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    The Princess gets Confrontational

    I don't often have problems with motorists. Usually I assume their poor driving is a lack of attention or carelessness, not meanly intended.

    Five minutes into my ride today an SUV passes me, a kid leans out the passenger window and laughs through a megaphone. I don't know what came over me, but I gave him the bird. Maybe becuase there was no way this was not meanly intended. He hollers, "F... you!" through the megaphone. I yelled back a bit of anatomy.

    Then I decide I'm going to catch the little turkey. I shift into my big ring and I'm flying down the road at 27 miles an hour. And I'm not warmed up, my poor knees. I caught up to them at the second light. There are a couple of teenagers in the car. And I get their attention.

    "Yo, dude! What's up with the horn?" I hollered across the car between us.

    The kid leans out, "Ahhh... it's my megaphone."

    'So, why did you yell at me through it?"

    He mutters something.

    "I'm sorry, I didn't hear that."

    He says, "I like to be loud."

    I tell him, "Well that's great, but yelling at a cyclist like that could really freak them out."

    "I'm sorry." he replies.

    The light turns green and they drive off.

    I'll probably be known as the b*tch who yelled at him at the light now.

    V.
    Last edited by Veronica; 10-10-2006 at 04:28 PM.
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