Snot Rocket Etiquette
04-18-06, 04:41 PM
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Snot Rocket Etiquette
I'm not sure what it is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't include spraying some guy you just passed on a crowded MUP (i.e., me).
I was enjoying a leisurely cool down on the Capital Crescent Trail today and some guy passes me. Fine. Then he slows down so that he's not going any faster than I am. Still fine. Then he turns his head (which means that he can clearly see me) and blows like his sister. Not fine. Really not fine. Even my kids don't blow their nose on me anymore.
And now I've got to prowl the CCT looking for him to return the favor.
I was enjoying a leisurely cool down on the Capital Crescent Trail today and some guy passes me. Fine. Then he slows down so that he's not going any faster than I am. Still fine. Then he turns his head (which means that he can clearly see me) and blows like his sister. Not fine. Really not fine. Even my kids don't blow their nose on me anymore.
And now I've got to prowl the CCT looking for him to return the favor.
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04-18-06, 04:46 PM
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blech. The Knave has an east coast cousin? that scares me
04-18-06, 05:14 PM
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nasty
I still cannot get myself to blow a snot rocket.
there was actually an article a few months ago on snot rocket etiquette
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I still cannot get myself to blow a snot rocket.
there was actually an article a few months ago on snot rocket etiquette
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04-18-06, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SpongeDad
......Then he turns his head (which means that he can clearly see me) and blows like his sister........
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04-18-06, 06:22 PM
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his name isn't Tim is it? Used to ride with an OCP schmuck. He was always blowing his nose w/o looking if someone was behind. One of many reasons why i don't ride with him anymore 
Originally Posted by SpongeDad
I'm not sure what it is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't include spraying some guy you just passed on a crowded MUP (i.e., me).
I was enjoying a leisurely cool down on the Capital Crescent Trail today and some guy passes me. Fine. Then he slows down so that he's not going any faster than I am. Still fine. Then he turns his head (which means that he can clearly see me) and blows like his sister. Not fine. Really not fine. Even my kids don't blow their nose on me anymore.
And now I've got to prowl the CCT looking for him to return the favor.
I was enjoying a leisurely cool down on the Capital Crescent Trail today and some guy passes me. Fine. Then he slows down so that he's not going any faster than I am. Still fine. Then he turns his head (which means that he can clearly see me) and blows like his sister. Not fine. Really not fine. Even my kids don't blow their nose on me anymore.
And now I've got to prowl the CCT looking for him to return the favor.
04-18-06, 10:15 PM
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Yep, that's about the time I would start passing him and then start taking a drink, then "accidentally" drop my bottle right in front of him.
True story: In a criterium some time ago, I was drafting off a competitor when he started to swing out a little wide for one turn and slow up a little. With no room on the inside, I started to pass on the outside. Little did I know he was swinging wide to be clear of the pack for a snot rocket. I got it right in my face and said "thanks" and he apologized. It happens.
True story: In a criterium some time ago, I was drafting off a competitor when he started to swing out a little wide for one turn and slow up a little. With no room on the inside, I started to pass on the outside. Little did I know he was swinging wide to be clear of the pack for a snot rocket. I got it right in my face and said "thanks" and he apologized. It happens.
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04-18-06, 10:19 PM
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or take a big mouthful of sport drink and then have a "coughing fit" just as you pass him. To make it more gross, use toomuch drink powder when you mix it up. Sticky cytomax is not fun to clean off yourself or your bike...well in this case HIS bike.
04-19-06, 06:33 AM
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Someone that rude would definetely get beaned with a waterbottle. That's just inexcusable. Would you let someone just walking along blow snot all over you? The fact that it's on a bike doesn't change the rules.
