In the news

I know, I was considering an alternative universe where cyclist crimes are reported like drivers'.

Let's face it, two blokes having a scrap in London wouldn't even make the papers. Because a cyclist is involved the case is headlines around the world (Australia, natch) and the 17 year old scraped under a car on the same day gets a tiny sub column.

This may be an unpopular take, but here goes: If there had been no
bike involved, would this ever have made national news? “Bloke
headbutts man in street after argument” would surely struggle to make
a local news website.

https://twitter.com/jamesmatesitv/status/1171715189865177088

Yeah, that is definitely true. It's just capitalising on the general population's hatred for cyclists. They know it will get clicks, some random scrap between people in front of a pub won't.

I did enjoy this reply tho

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kick him in the earholes next time?

It's in a national now:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/11/man-69-jailed-for-knocking-teenager-off-bike-in-road-rage-row

"row" makes it sound like they had an argument. the guy ran over a kid and then got out and punched him. that's not a row, it's an attack.

He denied wrongdoing and claimed he had been subjected to malicious hate mail on social media from other cyclists since news of his conviction broke.

Is calling someone a penis on social media malicious hate mail?

Is it reasonable to call Michael Hanley a Child Abuser?

Consider a homophobic attack where the judge says:

"Sometimes they are rightly criticised for the manner in which they
behave. Not one iota of criticism can be made of this victim
in that regard."

https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/17893156.pensioner-jailed-road-rage-attack-teenager-cyclist/

Yellowhammer:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf

Point 15....? Redacted...? Hmmm... Any ideas....?

Is that it?

Jesus. It's like a University essay you forgot about until the night before.

After you'd gone out and got pissed...

Mayhem and violence I reckon. Right after the fuel shortage bit. In the fuel tanker protest in 2002 there was untold violence and mayhem at petrol stations.

Point 15....? Redacted...? Hmmm... Any ideas....?

Not really news but..

For the next 10 days, the date is the same forward and backward

9.10.19

9.11.19

9.12.19

9.13.19

9.14.19

9.15.19

9.16.19

9.17.19

9.18.19

9.19.19

this is the last ‘palindrome week’ of the century

I always feel a bit dense suggesting these, like I'm missing something and saying something that's obviously wrong. Using that format, what about:

1.20.21
1.21.21
1.22.21
1.23.21
... etc...

Yeah, it only works in the American format.

What months are months 13, 14 etc?

In the fuel protest the country was nearly mad max after a week
I was living in Cardiff, gammons were hiring golf buggies because they needed to drive something, kids were chasing them round on foot and on bikes harassing them.....this is the first positive feeling I have had regarding Brexit.

"We survived two World Wars. We can handle Brexit."

Says the country that went into meltdown when KFC ran out of chicken,
Build-a-Bear had a special sale and an advent calendar contained a
Bounty.

https://twitter.com/eberlmat/status/1069356399505870852

YEAR MONTH DAY! Anything else is wrong. And doesn't sort nicely.

ISO 8601 (or similar) or go home.

2nd Feb 2020 will be 20200202

Thankfully it will also be a Sunday so I won’t have some IT geek putting in a meeting for 8:02 pm.

Octember
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