Door Roulette
09-18-06, 04:58 AM
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Door Roulette
I was riding to work Friday morning & ran into a real genius on the road. Going down a narrow, one way street, a guy emerged right in front of me. He came out from between 2 vans parked on the left side of the street & was carrying a door-sized cardboard box on his right side, totally blocking his view of on-coming traffic.
I had enough time to shout "HEY!", but the guy literally ran right into me. I managed to stop, but we still collided since I had almost no time to react. The guy immediately starts screaming at me "IF YOU F@#KED UP MY S@#T I WILL KILL YOU! WHAT THE F@#K DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!?!"
I just laughed & said: "Are you crazy? You're lucky I wasn't a truck. You didn't even look before you ran into the street. My 5 year old knows better than that."
"F#@K YOU" he muttered, and skulked down the street. I'll bet that guy doesn't make it much longer playing door roulette.
I had enough time to shout "HEY!", but the guy literally ran right into me. I managed to stop, but we still collided since I had almost no time to react. The guy immediately starts screaming at me "IF YOU F@#KED UP MY S@#T I WILL KILL YOU! WHAT THE F@#K DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!?!"
I just laughed & said: "Are you crazy? You're lucky I wasn't a truck. You didn't even look before you ran into the street. My 5 year old knows better than that."
"F#@K YOU" he muttered, and skulked down the street. I'll bet that guy doesn't make it much longer playing door roulette.
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09-18-06, 07:34 AM
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Darwinism needs to work faster. I bet he's the kind of guy that's never at fault when stuff happens to him. What an assclown.
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
Darwinism needs to work faster. I bet he's the kind of guy that's never at fault when stuff happens to him. What an assclown.
09-18-06, 08:04 AM
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Wow, haha - glad you're OK - as for that guy, honestly, I have to laugh - it's either that or go nuts from how people seem to think they're never responsible for their own actions 
I loved your reply though, well said
I loved your reply though, well said
09-18-06, 09:09 AM
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To those not in NYC, allow me to translate.
"Pardon."
"Oh dear, we seem to have collided. I hope my package is unscathed."
"Are you harmed?"
"Good day."
Originally Posted by Lucky07
I had enough time to shout "HEY!"
He guy immediately starts screaming at me "IF YOU F@#KED UP MY S@#T I WILL KILL YOU! WHAT THE F@#K DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!?!"
I just laughed & said: "Are you crazy?"
"F#@K YOU" he muttered.
09-18-06, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
To those not in NYC, allow me to translate.
"Pardon."
"Oh dear, we seem to have collided. I hope my package is unscathed."
"Are you harmed?"
"Good day."
"Pardon."
"Oh dear, we seem to have collided. I hope my package is unscathed."
"Are you harmed?"
"Good day."
I just spit milk on my computer screen. I'm sending you the repair bill slvoid!
09-18-06, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
Darwinism needs to work faster. I bet he's the kind of guy that's never at fault when stuff happens to him. What an assclown.
By far the funniest word I've heard this month!
09-18-06, 10:01 PM
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I'm going to run all future Commuter interactions through the Slvoid filter.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
To those not in NYC, allow me to translate.
"Pardon."
"Oh dear, we seem to have collided. I hope my package is unscathed."
"Are you harmed?"
"Good day."
"Pardon."
"Oh dear, we seem to have collided. I hope my package is unscathed."
"Are you harmed?"
"Good day."
Excellent!
I woke up the dog laughing.
09-19-06, 02:17 AM
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Yep, we have idiots like that on this side of the Pacific too. It's best just to make allowances for them (i.e. giving yourself enough clearance to spot them when they jump out and evade them) and wait for Darwinism to do it's work.
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I know a guy who flipped himself over the handlebars avoiding taking out one of these nitwits about a Month ago.
He was banged up pretty good.
I told him to aim for center mass next time.
Is it me or are people getting stupider?
He was banged up pretty good.
I told him to aim for center mass next time.
Is it me or are people getting stupider?
09-19-06, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jwbnyc
I know a guy who flipped himself over the handlebars avoiding taking out one of these nitwits about a Month ago.
He was banged up pretty good.
I told him to aim for center mass next time.
Is it me or are people getting stupider?
He was banged up pretty good.
I told him to aim for center mass next time.
Is it me or are people getting stupider?
