Things you see out and about and wonder why? Just why?

The lampost litter bins. More specifically the people who kick them off the post. Why? Is is a test of (wo)manliness? Oh you’re so hard you can break some plastic.
Knob/fud.

I actually do like anodised stuff, as you say it adds colour and a bit of uniqueness to say its yours.

Sorry @squirrelking – My brain is addled today from lack of sleep. All makes sense now. About the only thing that does today tbh

equally pointless ano’d stuff on our bikes.

Err….shiny 😀

I came to see ‘who dog poo bags are hanging in trees?’

But there are millions of things.

Such as:

– Why does a certain brand of old lady person sit still in stony silence with their family? Handbag tightly clutched on lap in front of them. What does that handbag represent? And at what point in their life did it appear?

– Why do posh crisps need to have super-thick plastic bags if middle-class people are supposed to like less pollution?

– Why do angry fighting-talk young men from the SE wobble their neck back and forth? ‘You faaaaaaaaaaakinWOT?’

– Why do (non-emergency) drivers risk lives on roads just in order to overtake other cars?

– why do some British people think that bicycles are a ‘status symbol’ when Britain is a nation of car-drivers?

– Why is beige bland food so attractive to us Brits?

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Black man ‘not dressed for climate’ searched by Met police

I love it when someone uses a word to sound cleverer than they are, but in doing so demonstrates how stupid they are. Weather. They meant weather, not climate

* argh. Don’t know what happened there

‘Why do people leave dog poo bags hanging in trees?’

Why indeed.

I love it when someone uses a word to sound cleverer than they are, but in doing so demonstrates how stupid they are. Weather. They meant weather, not climate

They may well mean ‘climate’. Which demonstrates possibly far more (less) than mere stupidity on their part.

Parents who teach their young kids that the correct way to cross the road without getting flattened is to dash across in between traffic, normally about 50 yards from a pedestrian crossing.

Sometimes a hand is being held, sometimes the kid is just running along as the advance party.

Darwinism, I guess.

See also, parents who think the best way to cross a busy road is to dangle the front half of an occupied pushchair off the kerb.

What @richmtb said. Seeing it more and more in remote areas now too!?

Car drivers who think it is a child’s duty not to get hit, rather than their own duty to drive in a way that doesn’t endanger others.

*Wrong thread

Why do posh crisps need to have super-thick plastic bags if middle-class people are supposed to like less pollution?

Ah now then, I had a very nice bag of crisps in the pub this lunchtime. They were in a very stout packet. Turned out it was cellophane and hence compostable.

Dog poo on public parks/playing fields, still waiting to see the dragons den pitch for a combined dog toilet/children’s play area/sports event space, certainly seems to be a lot of local demand. (That’s right dragons we can combine lots of thing people enjoy – picnics, play, sports and letting your dog shit where it’s somebody else’s problem)

Fences around goats, used to go down a narrow path with a goat field on one side, all the goats used to stand on the posts and assess the edibility of your bike, helmet, rucksack and jacket as you went by.

Ah now then, I had a very nice bag of crisps in the pub this lunchtime. They were in a very stout packet. Turned out it was cellophane and hence compostable.

Seems that we are oddly synchronised in the moment. Shortly after I wrote that (in the pub at lunchtime), I turned my thick (now empty) bag of Woodland Mushroom and Wild Garlic (I kid not)-flavoured crisps only to read exactly that.

Being the happily classless oik that I am – I missed not only the ‘compostable’ label, but also the comment edit window 😋

Oh mine were just cheese ‘n’ onion. But superior ones.

why do some British people think that bicycles are a ‘status symbol’ when Britain is a nation of car-drivers?

Eh. This doesn’t make sense. Who GaS what the rest of the pop think?

Car drivers who think it is a child’s duty not to get hit, rather than their own duty to drive in a way that doesn’t endanger others.

Totally agree with this. But unfortunately….

Parents who teach their young kids that the correct way to cross the road without getting flattened is to dash across in between traffic, normally about 50 yards from a pedestrian crossing.

Sometimes a hand is being held, sometimes the kid is just running along as the advance party.

Darwinism, I guess.

See also, parents who think the best way to cross a busy road is to dangle the front half of an occupied pushchair off the kerb.

Some cretin driver will always come along and explain why it’s always the pedestrians’ fault.

I bagged & pocketed a dog doo once, in a pair of “cargo” shorts. I forgot to bin it. For a fortnight.

@funkmasterp no worries, I know exactly how it feels!

And yes, shiny shiny!

I’ve seen people dumping whole McDonald’s meal wrappers out of their cars when parked in alayby, then driving off.

While out on a ride the other side of Bath once, a car went past, windows down and crap dance music playing, a half-empty can of fizzy liquid sugar came flying out of the window and landed in the gutter in front of me.

I think the stupid little tit who lobbed it intended it to hit me, but wasn’t smart enough to allow for the speed of the car. Anyway, in front of them was a tractor, so I picked up the can, rode up behind them, as they clearly hadn’t realised they were now going slower than I was, got alongside them, said to the muppet in the front passenger seat ‘ hey, I think you dropped something, dumped the can into his lap, spraying drink all over him, and rode off past the tractor and turned off down a byway a bit further on. There were loud shouts from the wet, sticky occupants behind me… 😈

Quite funny throwing fag ends back in too!😆

Why do (non-emergency) drivers risk lives on roads just in order to overtake other cars?

If you are risking lives then you shouldn’t be overtaking. Being able to overtake safely is an essential skill for rural roads, it doesn’t have to endanger anyone.

Cars with their fog lights on when it’s not been foggy for months …. also see ‘cars with fog lights on in traffic’ and ‘cars with fog lights on when it may be vaguely misty but visibility is still way more than 100 yards’.

Kids that take up smoking/vaping.

People that put in a new drive but don’t get a drop-curb put in.

Parking on the pavement and not leaving enough space for anyone to actually use it.

Not giving way when entering the motorway – I know you have to give way in France but in the UK if there’s no room on the road you’re joining you’re supposed to stop, not barge your way in and cause everyone else a problem because you’ve made a lorry hit the brakes when you cut it up.

The whole ‘which is the right way to have a cream tea’ thing. I’m a Cornishman and I’m very much jam first, but I really couldn’t care less which way you do yours. Whipped cream instead of clotted is just plain wrong.

People who sit in traffic with foot on the brake. Then don’t even start the moving off procedure until the car in front has pulled away.

Dog turd bags at all, especially in the countryside. Just kick it into the bushes and something will eat it. I bet there is some mega factory in the 3rd world making nothing but these poxy little bags.

Or chuck it in the road and the local BMW driver will run over it.

Re the fizzy can above. A mates girl friend (many years ago) hated car borne litterers. I have seen her chuck half a bag of chips back through an open window and half a giant milk shake. In both cases she was careful enough not to wrap it up or ensure there was a lid on! A lit fag end was amusing as well.

People who wear big thick coats despite it being baking hot outside.

You been to Germany in the spring?

Was 20°C today. Strolling around in shorts and t-shirt as most any Brit would. So many folks with winter coats as well as kids wrapped up under many layers made me feel sick.

Why do posh crisps need to have super-thick plastic bags if middle-class people are supposed to like less pollution?

– Why do (non-emergency) drivers risk lives on roads just in order to overtake other cars?

3rd world countries need super thick plastic bags to keep cockroaches and rats out. So when they dont sell here they can be shipped out to where people cant stand squid crisps any more

cos slow drivers wont pay for keeping evryone else in 2nd/3rd gear all day

If you’ve spent the best part of a grand on a Canada Goose jacket you need to get the wear out of it.

I don’t understand why people buy Canada Goose coats that are designed for extremely cold climates, then wear them in the UK.

People who sit in traffic with foot on the brake. Then don’t even start the moving off procedure until the car in front has pulled away.

Why would you want to start moving before the car in front has pulled away? Unless you mean drivers that take ages to put the car into 1st gear and pull away.

Why would you want to start moving before the car in front has pulled away? Unless you mean drivers that take ages to put the car into 1st gear and pull away.

Yes I’m a bit bemused by this one too. Oh and as for sitting with foot on brake, this one annoyed me for years before getting a car with auto hold. I then realised that when your car is using auto hold the brake lights are on even if your foot is not on the brake pedal. It annoys me no end because now I’m one of those people.

People who adjust their heating room thermostat when the weather gets cold. What job do you think your thermostat is meant to do?

People who get in their climate controlled car on a cold morning and turn the climate thermostat up to full. Again wtaf?

People who drive around with all their windows misted up and the hvac turned off, constantly wiping the windows with the back of a brown driving glove.

Diagonal road crossing

Dry Robes…. when clearly just popping to the shop when it’s dry, even worse when paired with Crocs (and socks)

See the above but add the extra spice of a camo dryrobe with pink lining.
Oh forgot to mention and wearing it while snowboarding!
Why!

People who get in their climate controlled car on a cold morning and turn the climate thermostat up to full. Again wtaf?

Surely you mean weather?

You been to Germany in the spring?

Was 20°C today. Strolling around in shorts and t-shirt as most any Brit would. So many folks with winter coats as well as kids wrapped up under many layers made me feel sick.

Ha! Had the same experience in Barcelona a few years ago. Beautiful spring evening, out for a stroll wearing shorts and t-shirt before dinner and all the locals hurrying past wrapped up in their winter finest.

yoof’s with their hands permanently wedged in the groin of their scabby sports direct lonsdale sweat pants.
1.0 Ltr vauxhall corsas with a drain pipe for an exhaust
roadworks with no bugger working on them for weeks on end.

not barge your way in and cause everyone else a problem because you’ve made a lorry hit the brakes when you cut it up.

While it’s ultimately the responsibility of the person joining, you can make their lives easier by just giving them some space, y’know?

Diagonal road crossing

Eh? what wrong with that?

slowoldman

Why would you want to start moving before the car in front has pulled away? Unless you mean drivers that take ages to put the car into 1st gear and pull away.

Yes I’m a bit bemused by this one too. Oh and as for sitting with foot on brake, this one annoyed me for years before getting a car with auto hold. I then realised that when your car is using auto hold the brake lights are on even if your foot is not on the brake pedal. It annoys me no end because now I’m one of those people.

I was going to post this same explanation – the auto hold in my car keeps the brake lights on and the ‘brake’ symbol on the dash is green, rather than red.

You can stop being one of ‘those people’ by just flicking the brake on when you know you are going to be stopped for a while & the brake lights will go off.

People that put in a new drive but don’t get a drop-curb put in.

You need the council to do that. Good luck.

Dog turd bags at all, especially in the countryside. Just kick it into the bushes and something will eat it. I bet there is some mega factory in the 3rd world making nothing but these poxy little bags.

The woods and pavements round me would be coated in crap if that was the way. Leave no trace means that, if you don’t want to take it with you bring a trowel.

Surely you mean weather?

Car with weather control? That’s a convertible surely?

Not giving way when entering the motorway – I know you have to give way in France but in the UK if there’s no room on the road you’re joining you’re supposed to stop, not barge your way in and cause everyone else a problem because you’ve made a lorry hit the brakes when you cut it up.

Add to this, drivers that are so useless or unaware, that they can’t make their car go at the same speed as the traffic they are joining. It’s really not hard, there’s no excuse to enter a motorway at 50mph if lane 1 is travelling at 56mph

I worked with a lad who complained bitterly about lorries not letting him on, no matter how much I explained that they’re not obliged to, and you have no way of knowing whether there’s anything alongside them on the other side. Junction 7 of the M5 northbound, too – it’s a really long sliproad.

Mind you, he was one of the stupidest and least pleasant people I ever worked with.