I was out last Sunday running an errand--lovely sunny warm day. Was riding along a three-lane (each side) divided thoroughfare approaching a light with additional turn lanes both right and left. I saw a guy approaching in the right-hand turn lane behind me, so I moved over to the right of the right-most straight through lane to approach the light's stop line. As the knucklehead passed me on the right, he said something to the effect of, "Supposed to be riding on the right side!"

Before I knew it, I replied quite audibly, "F**k you!" When I saw him looking back in his rear view mirror, I offered him, very clearly, a place to sit down (while reiterating and further emphasizing my earlier response).

It's bothered me all week. In retrospect, I should have simply indicated that I was going straight rather than flipping him off. Better to educate than infuriate.

But having things yelled gratuitously (and usually quite wrongly) at me gets really tiresome after a while. I'd like to think that I'm better than that, but...