed up by GPS and photo evidence of course) will have bragging rights and officially have the right to be called the 'King of the Patch'. We cold also have additional bonus points if the owner has to swim to retrieve their boat or it totally blocks the canal to others.


... and far safer and less likely to drown someone or cause damage to their property than the original version.... Just joking


Only joking of course

 

[ufkacbln]

Oi! Our boat is not smelly, damp, cold, gloomy or drab.

It is a little cramped... but that's because Mr R insists on bringing 1/2 tonne of electrical items with him.

Nowt wrong with that

However my wife doesn't understand the need for a GPS