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Many years ago I had a woman shout "I can see your arse" to which I replied "yes, nice isn't it?" It wasn't until I got home I realised the rear of my bibs shorts was rather worn out and she was correct, she could see my arse.
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Not sure I've ever actually caught what any of the **** chimps is trying to say, so "uuggghhh, ugghhnnnnghhhhhh"
Yeah, that sums up my experience pretty much too 😕
A shame in some regards too as some of it might be quite funny.
Must admit hope I never have any mates or family give a cheery shout if I meet them on the commute as the the automatic foff might not be the friendly response they're expecting 🙂
Apparently we live in one of the most tolerant societies around don't we? (really most can't even share a public park IME) according to the media that do their best to encourage division and sit back with politicians watching on with a wry smile as the plebs tear the skin off each others backs, who little old me! 😆
Dunno - the speed differential is usually too much to catch what's being said - I think the shouters are usually too stupid to realise this...
Very sad all round...
A couple of years ago I was doing the JoGLE and was emerging from Okehampton around 5pm. Weather as I recall was sunny and blue skies. There's this bit where the road goes through a small woodland, rises up and turns sharply right, so I wasn't going especially quick (towards the end of a long day). I'm aware that sometimes going from bright light into wooded areas does involve a temporary period of visual adjustment primarily when operating a vehicle. Nonetheless, I was surprised when the fellow in the hot hatch that pulled up next to me, having approached at mach-3, wound down the window, pointed out to me he was a cyclist and that I should be taking more precautions to ensure my bike is visible (although I was wearing a fluorescent chest/waist cycling strap). He then proceeded to inform me that:
"I can't see you in the forest when I've got my sunglasses on"
[quote=dudeofdoom ]Must admit hope I never have any mates or family give a cheery shout if I meet them on the commute as the the automatic foff might not be the friendly response they're expecting
Which is why the correct response to anything is a friendly wave. For those giving you abuse it's so unexpected that it probably upsets them more than any abusive response could.
I didn't think I had anything to contribute to this thread (not that I could remember) - I get plenty of things shouted at me (most common being "you've lost a wheel" or some derivative) but usually by people walking, not in cars. However I presume a shout from somebody on a motorbike counts - yesterday had "single file" having ridden alongside somebody else for a couple of miles on a bit of road which is wide enough for cars to safely pass us even with cars coming the other way - as indeed they had been, possibly safer than normal as they were forced to actually deviate from their normal course.
My wife (secondary school teacher) suggested that there is a universal blanket response suitable for groups of witty teenage lads.
Regardless of the insult, just to shout back "That is exactly what your Mum said to me last night - when I was shagging her"
I busted out this response when I got a 'Go on - give it some' heckle as I rode past a bus stop full of school kids.. they loved it.
Junkyard's story reminds me of the time in London when I saw a mail van toss a coke can out the window.. I rode up and tossed it back in. I can still see their shock as the coke splashed the dash.
Needless to say at the lights a big fat postie came waddling after me, shouting threats. I just kept riding slowly enough that he'd chase but fast enough to keep a distance. Most amusing watching him sweat his way down the street.
On a more positive note, one of my best encounters was with my wife on a singletrack in Provence. Two elderly ladies stepped off the trail to let us past, shouting "Allez, Allez!!"