You People

[Biciclista]

So the other day, my dear spouse is riding down the road in his full gear, raincoat, hat, reflectors all over him. He is on a 4 lane road and the light changes. A cyclist in front of him goes through the light but he stops in the right lane. A motorist comes up beside him and screams at him "You people ought to obey the f#@%#$% law" My husband is stunned, responds, "Sir, I stopped at the light!" and the motorist says "him" and points to the guy disappearing down the road....

My husband (fortunately ) didn't say another word.....:(

[Zen]

We all know each other :D

[lph]

Ooh, let me play!

He could have screamed back: "Yes! You people should!!"

And if the motorist said "Huh? Who, me?", he could have pointed down the road and said "No, him."

That would have made a nicely bizarre kind of Monty Python sketch.

[oxysback]

The easiest way to get me riled up is for someone to start a sentance with 'you people.'

[jobob]

Ooh, let me play!

He could have screamed back: "Yes! You people should!!"

And if the motorist said "Huh? Who, me?", he could have pointed down the road and said "No, him."

That would have made a nicely bizarre kind of Monty Python sketch.

That is beautiful. Simply beautiful. :cool:

[Trekhawk]

Ooh, let me play!

He could have screamed back: "Yes! You people should!!"

And if the motorist said "Huh? Who, me?", he could have pointed down the road and said "No, him."

That would have made a nicely bizarre kind of Monty Python sketch.

Snort!
Thanks for starting my day with a big laugh.:D

[OakLeaf]

lph, for the win! ding-ding-ding

[the abbreviation will forever stand for something else, to me - showing my age on the internets]

[Biciclista]

what abbreviation, Oakleaf?

[lph]

wha... LPH? According to the free dictionary it can stand for a whole lotta interesting things, such as:

LED Print Head
Landing Platform/Helicopter
Amphibious Assault Ship (someone didn't quite get the hang of acronyms here)
Lost Pet Hotline
...and my favourite:
Lepidoptera of the Philippines

But more mundanely, it's just my initials, used everywhere at work.

[OakLeaf]

no, no, For The Win.

Nowadays 99 times out of 100, when you see FTW on the 'net, that's what they mean.

I'm used to seeing it on tattoos and stickers. Where TW still stands for The World in some subcultures and F stands for what F usually stands for when you have to abbreviate it. :rolleyes: When I first learned it, decades ago, TW stood for The War...

[Crankin]

Oh, good, someone else remembers that.
Maybe that's why the nice policeman on the Boston Common asked me if my mother knew I was hanging out down there (it was on my t shirt)
Yea, I still can't believe I have a child in the military...

[Zen]

When I was in the army, FTA was quite popular and probably still is

But what game show does "for the win" come from? Hollywood Squares? Somehow I picture John Davidson saying it.

[Mr. Bloom]

The easiest way to get me riled up is for someone to start a sentance with 'you people.'

Ironically, in the South, that's become a derogatory phrase. No one seeking to be taken seriously would use it.

[PscyclePath]

Ironically, in the South, that's become a derogatory phrase. No one seeking to be taken seriously would use it.


What Mr. S said... Down here in Dixie, any speech that starts off with "You people..." means somebody's getting their butts chewed out six ways from Sunday.

But then again, starting off with "Y'all..." has a much nicer impact ;-)

[bikerchic]

Well this is a funny thread, don't know why it tickled my funny bone. The topper was seeing the poster "PscyclePath" that made me LOL!:D

Cool name!

[IvonaDestroi]

That happened to me once with a cop, and I GOT THE TICKET!!! My friends had run the light, and quickly passed through her little 'zone' or whatever, but BECAUSE I stopped for the light it left me behind and I was the one she got.

She absolutely swore I had done it, but... ummm.... duh... if I had run the light with them I wouldn't be a mile behind everyone else now would I??? She made a couple statements that pretty much made me part of the group, regardless of what my individual actions were.

Lesson learned: Run the red lights with everyone else or the cops will get you :eek:

But seriously, WHY on Earth do people feel the need to group us together all the time?

[girlonbike]

Lesson learned: Run the red lights with everyone else or the cops will get you

Expirienced lesson:D