Your favorite phrases for throwing at drivers?
09-23-09 | 02:39 PM
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Your favorite phrases for throwing at drivers?
I'm not a very vocal commuter, but there are definitely times I have thought it would probably have been a good thing had I been.
So, what are your favorite phrases, curses, blessings, etc. for throwing the way of an errant driver/pedestrian?
So, what are your favorite phrases, curses, blessings, etc. for throwing the way of an errant driver/pedestrian?
09-23-09 | 02:44 PM
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Wave and say "THANK YOU", in every situation.
If someone did something nice, it is a compliment. If they're being a jerk, it is saccharine sarcasm.
I'll also yell "HEY HEY HEY" if I need to get someone's attention and the bell isn't working. Usually a clueless ped strolling into the bike lane without looking.
If someone did something nice, it is a compliment. If they're being a jerk, it is saccharine sarcasm.
I'll also yell "HEY HEY HEY" if I need to get someone's attention and the bell isn't working. Usually a clueless ped strolling into the bike lane without looking.
09-23-09 | 02:46 PM
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09-23-09 | 04:19 PM
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I almost never respond to the rare motorist encounters I have, but when pressed I have leaned on the catchy phrase "F**K OFF C**T!"
Now, that might seem extreme as a response to someone who told me to "Get on the sidewalk" but I was mostly responding to the previous 3/4 mile in which she leisurely followed me at 20 mph, ignoring the constant ease of passing on a one-way two lane road and simply laid on her horn.
After a few solid minutes of her horn blowing she earned it....even with her two kids in the car with her.
Now, that might seem extreme as a response to someone who told me to "Get on the sidewalk" but I was mostly responding to the previous 3/4 mile in which she leisurely followed me at 20 mph, ignoring the constant ease of passing on a one-way two lane road and simply laid on her horn.
After a few solid minutes of her horn blowing she earned it....even with her two kids in the car with her.
09-23-09 | 06:24 PM
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a very similar thread recently came up - https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/581353-what-your-best-one-liner-come-backs.html
09-23-09 | 06:32 PM
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09-23-09 | 08:24 PM
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09-23-09 | 08:33 PM
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After reading the "One liner " thread I had every intention of using the Jesus Loves You line sadly on Sat the 19th the whole plan went out the window..Got my first "You need to get your ass on the the sidewalk" from a gent leaning wayyyyyy out the passenger car window...I thought he was trying to hit me..My natural reaction to to fly the bird and a good loud F*$(# You !! Car pulled over at he first side street and a quite large man stepped out..He stayed at the back of the car yelling something bout the side walk and I yelled as I went by "Go read the Florida bike laws Arsehole !!" Then he chased me on foot...My mouth now has me on edge waiting to run into him again..
Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You ...Gotta remember it..
Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You Jesus Loves You ...Gotta remember it..
09-23-09 | 08:43 PM
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^ Holy ****. Guy sounds like a total ****ing ******. I HATE people like that. What the hell makes that knuckle-dragger thinks he has the right to lean out the window of a Cage, yell crap at people and then behave violently when people say something back at him?! ****ing stupid ****!
09-23-09 | 09:06 PM
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I don't usually respond to aggression or incoherent yelling. But occasionally a driver will try to engage me in such a way that a response from me is necessary to effeciently end the interaction:
In Ohio I used: "Have you accepted the lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior?"
Now I live in Texas, and the above phrase could easily lead to an hour long conversation, so I've said the last two times I needed a response: "But I don't smoke!"
In either case, my goal is to convince the driver that they have made the mistake of engaging a crazy person. I take the same approach with Jury duty.
In Ohio I used: "Have you accepted the lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior?"
Now I live in Texas, and the above phrase could easily lead to an hour long conversation, so I've said the last two times I needed a response: "But I don't smoke!"
In either case, my goal is to convince the driver that they have made the mistake of engaging a crazy person. I take the same approach with Jury duty.
09-23-09 | 09:40 PM
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I throw down one of these:
..as in sarcastically.
No idea why but it is a better alternative than my usual middle finger. Tends to confuse more than anything.
..as in sarcastically.
No idea why but it is a better alternative than my usual middle finger. Tends to confuse more than anything.
09-23-09 | 10:20 PM
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After reading the "One liner " thread I had every intention of using the Jesus Loves You line sadly on Sat the 19th the whole plan went out the window..Got my first "You need to get your ass on the the sidewalk" from a gent leaning wayyyyyy out the passenger car window...I thought he was trying to hit me..My natural reaction to to fly the bird and a good loud F*$(# You !! Car pulled over at he first side street and a quite large man stepped out..He stayed at the back of the car yelling something bout the side walk and I yelled as I went by "Go read the Florida bike laws Arsehole !!" Then he chased me on foot...My mouth now has me on edge waiting to run into him again..
09-23-09 | 11:35 PM
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Actually, you stumbled through a scene from MIB III, and that was a pitbull in a man suit leaning out the window. Two words: stun gun.
Lud, you sound like a woman after my own heart, I think I'm falling for you....xoxox....j/k, don't get out the PPO.
Lud, you sound like a woman after my own heart, I think I'm falling for you....xoxox....j/k, don't get out the PPO.
09-24-09 | 06:32 AM
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09-24-09 | 08:12 AM
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09-24-09 | 08:17 AM
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Neither am I. That is the reason for hand signals or at most "Hey! What the hell are you doing!"
09-24-09 | 08:26 AM
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A couple of times when the drivers have ended up face to face with me, I've said, "Learn the law and then go **** yourself." (Say it in a calm manner, without yelling and it really seems to get under their skin.) 