Yelling abuse at a cyclist is ok.....

[thomas]

when it's your Mum

Was driving back from Sainsburys with my Dad when I recognised the cyclist in front. We couldn't pass anyway, but slowed down behind. Do the window down and in my best pikey accent say "Get out the fackking way - Bloody cyclists"...just as my Mum turns her head to probably use a few choice words we all start laughing

Annoyingly, I had my action camera on me, but didn't think about recording it till after

(I'm just glad that the cyclist didn't turn around to be someone else with the same jacket)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

(I'm just glad that the cyclist didn't turn around to be someone else with the same jacket)

Yeah, I wonder how well "sorry I thought you were my mum" would've gone down!

 

[magnatom]

Yeah, I wonder how well "sorry I thought you were my mum" would've gone down!

Especially if it was a bloke....

 

[ufkacbln]

Slightly OT...

We were out on the tandem, when a group of lads came up behind us.... one shouted "Nice arse love!"

Then almost fell off when my 80 year old mother in law turned, looked at him and thanked him for the compliment.... he got a lot of stick from his mates.

 

[BentMikey]

I had a bit of fun with a chap on a Challenge Seiran recumbent on critical mass last year. Rode up behind him, and called out loudly "GET A BLOODY FLAG on a dangerous low bike like that!". He turned round with such an indignant expression, only to have to look down at me on my Fujin, then he packed out laughing. (The Seiran is a high racer, whilst the Fujin is a low racer).

 

[Fran143]

Slightly OT...

We were out on the tandem, when a group of lads came up behind us.... one shouted "Nice arse love!"

Then almost fell off when my 80 year old mother in law turned, looked at him and thanked him for the compliment.... he got a lot of stick from his mates.

Love this one!

 

[HLaB]

Slightly OT again, I get loads of folk saying they saw me on the bike the other day in x, there a wee bit surpised when I tell them I was actually 50 miles way so it couldn't have been me; I'm not the only person who cycles I'm justing imagining folk waving at complete strangers

 

[HaloJ]

I'm justing imagining folk waving at complete strangers

I do that anyway

 

[fossyant]

Hey Thomas, bet you are having to do all your own cleaning, washing, cooking and ironing now after that..............

 

[sheddy]

Does anyone recall the bloke who ran down his own (cycling) Father. Not sure if he died later in hospital.

 

[Globalti]

I was cycling down Jesmond Road one day when I was about 15 when I saw my dad coming out of our road on his bike. Out of interest I followed him for a while then I started wondering where the hell he was going. At that time he and my mum were going through another bad patch with a suggestion that he had "another lady friend" so the further he rode the more my courage failed me; I didn't want evidence of what I suspected and I didn't want to be a snooper, so eventually I turned off. Never did find out where he was going.

 

[sheddy]

Here we go - http://www.herald.ie/national-news/son-knocks-down-his-cyclist-dad-70-on-fathers-day-2246530.html

 

[HLaB]

Here we go - http://www.herald.ie...ay-2246530.html

On Father's Day too

 

[snorri]

Here we go

So, in the theme of the thread, that was a bad mistake, but a lucky break for the cyclist this driver was intending to knock off.