One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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I'll nominate the snowy-haired old git in a big Mercedes 4x4 thing in Lyndhurst early this afternoon. It's carnival day in Lyndhurst, and there are traffic queues due to vehicles being barred by a road closure from turning left at a mini-roundabout. I'm going the opposite way to the queue, and my journey isn't affected by the closure.
At least it wasn't, until Mr Fighty-Fighty roared out of the queue and went head-to head with me (in MY lane) for no reason other than his unreasonable lack of patience.
He got a lengthy blast of the horn as I braked to a standstill, praying that the drivers behind me would notice what was going on and not rear-end me. Then he started waving his middle finger around, getting very shouty, and then, as I glowered at him as we crawled past each other door-to-door, he got even angrier and started making threatening gestures with his fists in a "put up your dukes, Queensbury rules" style.
Lucky my wife's a nurse, because the way his veins were twitching, he was heading for an embolism.
Here's a tip, Mr Fighty Bo
cks. Cool your fking heals. The road is blocked, closed, shut. The queue is long, and your route to the right (straight over) over the mini-roundabout? Yeah, that's blocked too by some cretin in a Peugeot van who came from my direction and is now waiting to go up the closed road, blocking traffic from going straight over. You are screwed, old son, and no amount of roaring about throwing your considerable weight around is going to change any of that. You'll move when the carnival procession is done with the road and it re-opens, and not before, because as you can clearly see, traffic is following behind me and there is no way you're going to squeeze past all of them as one of them is an articulated lorry you utter spunk bubble...
At least it wasn't, until Mr Fighty-Fighty roared out of the queue and went head-to head with me (in MY lane) for no reason other than his unreasonable lack of patience.
He got a lengthy blast of the horn as I braked to a standstill, praying that the drivers behind me would notice what was going on and not rear-end me. Then he started waving his middle finger around, getting very shouty, and then, as I glowered at him as we crawled past each other door-to-door, he got even angrier and started making threatening gestures with his fists in a "put up your dukes, Queensbury rules" style.
Lucky my wife's a nurse, because the way his veins were twitching, he was heading for an embolism.
Here's a tip, Mr Fighty Bo
cks. Cool your fking heals. The road is blocked, closed, shut. The queue is long, and your route to the right (straight over) over the mini-roundabout? Yeah, that's blocked too by some cretin in a Peugeot van who came from my direction and is now waiting to go up the closed road, blocking traffic from going straight over. You are screwed, old son, and no amount of roaring about throwing your considerable weight around is going to change any of that. You'll move when the carnival procession is done with the road and it re-opens, and not before, because as you can clearly see, traffic is following behind me and there is no way you're going to squeeze past all of them as one of them is an articulated lorry you utter spunk bubble...WarnieV6GT said:
Number plate in the front window.
Guaranteed that the driver will be almost lying down on his mobile with one hand at the top of the steering wheel.
Hah! There was a bunch of those divots near NMM Beaulieu this afternoon. All of them in BMWs that had been in some way or other butchered and badly modified. All of them on lowered suspension, and revving engines impatiently as they sat in a long queue to pass a large group of New Forest Ponies that had decided to go for a stroll along the main road from Lymington into Beaulieu. Saw a bunch more of them on our way home too, doing those pathetic "100 yard dash" low gear bursts to try to get their cars to pop and bang, and generally pissing about and making a nuisance of themselves to other traffic.Guaranteed that the driver will be almost lying down on his mobile with one hand at the top of the steering wheel.
Awful people in awful cars, but at least the number plate in the windscreen shtick warns you to give 'em a wide berth. Extra bonus points for removing the plate but failing to fill in the recess for it on the bumper. Just a bunch of gonads really. One of them had a plate in the correct place, but that had a deep blue tint to it, and looked even more silly than the rest of them.
bluezedd said:
selling a silver coin on ebay, posting it in an envelope in a post box with zero tracking and trusting it will get there.
Then when it doesn't arrive, get zero apology but get thanked "for the lesson" implying I'm a scammer saying it didn't arrive.
I've got 700+ feedback, and have got better things to do than try and scam £12 worth of silver on ebay.
Cock.
He did say he'd send another out signed for etc, but really put a downer on the whole transaction.
Update to this:Then when it doesn't arrive, get zero apology but get thanked "for the lesson" implying I'm a scammer saying it didn't arrive.
I've got 700+ feedback, and have got better things to do than try and scam £12 worth of silver on ebay.
Cock.
He did say he'd send another out signed for etc, but really put a downer on the whole transaction.
Yesterday I received a card from royal mail saying they can't deliver an item because there's a postage fee to pay (£1.50). The
clearly just put it in an envelope with a single stamp on it.I've sent a copy of the card to the seller to let them know there's some hope that the coin isn't lost. They're still a prick though for implying I'm a scammer.
If he did send another coin, I will send it back. Doubt I'll even get an apology but will have to see.
Bobberoo99 said:
br d said:
I saw a car on the A13 the other day with a space-saver on each rear wheel. I am at a loss as to how this could have come about.
A chap at work has been on a space saver for nearly six months!!! 
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