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Todays country walk with the kids was spoilt in the end.
Picture the scene. I'm out walking with the kids and they are collecting daffodils to give to the local old peoples home.
Some snob on a bike (a tandem to make matters worse!!) has the nerve to tell my kids off for picking wild flowers!
Understandably annoyed I tell this pompous idiot to do one. How dare he tell my kids off for picking flowers that are in abundance at this time of year. It's not like they are an endangered species now is it!!
The middle class snobby idiot starts sticking his oar in so I tell him to get back on his tandem and piss off!!
He then has the cheek to tell me I'm setting a bad example to my children!! He has no idea I work two jobs and look after three kids all on my own. Little johnny is predicted straight A's in his gcse's, he will be the first family member to go to university.
Their dad had died 6 months ago and some of the flowers were going on his grave.
Some people should really mind their own business and keep their snobby middle class opinions to themselves.
Rubbish.
1/10 - must try harder.
Take a saw to them next time.
hah i bet it was the 40% income tax that was really annoying the cyclist or the fact that the trail had nt been gritted.
I did hear him moaning to his wife about the state of the footpath......
Troll.
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Wasn't bunnyhop then due to one small detail.
What's "snobby" got to do with it?
I understand you disagree with the guy, but aren't wild flowers (what with being wild and all) everybody's business?
Ah I see.
Blimey, that's a huge thread. I can probably get the gist from the first 5 posts (generally the case when a thread goes to 3 pages).
This?
I'm out walking with the kids and they are collecting daffodils to give to the local old peoples home.
Or this?
Their dad had died 6 months ago and some of the flowers were going on his grave.
Have you had a sex change? Or where you a gay couple with adopted children? If the latter i am truly sorry for your loss.
1/10 - Even the other side of the event wasn't that bad!
If some weirdo approached my kids and started talking to them rather than me, I'd do the same. Most decent folk understand you don't start conversations with others' kids, no excuses, so you're right to be concerned.
Most importantly, hope the kids are ok. They all get a lot of direction at school these days on how to avoid dangerous situations with strangers, but you never know till it happens. Lucky you were with them.
You did well to keep so calm in front of the kids. If they then went on to try to tell me that they know how to parent better... Well, just shows that they weren't all there in the head.
Did they have any distinguishing features? You should mention it to the other parents in the village, they might have approached some other kids. Worth being vigilant from now on.
avoid dangerous situations with strangers
- 'Hey kid get on the tandem I'm a friend of your mum'
- 'No and I don't care how many puppies you have'
If some weirdo approached my kids and started talking to them rather than me, I'd do the same
Whoah, hold it right there.
Why can't I talk to kids? Are they second class citizens or something and I have to go through their handler to obtain permission?
If some weirdo approached my kids and started talking to them rather than me, I'd do the same. Most decent folk understand you don't start conversations with others' kids, no excuses, so you're right to be concerned.
Most importantly, hope the kids are ok. They all get a lot of direction at school these days on how to avoid dangerous situations with strangers, but you never know till it happens. Lucky you were with them.
You did well to keep so calm in front of the kids. If they then went on to try to tell me that they know how to parent better... Well, just shows that they weren't all there in the head.
Did they have any distinguishing features? You should mention it to the other parents in the village, they might have approached some other kids. Worth being vigilant from now on.
WTF if that crap is serious You're a complete mentalist.
Three threads in his/her history now to say Kudos can't cope with other people being right.
If some weirdo approached my kids and started talking to them rather than me, I'd do the sameWhoah, hold it right there.
Why can't I talk to kids? Are they second class citizens or something and I have to go through their handler to obtain permission?
+1
loum, are you on crack or have you simply overdosed heavily on Daily Mail paedo-paranoia? If that's your genuinely held opinion on the matter then it's both quite disturbing and rather sad.
If some weirdo approached my kids and started talking to them rather than me, I'd do the same. Most decent folk understand you don't start conversations with others' kids, no excuses, so you're right to be concerned.
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Whilst riding home yesterday morning I spoke to a child of about 4-5 years old who was riding his bike in the park. Asked him if he wanted to race back towards where his parents were. Naturally he won (I was very tired and had run out of gels some time previous 😉 ). Brightened up my morning and I hope added a little to the kids morning too.
The parents didn't seem to love it though as i got a very disapproving look, they obviously shared the view that it was better to teach the kid that all adults should be treated with fear and suspicion.
Whoah, hold it right there.Why can't I talk to kids? Are they second class citizens or something and I have to go through their handler to obtain permission?
Stranger danger and let's face it - you are a bit strange
just saying like 🙂
Stranger danger and let's face it - you are a bit strange
+1
Seeing as this is an open forum and you've asked that people keep their opinions to themselves... I think you're mental and that your kids should be taken into care.
Was I the only one to see Loums post as satire?
Hilarious how many have missed the point. 10/10 dear boy.
TJ, no you weren't
[hippy mode]Leave the flowers alone dude![/hippy mode]
So you've got to be middle class to look after flowers and the working class wreck everything.
PS Did you have permission to pick the flowers ?
love the bit about disgusting features, brilliant
Fair play for saying something, I would have done the same.
Just like when I saw some kids chucking stones at ducks...
Was I the only one to see Loums post as satire?
That, and surely this whole thread is just an 'ol fashioned STW switcheroo?
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Three threads in his/her history now to say Kudos can't cope with other people being right.
Good to see your career in irony is continuing with great success
daffodilgate 😯
Phil Collins knows the score..
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I have to go through their handler to obtain permission?
Yes, IME.
After stepping in front of my supermarket trolley which she saw coming, small child jumped aside: "Sorry".
Me, without thinking, as I passed, in a neutral tone of voice:"Well, don't do it then".
Result - confronted five minutes later by the father who threatened to punch my lights out.
I was later advised by someone who was also a parent, after relating the tale, that it wasn't up to me to instruct someone else's child - that's the parent's job.
Me, without thinking, as I passed, in a neutral tone of voice:"Well, don't do it then".Result - confronted five minutes later by the father who threatened to punch my lights out.
This zero tolerance for smartarses thing has got me worried.
[i]Result - confronted five minutes later by the father who threatened to punch my lights out.[/i]
Quality parenting. Poor child hasn't got a hope.
Quality parenting. Poor child hasn't got a hope.
I see what you're saying but I'm not so sure.. I think some kids might benefit more from a fiercely protective father than they might perhaps from a deferential or scathingly judgemental one.. the child could even bloom in it's environment..
I like to think that had I been the parent I would have used the opportunity as a nature lesson, perhaps attempting to study the anti-social woppits unfriendly bluster more closely.. maybe provoking it further with some good natured jeering.. the way a teacher might provoke an ant with a twig, to demonstrate it's aggression to the class..
Why can't I talk to kids?
Because it means you are definitely absolutely a child-molesting paedo and deserve to be killed to death many many times in a public place, after which the rest of your family should be humiliated and banished to the hills.
Not that people in this country are paranoid at all.
Ideally, all children should be kept in a windowless cellar until the age of 40 just in case exposure to 'the real world' causes them to have to learn how to deal with things.
[i]I think some kids might benefit more from a fiercely protective father [/i]\
a 'fiercely protective father' wouldn't let their child wander off in a supermarket. This one just sounds a thug.
I was later advised by someone who was also a parent, after relating the tale, that it wasn't up to me to instruct someone else's child - that's the parent's job.
Clearly they weren't doing it very well then
This one just sounds a thug.
certainly a little over zealous.. 😀
Can somebody please think of the flowers!
Quite a few daffodils species are protected by law regardless of their abundance and you are breaking said law if you pick them. Really, they are.
Back to the OP: what the hell does class have to do with it, other than the huge chip on your shoulder?
Quite a few daffodils species are protected by law regardless of their abundance and you are breaking said law if you pick them. Really, they are.
Which is why it's always a good idea to get small innocent children to pick them whilst you're out of sight ... everyone assumes they're too young to know better, and you get some lovely flowers for the kitchen table or wherever ...
Sounds like the middle class paedo wasn't wanting his grooming ground disturbed, probably picks them himself to aid his devious tactics. The middle class paedo is the master tactition due to have a better education.
Has there been any news on when the forums self-awareness filter will be fixed? I hope its soon. Things are getting a bit out of hand
Ah, the song that's only irony is that none of the examples listed are ironic.
It's so hard to tell how this conversation went from just hearing one person's recounting of how it went. It's perfectly possible that you totally over-reacted and the guy then got angry 'cause of your attitude. Or it's obviously possible that the guy was just a knob.
FWIW, I think you were out of order picking the daffodils. Didn't realise that alone made me middle class.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/picking-flowers-in-the-countryside-middle-class-rant/page/5
got a feeling this is a load of crap.. or your both on here ranting!!
perhaps one is true and the other a riposte to the original story 💡
As for not approaching kids FFS give over. However it does work /look better if you are with your own kids.
I got shouted at for pushing a child on a swing as there were three swings and my kids were on the other two.
the mother accused me of being a weirdo and said there was no reason [ and I quote] to HELP
I asked if she had considered moving to the South as she seemed more suited to their ways 😉
When a 'grown up' uses the word 'snobby' it immediately makes me think they are a total idiot.
oh dear me.
Not sure how class comes into any of this either, rather confusing.
If any of you see little crankbrat being a git please tell him off . If you see him in danger or just needing a pointer in the right direction please help him . Engage him in conversation at the risk of your own sanity but not my violence .
Reminds me of a story Tony Coleman recounted in one of the Hospital Records podcasts. He was playing in S Korea and took his wife and baby over with him, walking down the street and was amazed at people coming over to look at/talk about the baby. Definitely one of our more stupid cultural things.
I saw a little boy (4/5) dressed as a pirate walking along with his dad. Gave him a 'Garrrrrggghh' as I walked passed (plus pirate face - can't make the noise properly without it). Kid thought it was funny, dad looked at me like I'd just offered an Indecent Proposal *shrugs*.