Closet Cagers
10-31-06, 10:21 AM
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Closet Cagers
A close cager is someone who rides a motorcycle, or bicycle, or other type of non-cage vehicle, and also drives a cage.
When a closet-cager is in his cage, he is just a plain old bad driver, mean, hateful to others, inconsiderate, and just all around stupid.
They expect to be respected when in their non-cage, but then they are the ones doing mean things to people when they are in their own cage !
Do you know anyone who is a closet cager ?
When a closet-cager is in his cage, he is just a plain old bad driver, mean, hateful to others, inconsiderate, and just all around stupid.
They expect to be respected when in their non-cage, but then they are the ones doing mean things to people when they are in their own cage !
Do you know anyone who is a closet cager ?
10-31-06, 10:31 AM
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Every time I park at the mall... zillions of them... they will run you down when you try to cross the lot, but once they get out of the car... everybody else better stop for them!
10-31-06, 10:46 AM
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I'd consider myself mostly a closet canoeist.
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I'd consider myself mostly a closet canoeist.
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When a closet-cager is in his cage, he is just a plain old bad driver, mean, hateful to others, inconsiderate, and just all around stupid.
10-31-06, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Geraldo
Mean, hateful, inconsiderate, and rude people are just that, and they are that pretty much all the time regardless of their vehicle of choice.
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These days, when I get behind the wheel, I'm cool as a cucumber, driving under the speed limits, waving at everyone like a complete idiot. Surely, it's all the biking that does it.
Until I hit LA traffic. Then f^<k that! The wife can drive.
Until I hit LA traffic. Then f^<k that! The wife can drive.
10-31-06, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by genec
But what about the folks that are not mean hateful and inconsiderate and rude, but turn into that combination when they climb behind the wheel. I have seen some of the nicest people turn downright dangerous and "competitive" the moment they turn the key.
But this is not new. In Drivers training over 35 years ago they showed a film (already old) with Goofy as Mister Walker who turned into Mister Wheeler, a Jeckel and Hyde transformation. The film ends with Wheeler honking and yelling at the slow driver in front of him. Well actually it ends when the camera pulls back and we see the car in front is a tow truck, towing his wrecked car.
10-31-06, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Keith99
Me too. And I think this was what teh OP was talking about, not just anyone who drives, but those who turn into jerks when they get behind the wheel.
But this is not new. In Drivers training over 35 years ago they showed a film (already old) with Goofy as Mister Walker who turned into Mister Wheeler, a Jeckel and Hyde transformation. The film ends with Wheeler honking and yelling at the slow driver in front of him. Well actually it ends when the camera pulls back and we see the car in front is a tow truck, towing his wrecked car.
But this is not new. In Drivers training over 35 years ago they showed a film (already old) with Goofy as Mister Walker who turned into Mister Wheeler, a Jeckel and Hyde transformation. The film ends with Wheeler honking and yelling at the slow driver in front of him. Well actually it ends when the camera pulls back and we see the car in front is a tow truck, towing his wrecked car.
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Originally Posted by Keith99
But this is not new. In Drivers training over 35 years ago they showed a film (already old) with Goofy as Mister Walker who turned into Mister Wheeler, a Jeckel and Hyde transformation. The film ends with Wheeler honking and yelling at the slow driver in front of him. Well actually it ends when the camera pulls back and we see the car in front is a tow truck, towing his wrecked car.
10-31-06, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fordfasterr
Do you know anyone who is a closet cager ?
10-31-06, 01:53 PM
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it's called: do as i say, not as i do.
it's a human trait that i cannot stand. it drives me crazy when you see someone complain about something and then they immediately do the exact same thing to someone else.
it's a human trait that i cannot stand. it drives me crazy when you see someone complain about something and then they immediately do the exact same thing to someone else.
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Originally Posted by fordfasterr
mean, hateful to others, inconsiderate, and just all around stupid.
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10-31-06, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by twahl
Kinda like people that call other people names.
Yeah, F_ck those people 2 !!!!!!
10-31-06, 04:13 PM
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You know... I'd always wondered what the term 'cager' meant. I was worried it would be a situation of "if you don't know already then you are one". Thanks to this thread I now know what it means!
Thank you Bike Forums for making my life have meaning! Or at least a term I hadn't already known...
Thank you Bike Forums for making my life have meaning! Or at least a term I hadn't already known...
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Originally Posted by Brian Sorrell
These days, when I get behind the wheel, I'm cool as a cucumber, driving under the speed limits, waving at everyone like a complete idiot. Surely, it's all the biking that does it.
Until I hit LA traffic. Then f^<k that! The wife can drive.
Until I hit LA traffic. Then f^<k that! The wife can drive.
No, probably just a shift in attitude. I've found that when you're on your bike, you look at people like they don't see you, but when you're in your car you notice everyone.
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It's car addiction. Same as alcoholism. You get in a car and suddenly you have a shot of courage. Many people can't handle the power, get drunk on it, aggressive. The first step is to admit you have a problem and your life is unmanageable. Then you'll be more open to accepting a solution.
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But what about the folks that are not mean hateful and inconsiderate and rude, but turn into that combination when they climb behind the wheel. I have seen some of the nicest people turn downright dangerous and "competitive" the moment they turn the key.
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Originally Posted by fordfasterr
A close cager is someone who rides a motorcycle, or bicycle, or other type of non-cage vehicle, and also drives a cage.
Originally Posted by fordfasterr
When a closet-cager is in his cage, he is just a plain old bad driver, mean, hateful to others, inconsiderate, and just all around stupid.
Originally Posted by fordfasterr
They expect to be respected when in their non-cage, but then they are the ones doing mean things to people when they are in their own cage !
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Originally Posted by fordfasterr
Do you know anyone who is a closet cager ?
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