Spotted...

Avoid fat, aggressive men and handsome, aggressive men. In conflicts they disappear overnight.

Avoid respectable television and respectable newspapers. They have neither the talent of art, nor the instinctive snout of the media. Cod-science, cod-psychology is to be avoided, but do not make your enig-noise public, as it will bring the wrath of the drude quarters.

I bow down to a higher power. Men and women are both as useless and annoying as each other, and as brilliant and fascinating as each other too. That one cannot comprehend the other is a problem we'll never solve, but if we could there'd be nothing to talk about. Probably. The only people I saw tonight were at Wests, but that doesn't count.

Also saw lettie marsh locked up near work. Yo!

Works in a dungeon? Lost the key?

Strange and not altogether pleasant spot. Ed could you help fill in the blanks please?

Sir Scoble: ...
Me: Crawling to a stop at some lights 5 meters ahead
Me: My daughter in the passenger seat asks for my mobile
Sir Scoble: ...
Me: I take out my phone, and unlock.
Sir Scoble: ...
Sir Scoble: Pulls in front
Me: Hands phone to daughter
Me: Recognising him, give a smile and short wave
Sir Scoble: ...
Sir Scoble: Smacks the car bonnet with some serious indignation and rides off
Me: confused
Sir Scoble: ...
My Daughter: (Scared by the weirdo cyclist) asks me what's wrong
Me: (Still confused, thinks hard) speculates that Sir Scoble might have been annoyed that I had a phone in my hand despite being stopped at lights?
My Daughter: I hope you don't scare people like that when you are riding
Me: I try not to

#csb

Perhaps he didnt recognise you and though you were trying to run him down so made his feeling known?

Alot of cyclists go round looking for things to be angry about, in a red mist of perpetual threat. It would be sad if Ed was one of them, Maybe he was having a bad day.

I'm interested in the fact that because you knew him, you didn't get furious. Imagine if he had done that to another driver, things might have gotten ugly. Maybe we should try to say to ourselves, even when we dont know the person who has just been needlessly agressive towards us, "ok, maybe they're having a bad day, nevermind".

Possibly. But we were stationary.

I told my daughter that by strange serendipity I should be able to find out why he was annoyed. Also I'm genuinely interested in where I went wrong.

#resonsibleparent

He's a massive wand, this explains everything...

Avoid fat, aggressive men and handsome, aggressive men. In conflicts they disappear overnight.

Avoid respectable television and respectable newspapers. They have neither the talent of art, nor the instinctive snout of the media. Cod-science, cod-psychology is to be avoided, but do not make your enig-noise public, as it will bring the wrath of the drude quarters.

I bow down to a higher power. Men and women are both as useless and annoying as each other, and as brilliant and fascinating as each other too. That one cannot comprehend the other is a problem we'll never solve, but if we could there'd be nothing to talk about. Probably. The only people I saw tonight were at Wests, but that doesn't count.

A+, would read again.

Do you do stories on commission? I should like to be read to while I take breakfast of a morning.

[Edit] No spots, cos I ran in today.

And trolled the cyclists in the Greenwich foot tunnel.

I'm genuinely interested in where I went wrong.

1. The default assumption from a cyclists point of view (rightly, or wrongly), when a vehicle bips, waves, flashes, or shouts, is one of confrontation. Although I have recently taken to infer that any vehicle trying to catch my attention is doing so because my arse looks fab in baggy shorts.
   

1. Use of mobile devices is illegal, even when stopped in traffic.
   
   

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1. Scoble is a pellet.
   

1. Use of mobile devices is illegal, even when stopped in traffic.
   
   

This.

Filtered pass stationary traffic, saw the unmistakable glow of a mobile phone's screen on a driver's hand, slapped on the side of the bonnet, and rode off.

I actually did not see you wave apart from the glow of your phone.

I'm sorry if you're just taking the phone out to give to your daughter, it's an extremely common sight to see someone having their phone out even on a mild congestion nowadays, I hope you understand how this look.

sasmon on regent st; late wave

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Scoble lS the law...

You're a twonk, Scoble... Would nerg you if I could be fucked...

Ok. This makes sense. My bad. We've exchanged PM's and this is not an issue.

I just wanted to explain what happened to my daughter. The fact that I even can (after the event) is a good example of issue resolution. All good.

This.

Filtered pass stationary traffic, saw the unmistakable glow of a mobile phone's screen on a driver's hand, slapped on the side of the bonnet, and rode off.

I actually did not see you wave apart from the glow of your phone.

I'm sorry if you're just taking the phone out to give to your daughter, it's an extremely common sight to see someone having their phone out even on a mild congestion nowadays, I hope you understand how this look.

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luckily that story ends there.. but i can imagine a parallel story (breaking bad sty;e- whereby every action has a consequence which the protagonist is unaware of) whereby said drivers car is hit and he proceeds to take vengeance upon another cyclist who has no connection to the original action.

I spotted a chap at Dalston Junction trackstanding like a boss, both hands in his pockets looking nonchalant as all hell. Riding a knackered looking 'mercury' dayglo paintjobbed thing.

do you understand how hitting a car looks?

You fucking pellet.

Damo, WE NEED TO COOK.

luckily that story ends there.. but i can imagine a parallel story (breaking bad sty;e- whereby every action has a consequence which the protagonist is unaware of) whereby said drivers car is hit and he proceeds to take vengeance upon another cyclist who has no connection to the original action.
I've a problem with this logic. It imposes responsibility on the cyclist for the driver's subsequent actions.

This has enraged me so much that I shall punch a nun, and it wil be your fault.

Hatbeard on london bridge I was once again walking...

^^ Jokes, of course.

Everyone knows that nuns are asking for it.

Spotted. One utter chief rolling out on his dark green bike, with brown leater taped bullhorn, into oncoming traffic on Mildmay park at about 8:25 this morning. Made a whinging little noise when I told him to look where he was going and that he was a muppet.

I've a problem with this logic. It confers responsibility on the cyclist for the driver's subsequent actions.

This has enraged me so much that I shall punch a nun, and it wil be your fault.

And then the nun is so full of rage that she punches some poor innocent scoble. And so the circle of life is complete.

I've a problem with this logic. It imposes responsibility on the cyclist for the driver's subsequent actions.

This has enraged me so much that I shall punch a nun, and it wil be your fault.

nope.. not responsibility, just realising that making what some perceive as a violent action (hitting car) to make yourself feel better is worse than brushing it off and say ce la vie.