One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday. Caught up in traffic leaving Southwood after watching the Farnborough Airshow at the pavilion, me and the wife cycling home, I caught this tosser moving right in the small space available, trying to block my completely clear overtake of the entire queue of fat lazy drivers who for the most part could happily have walked there. In fact, judging by the BMI's on display, most of them would have benefited from the walk 
We then cut through (legally, on a cycle path) onto Southwood Road. There are a number of "Keep Left" islands along with an intermittent cycle path, which we were using appropriately, when pipe man (although it may, on reflection, have been an 'e-cig' thing) decided that it was worth gaining that extra three seconds, so ignored the clear instruction given by the road signs, and passed to the right of the islands.
Impatient, ignorant knob! Does this now mean I can freely ignore red traffic lights, no right turn signs, one way streets, etc whilst on my bike? Or does my continued respect for these basic rules just make me a better/nicer person than you?
(For the record, all this nugget achieved was arriving at the queue for the roundabout 3 seconds sooner, so ABSOLUTELY NO TIME SAVED WHATSOEVER - you were/are ALWAYS going to suffer more delays due to other motorised traffic than bicycles. FACT.)
We then cut through (legally, on a cycle path) onto Southwood Road. There are a number of "Keep Left" islands along with an intermittent cycle path, which we were using appropriately, when pipe man (although it may, on reflection, have been an 'e-cig' thing) decided that it was worth gaining that extra three seconds, so ignored the clear instruction given by the road signs, and passed to the right of the islands.
Impatient, ignorant knob! Does this now mean I can freely ignore red traffic lights, no right turn signs, one way streets, etc whilst on my bike? Or does my continued respect for these basic rules just make me a better/nicer person than you?
(For the record, all this nugget achieved was arriving at the queue for the roundabout 3 seconds sooner, so ABSOLUTELY NO TIME SAVED WHATSOEVER - you were/are ALWAYS going to suffer more delays due to other motorised traffic than bicycles. FACT.)
People in expensive late model cars with an iphone glued to their ears. I usually spot 'em by their sudden decrease in speed and start of lane weaving on the motorway.
They either cheaped out on the spec (ironic that you pay extra for bluetooth in some 80k cars especially from Germany) or are too lazy/stupid to find out how it works.
They either cheaped out on the spec (ironic that you pay extra for bluetooth in some 80k cars especially from Germany) or are too lazy/stupid to find out how it works.
V8forweekends said:
They either cheaped out on the spec (ironic that you pay extra for bluetooth in some 80k cars especially from Germany) or are too lazy/stupid to find out how it works.
It's worse, i hope you're sitting down.Their phone is already paired with the bluetooth, when it rings, they start the call hands free and manually choose to switch the call to handset, because...
... they have to shout on handsfree
:-/
V8forweekends said:
People in expensive late model cars with an iphone glued to their ears. I usually spot 'em by their sudden decrease in speed and start of lane weaving on the motorway.
They either cheaped out on the spec (ironic that you pay extra for bluetooth in some 80k cars especially from Germany) or are too lazy/stupid to find out how it works.
Yup. Spotted that too. It seams to me that, the more expensive the car/phone combo, the more likely you are to spot hand-held use.They either cheaped out on the spec (ironic that you pay extra for bluetooth in some 80k cars especially from Germany) or are too lazy/stupid to find out how it works.
Two of them on the way home last week. First the knob in front who insisted on driving at least 10 mph below the indicated maximum everywhere from nsl's to temporary schoolzone 20's (pretty sure they're not applicable at 8.30pm). He still got a two second gap from me though. Knob number two, and infinitely bigger IMO, the tit behind me who thought driving up my arse would make the car in front go faster. Guess what dickwad- it won't.
AJXX1 said:
The amount of absolute knob-ends on the A1 (daily commute to work) who have NO LANE DISCIPLINE
I can not tell you how f****d off I get with people on the two lane 50 MPH stretches (around metro centre/team valley) sitting in the right hand lane doing 40-45, all the while traffic in the left hand lane is going past them. Plenty of opportunities for them to merge left thus allowing me and the several cars building up behind me to get past you. Excuse me? Would you f*****g not! Move out of the bloody way...
This is literally a daily occurrence, in fact if you do manage to get past one of these knobs then 10 mins later you'll encounter another one!
Every time i go to work on the same road i see this, it infuriates me. Luckily i only use the a1 for about a mile before turning off again.I can not tell you how f****d off I get with people on the two lane 50 MPH stretches (around metro centre/team valley) sitting in the right hand lane doing 40-45, all the while traffic in the left hand lane is going past them. Plenty of opportunities for them to merge left thus allowing me and the several cars building up behind me to get past you. Excuse me? Would you f*****g not! Move out of the bloody way...
This is literally a daily occurrence, in fact if you do manage to get past one of these knobs then 10 mins later you'll encounter another one!
ED209 said:
AJXX1 said:
The amount of absolute knob-ends on the A1 (daily commute to work) who have NO LANE DISCIPLINE
I can not tell you how f****d off I get with people on the two lane 50 MPH stretches (around metro centre/team valley) sitting in the right hand lane doing 40-45, all the while traffic in the left hand lane is going past them. Plenty of opportunities for them to merge left thus allowing me and the several cars building up behind me to get past you. Excuse me? Would you f*****g not! Move out of the bloody way...
This is literally a daily occurrence, in fact if you do manage to get past one of these knobs then 10 mins later you'll encounter another one!
Every time i go to work on the same road i see this, it infuriates me. Luckily i only use the a1 for about a mile before turning off again.I can not tell you how f****d off I get with people on the two lane 50 MPH stretches (around metro centre/team valley) sitting in the right hand lane doing 40-45, all the while traffic in the left hand lane is going past them. Plenty of opportunities for them to merge left thus allowing me and the several cars building up behind me to get past you. Excuse me? Would you f*****g not! Move out of the bloody way...
This is literally a daily occurrence, in fact if you do manage to get past one of these knobs then 10 mins later you'll encounter another one!
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Imagine the fuss if you'd said "the complete knob of a cotton picking laguna estate driving porch monkey yesterday"!
Not that I care, I should add. This site just confuses me with what you can and can't say.
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Imagine the fuss if you'd said "the complete knob of a cotton picking laguna estate driving porch monkey yesterday"!
Not that I care, I should add. This site just confuses me with what you can and can't say.
rj1986 said:
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Imagine the fuss if you'd said "the complete knob of a cotton picking laguna estate driving porch monkey yesterday"!
Not that I care, I should add. This site just confuses me with what you can and can't say.
Semi sarcastic. Just seems weird that you can insult gays backhandedly on here but would be pilloried for using similar language in reference to another group.
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Disastrous said:
Imagine the fuss if you'd said "the complete knob of a cotton picking laguna estate driving porch monkey yesterday"!
This is fine.Squishey said:
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Does anyone ever call women 'cocksuckers' or similar??
scarble said:
That didn't click for me, I assumed it meant he was tweed wearing/smelt funny/supported UKIP.
I hope it wasn't intended as a homophobic slur, that would be knobbish
To clear things up, no. No homophobic slur intended. Apologies to anyone inadvertently offended by it. I hope it wasn't intended as a homophobic slur, that would be knobbish
And yes. The retired major type in the driving seat of the Laguna did have a Sherlock Holmes-esque 'pipe shaped object' in his right hand (so it must have been an auto
) and he was, indeed, offering said 'pipe shaped object' up to his mouth and thence expelling some form of smoke/vapour. It was either a pipe, or some kind of fancy-pants (that's not homophobic, either, before anyone asks) 'E' Cigarette. The main reason I felt he was being a knob was because he overtook (illegally) by driving on the road 'otherwise than in accordance with the signage and road markings', and by doing so, achieved the sum total of f
k all. My opinion of anyone who can similarly see no further than the end of their own bonnet is equally low. His earlier ill-judged attempt to block my overtake was laughable too. I had ALL of the opposite lane to play with, and safely rode almost all the way across into the right hand gutter. Because it was safe, and I could Disastrous said:
Squishey said:
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Does anyone ever call women 'cocksuckers' or similar??
To answer the question, personally I do. Any insult I dish-out is universal. However, this may put me in the position of inadvertently discriminating against homosexual women if taken literally.
Disastrous said:
rj1986 said:
Disastrous said:
yellowjack said:
The complete knob of a pipe smoking Laguna estate driving knob chomper yesterday.
Is calling someone insultingly gay what passes for insults on PH these days??Imagine the fuss if you'd said "the complete knob of a cotton picking laguna estate driving porch monkey yesterday"!
Not that I care, I should add. This site just confuses me with what you can and can't say.
Semi sarcastic. Just seems weird that you can insult gays backhandedly on here but would be pilloried for using similar language in reference to another group.
Then yes- i agree.
A bit of background...
Southwood Pavilion sports grounds, Sunday afternoon. Hundreds (possibly a couple of thousand) local people are enjoying the sunshine, and free 'ringside' seats for the Farnborough Air Show. Many of those present are kids, and between displays or during the 'boring planes' lots of the kids are running about, playing footy/cricket/badminton, or riding bikes/scooters. No worries, so far.
Then, this numpty turns up and starts driving his silly (and illegal) quadbike around the busy field...
...which to me was all kinds of irresponsible and plain ordinary wrong. Apart from the unregistered, untaxed, uninsured aspect, I was more annoyed with the stupidity of it. Racing up and down an adjoining Public Footpath, and not content to confine himself to the outer margins of the field, he was always carrying at least one (unhelmeted, unsecured) child, often two. He even let the older girl 'drive' the damned thing. Never mind the potential idiocy of carrying kids known to him, he was also risking the safety of everyone else's kids, given how kids are inattentive at the best of times, running about on a supposedly 'safe' playing field doesn't usually attract the additional risk of being clouted by an irresponsibly driven, illegal (mini) quadbike.
The wife insisted I "leave it", but I'm sorry i did now, as going unchallenged is what leads to a worsening of this kind of selfishness. Or am I just being a miserable old grump?
Southwood Pavilion sports grounds, Sunday afternoon. Hundreds (possibly a couple of thousand) local people are enjoying the sunshine, and free 'ringside' seats for the Farnborough Air Show. Many of those present are kids, and between displays or during the 'boring planes' lots of the kids are running about, playing footy/cricket/badminton, or riding bikes/scooters. No worries, so far.
Then, this numpty turns up and starts driving his silly (and illegal) quadbike around the busy field...
...which to me was all kinds of irresponsible and plain ordinary wrong. Apart from the unregistered, untaxed, uninsured aspect, I was more annoyed with the stupidity of it. Racing up and down an adjoining Public Footpath, and not content to confine himself to the outer margins of the field, he was always carrying at least one (unhelmeted, unsecured) child, often two. He even let the older girl 'drive' the damned thing. Never mind the potential idiocy of carrying kids known to him, he was also risking the safety of everyone else's kids, given how kids are inattentive at the best of times, running about on a supposedly 'safe' playing field doesn't usually attract the additional risk of being clouted by an irresponsibly driven, illegal (mini) quadbike.
The wife insisted I "leave it", but I'm sorry i did now, as going unchallenged is what leads to a worsening of this kind of selfishness. Or am I just being a miserable old grump?
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