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My local off-road loop ends with a fairly steep climb up a lane. Coming as it does at the end of the ride I'm usually toast and very often I stick it in a low gear and just twiddle up the lane.
Said lane is quite popular with the locals for a stroll or a dog walk and inevitably while I'm winching up the hill one of them will be coming the other way. Most of them nod or smile or say hello but quite often one of them will utter the immortal words
[i]Not far now[/i]
or
[i]Nearly there[/i]
I've ridden up this hill literally thousands of times. I now how far it is to the top. I know I'm nearly there.
What would be your response? 🙂
I've had yer mam.
Go & piss up a rope.
Or if it's the Vicar;
Go away quickly.
But honestly, I just usually lie and say thanks.
"The jerk store called, they're running out of you."
What would be your response?
A smile and "I know" 😕
Why be a clever sod when people are only being nice?
the jerk store called, they're running out of you
😆
Not far now
or
Nearly there
"Yes it is, I live in Bournemouth and I'm lost"
Whatever you don't quote any awful Seinfeld at them.
Why be a clever sod when people are only being nice?
Hear, hear!
I'd probably go with the radical and contentious: *smile*, "yep thank god!", or similar. Spread the happiness. 🙂
Why be a clever sod when people are only being nice?
I was thinking that.
How about 'Yeh I know but I'm really unfit, I should be trying harder but I just can't be bothered. Maybe one day I'll be fit enough to sprint up the last hill home.'
"I know, tenth lap today!"
Why be a clever sod when people are only being nice?
+1
'which way is london?'
'is there a pub at the top?'
'is there a pub at the top?'
A lot of years ago, my dad and I were on a [s]march[/s] walk, as usual he was well ahead on a hill and I was lagging behind. A couple were coming the other way, noticed what was happening and offered encouragement. 'Not far to the chippy at the top!'
You have never seen a second wind with such ferocity, I shot up this hill, dreaming of what I was going to have at the top, and just as I caught my dad, we reached the top. Was there a chippy there? The crushing disappointment inside me (rather than hot fish and chips) suggested not.
Bastards.
Whenever I've been on family walks and we've met a cyclist gurning their way up a hill we're strolling down I've always found a cheerful;
"Keep going! You're nearly half way up!"
gets a baffled look followed by a slightly defeated lowering of the shoulders so I'd go for just using body language as a response.
Throw the bike down and get them in a headlock.
Any chance of a push?
tell em you're [s]running[/s] riding away from the zombie apocolypse at hte bottom of the hill!
He wanted a Witty reply, not a clever sod reply, so it would be win win with everyone a tiny bit more cheerful that day ?
Yep, he said witty reply, not hostile.
"get your bike, join me, it's fun!"
"live long and prosper"
"winnie the pooh" - say it in a Spanish accent