Originally Posted by foible
My commute was weird this morning. I ride in very early so I usually have the roads all to myself but today was different. Another rider came up behind me, it seemed like just an instant between noticing him back in the distance and having him right on my tail. I’m slow on my mountain/comfort hybrid so I expected him to blow past me. When he didn’t I turned to get a good look at him and got the shock of my life.
The guy didn’t have a head! Just a knobby white bone sticking out of the top of his jersey and no helmet! He didn’t have a real light either, instead of a Catseye or Nightrider he carried a flaming Jack O’ Lantern under one arm. ( I haven’t check the laws yet to see if that’s even legal) I found whole new gears on my bike as I set my personal speed record toward work. I thought he was going to drop me but when I crossed Fanno Creek he just seemed to give up. I started to relax but then he hurled the damn pumpkin at me. How rude can you get? It would have beaned me too except there’s a mean headwind this morning and it smashed into a parked car instead (I saw in the mess that at least the pumpkin had a helmet, fat lot of good it did)
Anyway, consider this a heads up for any of you who have to commute home after dark tonight, if he’s found another pumpkin this guy might still be out there
That's a great idea for a costume for tonight's Halloween Parade. The headless bikeman! I could put a jack o'lantern in my messenger bag and have people sign for it.
Rode in with ice skates strapped to my backpack cuz an ice rink just opened up at Bryant Park a few blocks from here so now I have something else to do at lunch besides wonder what to eat. Ride was nice, 55F and included lots of zig-zagging through traffic as usual. Skidded to a stop when a ped started crossing the street w/o looking to see if the coast was clear. When he heard me skid, he glanced at me, smiled a ***** eating grin and kept walking. I shoulda just plowed right into him. Noticed a lot of peds were looking the wrong way down a one way street when they crossed. Oh well, Darwinism at work!