Hilarious Note Left on Bike

Don't see why we'd need to drop pills beforehand but could make it fun ;-)

we could all show him some sweaty love. make him forget about those railings

There was a cyclist who used to run a website that locked unusual items to a fence.

That's a mighty talented website...

It could have been worse, you could have received a WAC sticker. :)

It was a prototype for Web 3.0.

i think we should add this place to the Bridges ride. stop off for liquid refreshment and a well placed bike pile. take some photos and post them back into the houses.. 100 + bikes pilled outside..

They would explode!

do this over at brick lane my friend

warnings/notes/stickers are for pussies

I reckon you should write in black marker across the note "I know where you live" and slip it back under the door.

I dunno, I'd expect that if I'd chained my bike to someone's private face.

It's only faeces

I dunno, I'd expect that if I'd chained my bike to someone's private face.

Yeah me too. Public faces are fine though so it's ok to lock your bike to the Queen's face.

is this how stuff on my cat came about? someone locked their bike to a cat, discretely, only to find a nasty note about how said cat was privately owned...

I got a 'parked illegally' sticker slapped on my saddle in Edinburgh. Jobsworths do love to point out people being wrong. It gives people a great sense of superiority to be right. Winds me right up, I'm ready to go on an irate rampage RIGHT NOW!

Not Masthon but the type of person that would write that, unless it really was Shinscar in which case it's pretty damn funny.

Frankie logo fail - it was Frankie *say *Relax..... ;)

I thought it was 'SEZ'

ah Frankie Could Relax

whilst i concur that this was perhaps a little OTT, I am actually really fucking glad that people care enough about their property and their city to make such an effort. Makes a change.

I've over thought this, because there are loads of fences with signs on around where I work, and I do think to much about pointless shit. I guess it's mostly to do with the threat of removal/damage that made me think.
I think it's pretty fair comment from the fence owners. If you got home to find someones car parked on your lawn it'd be pretty reasonable to be pissed off about it. And as it's something left on your private property, not in public space, it would also be fair for you to do what you wish with it, ie: break in to it and drive it off of you property or get it towed to a wreckers yard.
Annoying though as securing ones bike well is a tricky game and highly emotive because of theft being high and no-one else giving a shit when it happens.
/ramble

I reckon you should write in black marker across the note "I know where you live" and slip it back under the door.

or what about

"I am sorry, I did not realise it was private property. It is always a challenge to find a parking space for bikes. I will be more careful in future. Sorry for the inconvenience".

Glad you popped in on your way to the "Made my day!" thread, VeeVee.

;)

A friend of mine suggested going back and locking a lawn mower to the railings. See if we can get a "is it any wonder that gardeners are so HATED" note. Maybe a small dinghy the next day, rinse repeat.

whatshouldiputonthefence.com showed the same concept. he'd keep locking random stuff to this fence after being told he couldn't lock his bike there. The site seems to have gone now but you can see it historically here..

http://web.archive.org/web/20071228234840/http://whatshouldiputonthefence.com/

EDIT: andyp, etc were on about this one.

AFAIK the reason people ask for you not to lock a bike to railings is that bike thieves know that they are brittle and will break if kicked - meaning your bike gets nicked and their railings get damaged.

However, most signs are written in a really annoying way that doesn't explain this but rather makes you want to say no to The Man and park your bike there anyway.

This is a vaguely interesting video about the semiotics of signs (if that's possible / not a tautology - Grammar Police, help!):

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg&eurl=http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha

This is slightly related (it's about bikes and notes). (found it here).

i'm pretty sure that building is a hospital. my mum works in there.

that's not her handwriting tho.

and anyway she's a cyclist too.

and also not that mental.

or what about

"I am sorry, I did not realise it was private property. It is always a challenge to find a parking space for bikes. I will be more careful in future. Sorry for the inconvenience".

nice eveeveen keel. :)

reminds me of this

hahahaha. Jokes!

well, they're not really 'jokes', per se, more examples of notes from angry people that are unintentionally funny.