Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
Yes, like my friends with the $30,000 motorcycles. A beast which you sit upon for hours and get no exercise at all!
That's so true. The weekend before last, DH and i went out to watch the 24 hr mountain bike challenge here - had 3000 riders - totally awesome. When i got into work Mon, one person asked me what i did on the weekend. I told them, and said how great it was, how everyone had a great time, no one was drunk, there was no littering, everyone was friendly... told them it was totally awesome

Whoa, silly me. Got back this barrage about how stupid people are who put all that energy into a 24hr race and how they could be doing something "useful" with their lives like building schools for aborigines! (dont get me wrong, i do think that building schools for children is useful, but there are a lot of people out there who could be doing that instead of say drinking themselves stupid in pubs!)

Then went on to say "it's no different to bathurst" (a 1000km V8 car race held here every year). Had been pretty tolerant to that point, but couldnt resist saying "yeah, but these guys use their bodies as fuel instead of polluting the environment"

I was totally amazed that someone could find a 24hr bike race offensive????? It was held in the bush, and she didnt even know it was on.

So i just live and learn.... not to share exciting weekend bike stories with that person again

And try to remember, when someone's reaction is way out of proportion, it's gunna be about something else!