One single thing that makes you think "knob"
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grayme said:
e21Mark said:
Disabled parking spot in New Malden Tesco. Driver ran into the store.
A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
I read somewhere that sometimes someone may need to park close to the store and have something that does not hinder mobility but is classed as a diability, such as needing to run to the toilet.A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
Never considered it too much to work out if that is bilge or not.
Spotted a TVR Sagaris in Aberdeen tonight 
stunning example owned by one of the local PH'ers. Anyway as I walked past it I noticed a group of neds approaching it...
"Woah check out that TVR... I think it's a TVR Tuscan..."
Now, fair enough, his car knowledge probably doesn't extend much beyond the odd episode of Top Gear, and he's probably had one or two. No big deal. But then, I s
t you not, he ends his sentence with...
"...blud"
Blud??? Seriously? Every sentence he said ended with the word 'Blud'. Oh my fking god.
KNOB
stunning example owned by one of the local PH'ers. Anyway as I walked past it I noticed a group of neds approaching it..."Woah check out that TVR... I think it's a TVR Tuscan..."
Now, fair enough, his car knowledge probably doesn't extend much beyond the odd episode of Top Gear, and he's probably had one or two. No big deal. But then, I s
t you not, he ends his sentence with..."...blud"
Blud??? Seriously? Every sentence he said ended with the word 'Blud'. Oh my f
king god.KNOB
the guy on the (almost certainly illegal) trails bike this morning who was wearing something like this but without the visor
and his leather jacket, stopped at the junction, the look the R1 rider in full face helmet and hi-vis gave him was priceless, then our hero charged off as the lights were still red (traffic from the right had stopped but he wasnt hte kind of guy to wait for lights), he headed off round the roundabout with his right foot off the pegs and an inch off the ground. Comming to an A&E near you soon....
and his leather jacket, stopped at the junction, the look the R1 rider in full face helmet and hi-vis gave him was priceless, then our hero charged off as the lights were still red (traffic from the right had stopped but he wasnt hte kind of guy to wait for lights), he headed off round the roundabout with his right foot off the pegs and an inch off the ground. Comming to an A&E near you soon....
loafer123 said:
grayme said:
e21Mark said:
Disabled parking spot in New Malden Tesco. Driver ran into the store.
A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
I read somewhere that sometimes someone may need to park close to the store and have something that does not hinder mobility but is classed as a diability, such as needing to run to the toilet.A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
Never considered it too much to work out if that is bilge or not.
pablo said:
the guy on the (almost certainly illegal) trails bike this morning who was wearing something like this but without the visor
and his leather jacket, stopped at the junction, the look the R1 rider in full face helmet and hi-vis gave him was priceless, then our hero charged off as the lights were still red (traffic from the right had stopped but he wasnt hte kind of guy to wait for lights), he headed off round the roundabout with his right foot off the pegs and an inch off the ground. Comming to an A&E near you soon....
Sounds like Samie has graduated beyond mopeds. and his leather jacket, stopped at the junction, the look the R1 rider in full face helmet and hi-vis gave him was priceless, then our hero charged off as the lights were still red (traffic from the right had stopped but he wasnt hte kind of guy to wait for lights), he headed off round the roundabout with his right foot off the pegs and an inch off the ground. Comming to an A&E near you soon....
http://youtu.be/bIWd4FB6CTg
The plank in the van on the A31 straddling two lanes to stop anyone "jumping the queue" where two lanes merged to one because of an advertised imminent coned off lane due to an earlier accident.
Thing is (a) he was straddling lanes at the 400 yard sign and (b) I'd just heard on local radio that the closed lane had reopened moments before.
I was the last vehicle to squeeze past him (which he loved, I can tell you); I'm hoping he felt like an utter pillock when he got to the non-existent cones.
Thing is (a) he was straddling lanes at the 400 yard sign and (b) I'd just heard on local radio that the closed lane had reopened moments before.
I was the last vehicle to squeeze past him (which he loved, I can tell you); I'm hoping he felt like an utter pillock when he got to the non-existent cones.
People braking at the sight of blue lights instead of thinking.
Today an ambulance appears in the distance oncoming. Knob in front applies the brakes and pulls over a bit to the left. Result everyone behind anchors on too. The ambulance ends up stuck behind a queue of cars in front of it as there is no room for it to overtake. Had the idiot not braked everyone behind would have cleared the oncoming vehicles and the ambulance would have been able to safely overtake all of them.
Today an ambulance appears in the distance oncoming. Knob in front applies the brakes and pulls over a bit to the left. Result everyone behind anchors on too. The ambulance ends up stuck behind a queue of cars in front of it as there is no room for it to overtake. Had the idiot not braked everyone behind would have cleared the oncoming vehicles and the ambulance would have been able to safely overtake all of them.
colonel c said:
People braking at the sight of blue lights instead of thinking.
Today an ambulance appears in the distance oncoming. Knob in front applies the brakes and pulls over a bit to the left. Result everyone behind anchors on too. The ambulance ends up stuck behind a queue of cars in front of it as there is no room for it to overtake. Had the idiot not braked everyone behind would have cleared the oncoming vehicles and the ambulance would have been able to safely overtake all of them.
And on the subject of blue lights, people who slow down to look at accidents or those being dealt with by the fuzz.Today an ambulance appears in the distance oncoming. Knob in front applies the brakes and pulls over a bit to the left. Result everyone behind anchors on too. The ambulance ends up stuck behind a queue of cars in front of it as there is no room for it to overtake. Had the idiot not braked everyone behind would have cleared the oncoming vehicles and the ambulance would have been able to safely overtake all of them.
Face forward, put your foot down and stop being so sodding nosey!
This is so knobish I've started a thread dedicated to it.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
The prize knob in the white Range Rover that decided to overtake a cyclist on the Chester High Road the other day. On an almost blind corner. On a 50mph road. Luckily I'd already seen one car overtake and go back to the correct side of the road so was already on the brakes but nothing prepared me for the knob in the Range Rover that popped out of nowhere half way round the corner well onto our side of the road. I might have squeezed past him but was not prepared to risk half of a head on collision with 2 tons of RR if I got it wrong.
Got to say, Vectra VXR brakes do haul a car to a stop very quickly indeed.
Got to say, Vectra VXR brakes do haul a car to a stop very quickly indeed.
Edited by twink on Wednesday 17th October 11:11
loafer123 said:
grayme said:
e21Mark said:
Disabled parking spot in New Malden Tesco. Driver ran into the store.
A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
I read somewhere that sometimes someone may need to park close to the store and have something that does not hinder mobility but is classed as a diability, such as needing to run to the toilet.A lazy knob with piss poor taste in cars.
Never considered it too much to work out if that is bilge or not.
People who refuse to drive in bus lanes when the lane isn't currently in operation 
There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights Yet when i decide to drive in the bus lane outside of the rush hour times you get glared & sworn at by muppets who cant read the big blue sign with the bus lane operation times written on it
There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights
Yet when i decide to drive in the bus lane outside of the rush hour times you get glared & sworn at by muppets who cant read the big blue sign with the bus lane operation times written on it AlexRS2782 said:
People who refuse to drive in bus lanes when the lane isn't currently in operation
There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights Yet when i decide to drive in the bus lane outside of the rush hour times you get glared & sworn at by muppets who cant read the big blue sign with the bus lane operation times written on it
Does my head in to be honest, but then thats the typical British we must queue up lemming mentality.There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights
Yet when i decide to drive in the bus lane outside of the rush hour times you get glared & sworn at by muppets who cant read the big blue sign with the bus lane operation times written on it AlexRS2782 said:
People who refuse to drive in bus lanes when the lane isn't currently in operation
There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights Yet when i decide to drive in the bus lane outside of the rush hour times you get glared & sworn at by muppets who cant read the big blue sign with the bus lane operation times written on it
I think it's more a case of "I'm not sure what that means, so I'll b e careful and not get caught". They've probably seen the sign, and can't decide what it means. I see it all the time.There's one on the A30 running past Camberley towards the Meadows and it's only during rush hour times you're not meant to use it. For some reason even at 1.30 in the afternoon people don't seem to want to drive in it therefore causing a nice queue back from a set of traffic lights
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