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Heading down to the Olympic park the other evening a small red car attempted a couple of side swipes at me. Naturally I clocked the red lights up ahead and raced after it intending on going apeshit at the driver. They get out and it's a young girl, maybe early 20s, dyed green hair etc... My natural inclinations tell me that she looks pretty 'alternative' (what is, the 90s?) and that I must have done something pretty stupid to have pissed her off.
But no. She starts screaming (literally) at me for... CYCLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! Apparently the roads were built for cars not bikes and I have no right to be on it blah blah blah.
So of course I change tack to my usual start laughing and tell her to get a fucking grip. But yeah, I kind of expect this off angry middle aged men, not lefty student looking types. Lesson learned? Slipknot had it right - People=Shit.