The god of commuting punished me today!

So I felt really down when I got up. I was procrastinating getting up, having an imaginary discussion between my little part of the soul that is lazy, and the other part that wants me to shave my legs. The lazy part won. What followed was the deity responsible for all traffic and commuting demonstrating its non-approval:

Train late, tube too crowded to get on, long wait for next one, being stuck inside the next one with my head shoved into some afro look haircut, while being elbowed by some fat fuck all the way from London Bridge to Bond Street.

By that time I gave up on being angry at the world, but instead acknowledge that it serves me right for being a lazy bum. I hereby promise: "Yes, I will cycle next time".

You shave your legs?????

No, but there's this part of my soul that wants me to ... the one that wants to be like Lance and tells me to HTFU.

Just go with your heart, man. And why stop at the legs...?

I used to go through the same pain in the morning. Should I shave my legs, put on make-up and try to turn a trick? But cycling to work always wins out.

TBH I was hit last week and my back wheel broke. I have now been bikeless for a week and the commute has been horrible, not just the tubes but the walking on busy pavements.

As the late great Freddy says "Get on your bikes and ride"

What a weird post.

i think he's just punishing you for shaving your legs
ya big girls blouse

you clearly think to much

shave your legs - enjoy feeling like a pro - and then realise its only hair and it doesnt make fuck all difference

yeah i get a rub down everytime i get home after a ride

even when i go down the shops for a bottle of thunderbird

So you felt down and decided to take the tube instead of ride your bike on a lovely Friday morning? Fail. My job can be seriously crap sometimes. If it wasn't for my ride into work every morning I doubt I could tear myself away from my bed.

Good for you, cycling to work is for uptight, paranoid, middle-class tories who pretend to be socialists. Cycling is a sport, FFS not a serious mode of transport, be a man.

+1 @wools.

at Pascalo
I sympathise with the dharmic atonement of this post. And, more fool you, you missed the first proper cool autumn morning we've had, yet. It was a beautiful day to ride a bike, the 'gods' were smiling on us out there.

There are no "Gods" only the certainty of Death, bow before me, humankind, and be humble, for thy time is short...

'Pie', 'Love', 'Mudguard', 'god' and 'death' are interchangeble terms in my pantheist pantheon.

Thing is, every time I take the tube I am angered by how shit it is, every time I swear I'll always cycle in. Until I forget, and have a crappy day. Then I take the tube and while I'm stuck in there and it's too late to turn around and get on the bike, because I'd run really late otherwise, I instantly remember why I hate it so much ... sucks!

wools, you are right. Complete fail!

Even more gutted now that you rubbed in how nice the morning was, Skully ...

Also, lets be clear about one thing: There's only ONE relevant god in this universe. The Flying Spaghetti Monster. May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage!

cant stand the tube, being crushed by the great unwashed having to push yuor way onto the train because people wont move down the carrage in fear that they will miss there stop, i much prefer to ride the 10 miles into work and you have lots of fun dodging peds, RLJ, being almost run off the road by cab drivers or white van man, oh deep joy of the east south commute... Happy days..

My job can be seriously crap sometimes. If it wasn't for my ride into work every morning I doubt I could tear myself away from my bed.

+1

"cycling to work is for uptight, paranoid, middle-class tories who pretend to be socialists"

+1

But I have never pretended to be a socialist.... bastards.... they gave us Blair & Brown, who aren't even socialists

I felt down this morning and, contrary to Ed's wishes in another thread, the old fella was still there.

Good for you, cycling to work is for uptight, paranoid, middle-class tories who pretend to be socialists. Cycling is a sport, FFS not a serious mode of transport, be a man.

I have to confess to being a little concerned about the syntax and punctuation of the statements above.

I cycle to work. I am middle class. By some definitions, everyone on here, apart from WiganWill, is middle class. I hope I am not a Tory. I don't pretend to be a socialist.

Cycling is many things; exercise, sport, transport, recreation and more.

I have to confess to being a little concerned about the syntax and punctuation of the statements above.

I cycle to work. I am middle class. By some definitions, everyone on here, apart from WiganWill, is middle class. I hope I am not a Tory. I don't pretend to be a socialist.

Cycling is many things; exercise, sport, transport, recreation and more.

Am I middle class now?

I'm afraid it hasn't shown itself to be reflected in my income!

Cycling is a sport, FFS not a serious mode of transport, be a man.

What about the Commuting Cup? And the Alreadylateforworktwicethisweek TT?

What a lovely day it is today.

I shave my balls to make me ride better. And wax my asshole. It all helps to reduce weight and increase smooth airflow.