How to answer the question, "where's yer brakes?"

I saw the opposite of that today, green frame coming up the northernline road, SS with only front brake... is that the ss equivilent of going brakeless except without the excuse of being on the way to a track? WTF?
(by the way he had a flip/flop but no cog on the fixed side)

I had brake cable fail yesterday so road home brakeless... fucking scary. I assume people that choose to go brakeless don't go down any of the hills that I do!?

I saw a Peugeot single speed locked up outside Tesco opposite Cantelowes skatepark in Camden with only a front brake. I didn't know whether they'd been scammed by somebody or whether they were trying to be fashionable. Either way, I wouldn't be so stupid!