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to make a little sign for this woman?

862 replies

TandB · 15/04/2011 09:00

I have ranted on a previous occasion about the morning rat-run through our village so very quick summary:

Single track roads - short-cut to city - I am apparently only person who needs to go opposite direction during rush-hour - majority of people coming the other way clearly think I am unreasonable for driving through my own village and glare and head-shake at me - I am cross.

Obviously it is the holidays now, so the school run traffic is missing which makes life much easier. However, there is one woman who I see every single time. She drives very fast on a narrow, twisty road with several blind bends so I finish up crawling around corners in case she comes hurtling the other way. She flatly refuses to back up even a couple of feet to the nearest passing space, and she makes no attempt to move over so that both cars can pass without scraping through the hedge. So I finish up reversing to the next passing space with her driving about 6 inches off my front bumper with a face like thunder, and then as soon as the road widens at all, she squeezes past, glaring at me all the time and shaking her head.

Bearing in mind the following:

  1. I live here and have as much right to leave the village as she does to cut through it.

  2. I drive a very small car which causes minimal obstruction.

  3. I don't drive dangerously fast.

  4. I am the one reversing and getting off the road.

would I be unreasonable to make a little sign saying "The next time you shake your head at me will be the last time I reverse for you. I can sit here all day - how about you?"

Would probably be unreasonable to add "cowbag" at the end, I suppose.

OP posts:
HecateQueenOfTheNight · 01/05/2011 07:56

yeah? It sounded dripping with sarcasm to me.

gripping story, should be a book, can't wait for next week...

TheWestCoastLotus · 01/05/2011 05:30

Lucy - don't worry. Mistakes happen, especially if you're new to MN.
One piece of advice, though - don't post on AIBU (Am I Being Unreasonable). Just... don't .
Wine?

boosmummie · 01/05/2011 01:37

Marking place. Have cried so hard with laughter that I have just woken DD3 up Grin

LucyLasticNeeGrumbler · 01/05/2011 00:51
Blush
OnesDigitusPrimusMagicalis · 01/05/2011 00:40

Lucy - the Biscuit was originally set up to be used as a "no comment" type of thing - all down to Gordon Brown's response when asked what his favourite biscuit was in an MN webchat.
Now we tend to use it whenever there is a suggestion that things might not be all they seem - e.g. a poster will just post a Biscuit if they think the OP is a troll, or that the OP is one that has been done to death a squillion times before and it always ends in a predictable ruck and will do so again, that kind of thing.

Of course sometimes some posters do actually use it as a biscuit, but normally within the context of offering someone a Biscuit, otherwise it's seen as a sign of cynicism.

[csmile]

LucyLasticNeeGrumbler · 01/05/2011 00:25

I thought the Biscuit was a biscuit - I've obviously missed something.

Sorry if I have unwittingly offended someone - if anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful

(in my defence I think I have been on MN for about 2 days in an attempt to find something to take my mind off raging hormones so maybe I'm being a bit dense. I think I was just proud of myself to have figured out how to make little icons appear...)

OnesDigitusPrimusMagicalis · 30/04/2011 23:57

Hec, are you assuming that the [cbiscuit] was a suggestion of trollery? cos the poster being as new as she is might not have realised the full import of the biscuit emoticon...
Rest of her post didn't sound all that disbelieving but I agree it could be read either way [cconfused]

coffeewhitenosugar · 30/04/2011 22:59

Totally agree - you have to do it! I know a farmer who did it - a tourist refused to reverse, so he turned off the tractor and got out, the other driver called out to ask him what he was doing and he replied he was going home for lunch - and he did!!! how about a newspaper and a flask of coffee? Put your feet up on the dashboard and enjoy! Grin

Finallyspring · 30/04/2011 22:37

What ? What's occuring on this thread ? Did I miss some troll hunting ? Confused

LaWeaselIsOupaLaDouffe · 30/04/2011 22:33

RUN PANDA RUN!!

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 30/04/2011 22:28

Nah. Your rite of passage is when we break into your house at 2 am, kidnap you, blinfold you and lead you to a softplay, where we forcefeed you greggs and fruitshoots and make you listen to james blunt.

or is that your initiation? Hmm

anyway.

We're coming for you.

Original poster
TandB · 30/04/2011 21:27

HecateQueenOfTheNight Sat 30-Apr-11 20:13:51
The OP has been a regular poster for over a year in the current name alone, maybe a previous name before that.

Someone thinks I am a troll? Wow. I missed that. That has never happened before. Is it some kind of MN rite of passage?

Has it really been over a year, Hec? Scary stuff! I only had one name before btw - it was terribly dull and I namechanged after a couple of weeks if I remember rightly.

OP posts:
ManateeEquineOhara · 30/04/2011 21:09

I have only just found this thread but shall now be closely watching! Until recently I kept my horse on a lane that was access only and before 9.30am from one end it was supposed to be no access at all. But on numerous occasions I have had fuckwitted driver incidents with the horses and when driving myself. Once I was leading my horse up the lane before 9.30 - a moron came through from the end where there is supposed to be no access, and started revving behind me, yelling, threatening etc, it was quite horrid.

I am all for anything that sends a message - printed or otherwise - to such fuckwits.

Bagpusstree · 30/04/2011 21:09

"Ride now! Ride for ruin and the worlds ending!"

So so funny...... I have snorted out tea from my nose.

ilythia · 30/04/2011 20:23

'Go! Go! Brave defender of the downtrodden reversers'

See, I get all busy with work and studying and stuff and I miss this thread!

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 30/04/2011 20:13

The OP has been a regular poster for over a year in the current name alone, maybe a previous name before that.

Grumbler · 30/04/2011 19:35

Absolutely fantastic story so far - gripping - a real tale of courage and honour, with a real life hero and everything. Someone should write a book...

Can't wait for next week

[cbiscuit]

OnesDigitusPrimusMagicalis · 30/04/2011 15:06

Hurrah for the timely tractor appearance and making the cowbag reverse! Hurrah for Panda too - don't at all blame you for the big grin, I'd have been exactly the same! [cgrin]

TwoIfBySea · 29/04/2011 01:20

If I do this now [csmile] then I'll be able to keep up with developments!

This kind of thing bugs the bejesus out of me! Dts2 friend lives up a private, very narrow, very bumpy country road. One birthday I was taking him to friend's house, heading uphill. Next thing this car appears and starts to reverse. Giving it enough space and now with a car (full of more party-goers) behind me I continue knowing there is a drive this other car can get in to a wee bit up the hill.

We get to the drive, now the other car has made a huge mess of basically reversing in a straight line. Car stops and out gets passenger, one of those nervy looking older bird-like women - all cat's bum face. She then nips at me to go in to the drive, not an easy manoeuvre for me but she is obviously furious at them having to back up like that. I explain the whole "person going up hill has right of way" and she starts freaking out.

So in we go, I can see she's upset the driver (her daughter/grand-daughter/female relative) so no point in hanging about making matters worse. She goes to the other car which then has to pull in behind me to let them past!

When we get to friend's house me and other mother are shaking heads in bemusement at this woman. Turns out she was the kid's grandmother!!! Poor kid's mother was mortified and we're all "no no doesn't matter, just funny!"

Eep!

HerHighnessTheWestCoastLotus · 29/04/2011 00:26

[cgrin]

JazzieJeff · 28/04/2011 20:27

SB6699 that is fantastic Grin Grin Grin

This thread is fab! I feel really geed up now, like I could just go and make a load of people reverse angrily up a country lane right this instant! It's terribly life afirming! MN classic for sure!

sb6699 · 28/04/2011 19:13

Cant believe I just found this!

PMSL at the MN'ing farmer Grin

I had a passing place right outside my old house. When I came across a guy in a transit who refused to reverse 10ft to said pp, I got out of the car and walked into the house. As soon as he saw me open the gate and realised I lived there he soon got moving!

olderandwider · 28/04/2011 19:12

Kungfupandda - Grin

Grockle · 28/04/2011 19:04

Hooray!

TheOriginalFAB · 28/04/2011 18:27

I am going to nominate this for classics right now. [cgrin]

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