KneesUp
Guru
I've just been out in the KnessMobile. I needed to drive down a street that is always reduced to one direction at a time by parked cars; it's maybe 200 metres long. As I turned in, I saw immediately that there was another car already coming down, so I stopped and paused briefly while I ascertained that no, there was nowhere for either of us to pull in, and no, he wasn't going to just park on the pavement as lots of people do, and then to check there were no pedestrians behind me before I reversed. In the, perhaps, 4 or 5 seconds it took me to do that, he started accelerating toward me, and as I reversed he was inches away from the front of my car, so obviously I reversed really slowly, so that the gap was appropriate for the speed we were going. As he drew alongside he did the universal one finger gesture, although I could barely see him above the door ledge because he had adopted that almost-horizontal driving position that seems to be the modus operandi of people in baseball caps. I powered down the window to enquire of this angry young man where the fire was. His response was totally unexpected - this 20-odd year old chap full of attitude in his almost new Audi coupe with it's tinted windows and big wheels said "Get lost speccy four eyes" It was disarming.
What's the most unexpected insult you've received today?
What's the most unexpected insult you've received today?