An Actual Conversation with a Fellow Cyclist on Bloor Street Today
At a red light, he turned around:
guy: "The water fell out of my hand."
me: "Water? I didn't see it."
Light turns green, but I am pinned in by cars and garbage cans and newspaper boxes.
guy: "It got away from me."
me: "Oh yeah?"
guy: "Some people will chase after you if you litter." He makes running motions with his arms. "They get in your face."
me: "Oh yeah?"
guy: "I had to punch a guy out once. I tossed a Coke can at a garbage cab and missed, and a guy yelled: 'put that in the garbage!' and he chased after me. I had to kick him."
I see an opening and start making my way around.
me: "You should have put it in the recycling bin." (OK, so I didn't say that, but I wanted to).
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what a friendly cyclist! He just wanted to yap for the sake of it?
ReplyDeletePeople will talk about ANYTHING if desperate enough (not you, the Friendly Cyclist).
ReplyDeleteI cycle commute as well and I have to admit I never get into any conversation more indepth then a hello.
ReplyDeletePeople are weird.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could bike to work...but it's too far.
G, I should've, but I'm a chicken.
ReplyDeleteSHJ: How far is too far?
I don't think I could bike to work. It's (a minimum of) 75 miles one way. With the price of gas, I have considered a motorcycle though. Of course, there would probably be about 5 or 6 days a year that the weather was suitable.
ReplyDeleteI hope he didn't kick the guy too hard...
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