ummm.. wow

There'd be no witnesses to my stupidity. There's definately an upside to your appoach Ken.

They make this product called Halt!, you can order it from nashbar. It's supposedly for dogs, has a 10 foot ranger, stores in a waterbottle cage, and leaves none of the
traces of "ulock justice"

Edit: I'm not at all serious here btw. I cannot advocate acts of aggression no matter how good they make me feel. I just thought the phrase "ulock justice" may not make it clear enough that this is a joke.

As a young man, while driving, the lady in the car behind me honked.

I flipped her off.

I mean, I really flipped her off.

Anyway, she followed me home, or so I thought.

It turned out I knew her and, on her way to visit my mom she saw me and honked "hello."

As we both pulled into my mom's driveway, got out of our respective cars and walked into my mom's house, neither of us mentioned the "flipping off" event.

After that she never treated me in any manner other than warmly and graciously, which only made it worse.

I shoulda snapped her neck.

ken relax

mods take note of his posts to be used in future criminal trials

heh. I had a similar thing happen to me with a receptionist that I used to see pretty often a while back when I was couriering. How embarrassment.

Ah... is there any problem for which this is not the perfect solution?

The more one thinks about it, the more absurd it gets, eh?

Violence seems to make so much sense in the heat of the moment, but not when one later considers punching out one of his mom's tea buddies.

As for the lady in the original post, who kept asking "did I hit you?", my mom never drank tea with her, so do what you want to her.

Personally, I don't have any peace as long as I think of violence as a possible solution to a problem.

For a few moments, violence sometimes makes sense and seems not only justified but desireable.

Then, well, I see where my true happiness lies.

As Bill and Ted might have said if they had fixed gear bikes, "ride on, dudes."

Did this actually happen to you? If so, approximately what date and precisely which airport?

I'm not doubting you, it's just that there is a great deal of controversy in some circles as to whether these spitting-on-the-troops-as-they-got-off-the-plane stories ever happened. Some of the stories have definitively been debunked, as they were purported to have occurred at airports where no troops ever disembarked on flights from SE Asia. If your story is true, there might be some people who would be interested to hear it in as much detail as possible (e.g., was the protester by herself or part of a group, if the latter which group, was it part of a demonstration that might have been recorded in newspapers, etc.).

If, on the other hand, your story was part of some metafictional rhetorical device that went sailing over my head, never mind.

yeeeeeeaaahaww!

Exactly. By throwing race into it, you're just making the world a little bit uglier in a way that goes beyond the immediate confrontation. I don't care how angry you are; if you're halfway articulate you should be able to tell a person off without sounding like a racist ****tard.

you could try calling them ****tard for example

Now, that's irony! Well bowled, lad.

just flip the car over next time.

heheh. I'm a bit of a softie, pinko peacenik at heart so I wasn't really being serious with that comment, as I'm sure you probably guessed.

I've just been re-reading some things here and thinking of ways to further enrage drivers behind me who are honking and being imbeciles for no apparent reason. I've already found the "turn around and smile and wave" move to really send them over the edge.

I also think turning around and putting a finger up to one's mouth and doing a long "shhhhhhhhh" move with a smile would cause them to bang their head on the steering wheel. Anyone want to experiment with this and get back to us?

I usually tend to grin and wave (smiles are saved for people who deserve them) quite often these days when homicidal motorists make an attempt on my life. Both hands out with a 'WTF?' experession is my usual style when azzholes cut into my lane without indicating or whatever.

Getting angry gets you nowhere. Just stay chill and keep flexing through the traffic I say.

I like the 'shhhhhh!' idea, Natron.

okay okay okay I was gonna keep this s. hit to my self.. but here we go

I work for a large govt. excavation company installing your water and gas and sewer lines.. i make the 'behind the s. hit' stuff happen... but because it's been winter and nasty.. i was offered two weeks flagging for a PennDot crew.. yeah so i took it

here is what I learned

i'm on the road.. with full schedule III gear on.. reflective leggings.. coat, vest, hardhat., STOP/SLOW signs that are 8feet tall.... everything.. we have 6 signs up each direction with blinkies and flaggs and we have HUGE backhoes and salt trucks and there is just a TON of stuff going on

half of the people i flag down to stop.. it takes the third car AFTER the one i tell to stop.. to stop.. people sometimes scream and yell at me and tell me 'you can't make me wait' or 'i didn't know there was construction going on' (even tho we have detour signs up so people can avoid the whole shebang) i had one lady on the cell trying to push a large dog back from licking her face slam on her brakes and swerve into oncoming traffic and then she told me i did not give her enough warning when i was oh.. 500feet from a flagger sign.. and i was just flagging her on.. not stopping her

okay this is becoming a ramble.. basically people are totally NUTS when in their cars.. i mean holy crap dude.. it's out of control.. i've had people yell at me 'get a car, loser' because i'm flagging.. it's silly.. i told my foreman that we should just have people dressed up as cars telling cars to slow down....

okay the point?

just watch your backs.. the roads are a war.. and the best thing you can do it smile and laugh and try not to die.. don't get pissed.. if you are friendly people usually sometimes are nice also.. and ALWAYS CARRY A CELL PHONE WITH A CAMERA/CAMERA AND TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO ALMOST KILL YOU.. then sue them.. or tell them you took a picture of their plates and are gonna sue them.. people are in love and afraid of money.. soo anything that makes them THINK they may not be able to drive.. or have to pay out makes a difference

yeah sorry that was long and i'm bored

-badcow

Cruise control has been used in cars since long before the actual technological innovation.. Its easy. Point the car forward, put foot on pedal, and imagine you are on a tropical beach getting a tan. Rumble strips exist for a reason people.

don't worry badcow, i only chimed in yesterday because i was bored too. but i have to say, that was a funny story. and i hate cars.

hah! I totally want to do this now.

dont get mad, get condescending.