Got Flipped off Today
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From: San Antonio Texas
My wife and I don't cuss. Well, I do a little, but not in front of family.
Over the last 30 years or so, we never cussed in front of our family. I am very proud to say that I have never heard either of my sons cuss.
As an aside, when I was 13, and my sister was like 1.5 or 2, she mumbled something when she was in her high chair. We were all having dinner. We finally decided she was saying: "son of a itch." (She learned that from my father and his brothers, who would cuss only among themselves. They did not realize how a toddler learns so quickly. I still laugh about that, 50 years later.
Ed
Over the last 30 years or so, we never cussed in front of our family. I am very proud to say that I have never heard either of my sons cuss.
As an aside, when I was 13, and my sister was like 1.5 or 2, she mumbled something when she was in her high chair. We were all having dinner. We finally decided she was saying: "son of a itch." (She learned that from my father and his brothers, who would cuss only among themselves. They did not realize how a toddler learns so quickly. I still laugh about that, 50 years later.
Ed
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I used to work for a physician in Northern Va. We worked in Springfield, and he lived about 40 miles around the beltway in the Potomac area.
When people would cut him off on the beltway, he decided to stay calm, waive at them, and say: "See you in the emergency room." He says that it kept his blood pressure down. That does work.
Ed
When people would cut him off on the beltway, he decided to stay calm, waive at them, and say: "See you in the emergency room." He says that it kept his blood pressure down. That does work.
Ed
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Just best to ignore them. They think they are being cute, but some day someone will knock the cr*p out of them.
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From: Chicago Illinois
Dont worry about it. If you do they win. It is not personnal , they are just jerks that probably flipped off 5 more people today that they dont know. If someone flips me off I just smile and wave. That really gets them going!!!
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From: Salida Colorado
A similar thing happened to me the other day ...
I live in a very small town in the Colorado mountains (5K, closest mall is 100 miles away), while I was making a u-turn at a 4 way stop, u-turns are legal at intersections here, a guy at one of the stop signs yelled at me "learn to drive", then 2 teenage girls tell me "thats illegal". I wanted to follow him, and explain the finer points of Colorado motor vehicle law, but my wife was with me, and she convinced me to just let it go as well. I will catch him at the local watering hole one day and tell him what a moron he is
I live in a very small town in the Colorado mountains (5K, closest mall is 100 miles away), while I was making a u-turn at a 4 way stop, u-turns are legal at intersections here, a guy at one of the stop signs yelled at me "learn to drive", then 2 teenage girls tell me "thats illegal". I wanted to follow him, and explain the finer points of Colorado motor vehicle law, but my wife was with me, and she convinced me to just let it go as well. I will catch him at the local watering hole one day and tell him what a moron he is
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If I'm able, I usually yell at the dirtbags that I'm off duty law enforcement and would they like to pull over and discuss the matter further. Works like a charm every time. It's also funny to see the look on their faces when they pull up next to you at a stop sign, rev their little egg beater engines and ask if you want to race.
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If I'm able, I usually yell at the dirtbags that I'm off duty law enforcement and would they like to pull over and discuss the matter further. Works like a charm every time. It's also funny to see the look on their faces when they pull up next to you at a stop sign, rev their little egg beater engines and ask if you want to race.
That would even work for me, if yelled that at me.
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Don't normally have issues around here... most of the true ricers won't even look at me w/ the cam and the Borlas, the true car enthusiasts (import or domestic) normally give a nod, thumbs, or a verbal compliment.
A few weeks back I was riding w/ my gf to dinner and a car full of teenage girls decided to flash us. I'm 25 and the gf is 24... she wasn't overly amused, but now she knows I'm not blowing smoke when I tell her I get flashed once in awhile.
A few weeks back I was riding w/ my gf to dinner and a car full of teenage girls decided to flash us. I'm 25 and the gf is 24... she wasn't overly amused, but now she knows I'm not blowing smoke when I tell her I get flashed once in awhile.