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Old 10-31-07 | 09:33 PM
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(I go to a catholic school)
Let me guess. 5th grade?

Nice one, Guido.
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Old 10-31-07 | 09:37 PM
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Good job, I'm glad you stood up for your self. I bet they will think twice before messing with a cyclist again! And I think MrC said it best, your are in school and sound like a smart kid (heck I would of been scared to be seen on a bike at 15 ) Of course thats about the only way I get around now.

On a related story. A few years before I was born, someone pulled up beside my dad while he was on his motorcycle and they were in a truck. They tried to hit him with a lugnut wrench or whatever they are called, while driving down the highway! He pulled off his helmet and smashed the guy face in with the helmet and somehow it ripped the guys eyebrow off.

I'm sure someone will criticize him for that, but I might not even be here now if he hadent done that.
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Old 10-31-07 | 09:40 PM
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Old 10-31-07 | 09:45 PM
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anyone else smell something?
Fish?
Bull**** maybe?
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Old 10-31-07 | 09:54 PM
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Who are you calling bull**** on?
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Old 10-31-07 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by keiththesnake
What you did was probably a felony. It certainly is in my state. Your folks' hard-earned tuition money will have been wasted when you get your education at the juvenile detention center.

I agree that people get shot for your kind of conduct.

Rise above the big pile of stupid people. Keep safe.
You do know throwing eggs out of a car with the intention of hitting people is assault, right?

There was a sad case here in Toronto with stupid kids in a car throwing eggs at people. One little girl got hit in the eye and she lost her eye! Those guys in the car throwing eggs will do it to almost any target that they can find. Props to the OP, he showed them that not everyone you mess with are idle targets.
I would have also tried to get the plate number and call into the police. Those kinds of punks need to go to jail for once to learn that their actions can cause way more than what they intended.
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Old 10-31-07 | 11:47 PM
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Who are you calling bull**** on?
OP.

Im calling Shenanigans.
Get your brooms.
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Old 11-01-07 | 07:09 AM
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Sorry, what you did was wrong. All you did was upset some stupid pranksters and made yourself feel better...for awhile. You didn't solve anything and made teenagers and bicyclists look like jerks. You not only upset the dudes in the car, a whole bunch of other people saw you and didn't know why you did it, not to mention the folks on the sidewalks. You accomplished nothing positive.
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Old 11-01-07 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by FlatFender
anyone else smell something?
Fish?
Bull**** maybe?
Yes!

Is it Halloween or April Fools? Maybe both.
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Old 11-01-07 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by FlatFender
OP.

Im calling Shenanigans.
Get your brooms.
I called it first!
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Old 11-01-07 | 07:53 AM
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WWJD?
"Jesus would have used his turn signal" - irrelevant, but one of my favorite bumper stickers.

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Old 11-01-07 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RadioFlyer
WWJD?


(come on, you know it had to be said )
Jesus may have been a softie...but God's a vengeful f**ker. He'd have struck them dead on the spot with a bolt of lightning from a cloudless sky. Or perhaps spontaneous human combustion.
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Old 11-01-07 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
Jesus may have been a softie...but God's a vengeful f**ker. He'd have struck them dead on the spot with a bolt of lightning from a cloudless sky. Or perhaps spontaneous human combustion.
Ah... I only wish this would happen a bit more often. Personally, I've only seen something similar happen once.
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Old 11-01-07 | 10:32 AM
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You're young, so I understand your reaction. But I hope you weren't hoping for praise from us.

What you did was stupid, dangerous and foolhardy. I too have been the target of car-launched missiles. But you mananged to not only lower yourself to their level and then got even lower.

As another poster said, you were lucky that they weren't armed. And, had they just stopped, I'm sure you would have taken the bait and confronted them, only to get the snot beaten out of you.

I'm glad you are all right except for the egg stains on your uniform. However, keying their car and smashing the mirror after the fact could only be seen by a judge as vandalism. So had the fellows in the car had your name and address, they would successfully sue you for a paint job and mirror repair.

And since you ride that route frequently, you now have to deal with the fact that the next time they see you on the street, they could get rough.
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Old 11-01-07 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
And since you ride that route frequently, you now have to deal with the fact that the next time they see you on the street, they could get rough.
I've never had a repeat incident with someone that I had a physical confrontation with. I've had multiple repeat incidents from people who repeatedly buzz me or swerve at me from another lane.
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Old 11-01-07 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
I'm glad you are all right except for the egg stains on your uniform. However, keying their car and smashing the mirror after the fact could only be seen by a judge as vandalism. So had the fellows in the car had your name and address, they would successfully sue you for a paint job and mirror repair.
Yeah right A bunch of teenagers throwing projectiles at a cyclist is really going to want to go in front of a judge.

My guess is the driver will tell his parents the car was vandalized when parked.
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Old 11-01-07 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Schwinnrider
Yes, it's usually best to let it go. Now, if those jerks had gotten egg on my newly-painted Gunnar all bets would have been off. I've heard of messengers carrying small squeeze bottles of brake fluid---one squirt, unnoticed by the motorist, and paint bubbles off the offending car. Nice....
I've been considering something slightly different, but thanks for the idea. It's a good one for anyone spending any time in heavy traffic. Just yesterday I had someone make 1/2 a right turn and stop. Blocking my path as well as a line of cars behind her
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Old 11-01-07 | 12:13 PM
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Yeah right A bunch of teenagers throwing projectiles at a cyclist is really going to want to go in front of a judge.

My guess is the driver will tell his parents the car was vandalized when parked.
But if the parents had the OPs info, its quite likely that the parents would go for the court action.
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Old 11-01-07 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bolo Grubb
congrats you just turned every other cyclist in Chicago into a target.
We need to figure out who the first person to post this phrase was so we can have an official name for it, like Godwin's Law.
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Old 11-01-07 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
But if the parents had the OPs info, its quite likely that the parents would go for the court action.
I don't think the kid would tell his parents. If he did, I don't think the parents would want their kid charged with assault and battery.
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Old 11-01-07 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Sawtooth
I am all for an eye for an eye retailiation, but keying their car and damaging the mirror.....they were eggs for hecks sake. A more 1:1 retaliation would have been a bottle of cytomax dumped inside an open window.

You're lucky they did not stop and fill you full of lead.
I think the OP is lucky not to have been hurt but I am not sorry the car was damaged. The may have only been eggs but a car is just a car.
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Old 11-01-07 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
We need to figure out who the first person to post this phrase was so we can have an official name for it, like Godwin's Law.
as for turning every other cyclist into a target, I think it did just the opposite, now they know not to throw stuff at cyclists in traffic because if they have the balls or adrenaline or something, they can catch up.

Also I wouldn't have gone after them the second time if they weren't still throwing eggs at me. When one came extremely close I pulled off the sidewalk and went after them again, then I kicked the mirror off.

"Let me guess. 5th grade?

Nice one, Guido."
No 10th grade.


"Good job, I'm glad you stood up for your self. I bet they will think twice before messing with a cyclist again! And I think MrC said it best, your are in school and sound like a smart kid (heck I would of been scared to be seen on a bike at 15 ) Of course thats about the only way I get around now.

On a related story. A few years before I was born, someone pulled up beside my dad while he was on his motorcycle and they were in a truck. They tried to hit him with a lugnut wrench or whatever they are called, while driving down the highway! He pulled off his helmet and smashed the guy face in with the helmet and somehow it ripped the guys eyebrow off.

I'm sure someone will criticize him for that, but I might not even be here now if he hadent done that."

Exactly
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Old 11-01-07 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
We need to figure out who the first person to post this phrase was so we can have an official name for it, like Godwin's Law.

Im sure "Bolo's 1st Law of Cyclist Retaliation" will work.
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Old 11-01-07 | 06:26 PM
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Jesus may have been a softie...but God's a vengeful f***er. He'd have struck them dead on the spot with a bolt of lightning from a cloudless sky. Or perhaps spontaneous human combustion.
Jesus is also said to have gotten angry at a bunch of money changers in a temple and gone on something of a tirade causing some property damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_a...Money_Changers
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Old 11-01-07 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cerewa
Jesus is also said to have gotten angry at a bunch of money changers in a temple and gone on something of a tirade causing some property damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_a...Money_Changers
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Well, I guess there is a possibility that Jesus would of smashed their car too

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