Adams apples are everywhere
Did this really happen?
So did this happen to anyone here? Or maybe a friend of someone?
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/rnr/2026665653.html
For the most part I don't really look at the Rant and raves much, But there has been a huge amount of cycle hatred on there the last few days. I am sure 99% of it is bullshit but still kinda scary.
Sausage McMuffins are rage-inducing food.
so he didn't get to eat his breakfast then
Ha ha. Anonymous cowards.
Sausage McMuffin? Is that code? Sounds cyclo-erotic to me. Dude's got sausage for the cyclist.
(Oops. My bad. That's probably not constructive. Post withdrawn...)
I wonder how cool that guy thinks this makes him.
I don't know what's worse: the McFatty McRoad Rage or the passive-aggressive continuation onto CL. Lame.
I looked at teh CL rants - about 10% of them are about bikes.
I think it represents a) a greater awareness of the presence of bicycles and b) a scary degree of fear over change.
Most of those bikes are motorbikes.
Wow, that's incredible. I didn't even know cl had that section. There are some truly sick individuals out there. To be honest, judging by the writing, it looks like one or two sad, sad people posting again and again. Although, knowing it exists, might be worth keeping track of in the event of any actual road incidents, idiots tend to like to publicize their stupidity.
I like to post stupid rants on there, if only to detract from the even stupider rants on there. Today I'm going to post about eating a grapple.
@Noah Mustion the scary part is all the cyclists in this town that ask to be respected and then don't show it by running red lights/stop signs/playing in traffic. Realizing that most drivers don't discriminate between types of cyclists, I can't tell you how much that pisses me off. Everyone on two wheels represents everyone else, so behave people!
@lyle- There are about 10% of the posts on bicycles and an additonal number about motorcycles.
@CMeyers
Uh. You don't have to tell me that. ..
My friend found a cheeseburger smeared on her car once...
/random
@CMeyers - how many drivers "ask to be respected" by following the traffic laws? to a first approximation: zero. what you said is a BS excuse drivers give to "justify" their treatment of cyclists.
@CMeyers: While I understand both your point and frustration, there is no excuse for taking it to a level of assault and/or battery, which is what the driver in the Craigslist ad is guilty of, based on his flagrant admissions.
As someone who both drives and rides a bicycle, I'll admit to getting pissed off by bicyclists who don't follow traffic laws because they are not only endangering me, but also themselves and everyone else on the road, whether they be in a car, on a bike of some form, or on foot. But you know, the driver on a cell phone eating a Sausage McMuffin presents the same danger as that bicyclist, and so does a pedestrian who jaywalks across the street while texting and listening to loud music on an iPod. In other words, they ALL can "piss me off" and often do, as I try to be respectful to all those who commute, regardless of the way they decide to do it--and I feel that I am not the only one.
As a result, saying that "drivers don't discriminate between cyclists" may be true in one sense, but incredibly inaccurate in another. People commuting may not distinguish between road dangers, and at least in the City of Pittsburgh, road dangers include not only bicyclists who don't ride predictably and in accordance with laws, but also the drivers who text, run red lights, ignore lanes, and don't use turn signals, in addition to the pedestrians who aren't paying attention to their surroundings.
Assault and battery is no way to respond to illegal acts on the road...we've seen that with driver-to-driver road rage where people have been severely injured or killed. The same extends to driver-to-bicycle (or, bicycle-to-driver) road rage, and pedestrians as well. Everyone has a right to be on the road and with that comes a responsibility to respect that fact, despite the reality that some people don't take that responsibility seriously.
Does a sausage mcmuffin rise to the level of assault? A big mac, maybe, quarter pounder for sure, but a sausage mcmuffin?
Given the levels of sodium and grease, the mcmuffin definitely qualifies for "a salt and buttery" attack.
...but only if it landed in the victim's mouth and was ingested, right? Otherwise its a dermatological matter I think. That grease is bad for the skin.
You can pepper your case with all the puns in the world, but you'll never make that buttery charge stick.
Are you egging us on, Lyle?
He's just being a ham. Maybe we should stop grilling him.
enough already, don't make me use my salt and pepper spray
RubberFactory, I really liked your grapple post.
Yeah, I guess this thread is pretty much a big misteak.
Well, if it is, I'd like a big one.
@Lyle - I'd be surprised if it wasn't butter. In fact, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
Wow...this thread is really on a roll.
it just gets wurst and wurst
C'mon, let's not act like a bunch of brats...
Cheez, guys, can't you do better than that?
what? isn't this gouda enough for you?
it should have stopped at "a salt and buttery". i haven't mustard up the courage to follow up on that one
i can hardly catsup with where this is going
When it comes to this sort of discourse, some of us are upper crust, while others are just sitting on their buns.
My apologies, I just couldn't kelp myself.
Hey, at yeast you rose to the occasion...
I dunno, I'm about ready to baguette.
D'ough!
How much longer can we endurian this?
I really didn't knead this.
Breadful, just breadful.
'Till the end of thyme itself.
Well, it's half-pasta noon now...
Appropriate, because this board is saucier than usual.
The end of thyme? I hope we get there soon, 'cause Armageddon sick of this...
Maybe it was something you ate?
Dunno...I can barley recall the menu at this point.
Another bit of inspiration from our hero...
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/rnr/2029853894.html
The Bicycle Bully Strikes Again (My cage)
My brother and I have been going around the Oakland, shadyside, Bloomfield area with wire
cutters...snapping spokes on any bikes we find parked outside. We will never be caught, you will never stop us.
I also spit on another cyclist yesterday evening on Forbes ave and Craig st...brown jeans, long blonde hair...I spit a nice size hawker
Right on his back HAHA!
Bringing street justice to the pavement of Pittsburgh since 86'
Yours truly,
The Bicycle Bully.
Wow, gone already, and the previous post says "Posted 8 minutes ago", which might've been a couple minutes ago, but only a couple.
Well, at least we know what to look for now. Idiot's just made it easier for us to track him down.
I don't know what's more funny, this ass clown or some of the responses to him. This one is my favorite.
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/rnr/2029973693.html
Some people really need to get out of their parent's basements.
Even better. Now we have a possible description. All we need is a license plate number.
Some people really need to get a life.
That post is gone, too. If we really want to nab these people, or have a hope at it, we need to preserve the evidence.
Ok....if the guy posts again, whoever finds it needs to print off the posts, I guess.
What I'd love to see is the guy accidentally snip the spokes of a PGH police bike. That would be a scene to watch.
There is no way to nab them unless you get police to subpoena the poster's information from craigslist. If you do that, it shouldn't make any difference if it was flagged or deleted by the user. I don't know if they said enough in their post, or if you need an actual victim that was assaulted as described in the posts on craigslist?
@88MS88 if you still have that in your browser cache, can you cross-post it here? Do a few "back"s &/or if Firefox, History / Recently Closed Tabs.
The post 88MS88 linked was some joke. It contained no real description unless this guy actually dresses up like a superhero (and in that case, it should be pretty easy to locate him).
Has anyone even heard of spokes being snipped, or per the original post, anyone been hit by a mcmuffin? It's entirely possible this is completely fabricated B.S. generated by this diseased Morlock at his keyboard.
I vote that it's BS.
I've been hit with foutain drinks and caffe. I have had near misses. I have had my bike vandalized.
Mostly last century, of course. These things don't happen -AS MUCH- anymore.
But don't doubt that they do happen.
Lost summer I was riding through Finleyville and something hit a telephone pole near me. It was some time before I realized that it was likely aimed at me.
I didn't post here about it. I did not report it to the police.
The guy posting might or might not be doing this stuff, but the lack of reports here means little.
I am more than a little worried that seeing it posted on CL or here or wherever will inspire some troll to actually go out and do it.
Sorry all, I left the house and I have my browser set to delete all history/cookies. Sounds like dwillen read the response post, it was hilarious and clearly sarcasm. I usually assume that most of what these people on R&R have to say is complete bs.