Amazingly bad bike related article in the Daily Fail

pedestrian at st pauls, stepped out into the bike lane/road reading paper and listening to generic white mp3 player. right in front of me.

guess that means i could write my own column in the maily dail. hang on my nan hasn't had a pedestrian walk out in front of her so i cant :-(

i know someone's already commented on it but the introductory conversation bit at the start and this:

'As I wobbled along London's roads, nearly hitting every pedestrian and car, riding the wrong way up one-way streets, I was petrified and hysterical, screaming every curse I knew, including one particularly nasty one learned from my Hungarian grandmother'

are the most goldest things i've read all day.

Isn't wheat-free pasta just water?

Petronella Wyatt - Repent loyal twat

Petronella can get fucked

Go on then, I dare you, I double dare you!

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*http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...erfeiters.html

Nazi.

He is unusually short and, at 87, is unlikely to grow any more.
Doh...

"See all this water ?
Its off my back".

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I hope she has trouble hailing a taxi to an important meeting and is forced to take the bus like a commoner.

I wouldn't recommend getting too riled by an ephemeral article like this. They're ten a penny. It's best to address its shortcomings, e.g. the blatant errors falling short of basic journalistic standards and leave it at that.

There is a particular streak in sections of the British press that means journalists are almost proud of being prejudiced (perhaps 'standing by your story'?) and simplifying things into inaccuracy. Petrol Nelly's is only the latest in a long line of articles like this, and at least, unlike Matthew Parris, she doesn't advocate injuring cyclists.

All that comes out of her article is a case of cyclist inferiority complex. This is routinely encountered in people who assume that since it's for poor and unsuccessful, and also quite lawless, people, cycling must be an unskilled activity, and certainly one which people with a certain 'superior' social pedigree can pick up jus' like that.

As regular forum readers will know, the road to success for Ms Wyatt lies in taking cycle training lessons which will enhance her enjoyment of cycling. Like many people who don't think of traffic as a social environment, she was unprepared for the degree and awareness of interactivity that being on a bike demands of her. She doesn't understand traffic and as a result had a miserable experience, which we of course wouldn't wish on anyone.

She'll then be able to write a nicely balanced article in which she will admit to understanding that licensing for cyclists isn't really required, but that training and skill in sharing the street very much are. She'll understand that cycling can be a high-status activity and she'll gain plenty of enjoyment from it.

Oliver for leader of the civilised world.
you rock.

Oliver, I want to buy you a beer soon.

"See all this water ?
Its off my back".

She looks a right hosemonster, look at her, I bet she's riddled! I hope someone knocks her over on their pedlo

It's like a different language Graham... ;)

It's like a different language Graham... ;)

let's be honest, her tits look quite promising though.. WHAT AM I SAYING.. she is the DEVIL!!

haha, +1 tho like innit

let's be honest, her tits look quite promising though.. WHAT AM I SAYING.. she is the DEVIL!!

I been saying it all day...

question is.. does she give you cancer?

noone mentioned legality

I still would...

She look like a paedophile.

She look like a pedalfile.

MY pedalfile is vastly more aesthetically pleasing, I think...

MY pedalfile is vastly more aesthetically pleasing, I think...

I hope she puts on two different coloured socks when she goes to the gym tomorrow morning and looks into the mirror and feels really awkward for a moment or two, maybe even three...