Being yelled at in the street by strangers

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Seems to happen to me quite frequently. Why do people do this?

Most recently, while on my bike at traffic lights a car full of youths started getting lairy:

"Get a car it's quicker!"
"And while you're there get a haircut."

My unspoken response to the first was "Not in Brighton it's not." ZING
To the second I was tempted to ask them where I might be able to find this intriguing barber/garage fusion. But out of fear of becoming a statistic I didnae.

Upt0eleven, Friday, 19 October 2007 09:25 (eighteen years ago)

Sometimes people shout stuff from cars, I hear.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 19 October 2007 09:26 (eighteen years ago)

there was this bald bloke in an orange cagoule on a bike once and we shouted "Oi! Tango!" at him we was laughin

Noodle Vague, Friday, 19 October 2007 09:30 (eighteen years ago)

I bet he was cryin

Upt0eleven, Friday, 19 October 2007 09:36 (eighteen years ago)

People can be cruel and spineless.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 19 October 2007 09:39 (eighteen years ago)

Dude. You don't need to point that out on ILX.

g-kit, Friday, 19 October 2007 10:15 (eighteen years ago)

There is the comforting fact that the shouters are much more likely to become statistics, sooner or later.

Soukesian, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)

GOLDEN GRAHAMS

Mr. Que, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:21 (eighteen years ago)

There is the comforting fact that the shouters are much more likely to become statistics, sooner or later.

OTM. Teenagers borrowing their parent's car and then driving around shouting at people? I just ignore it. It'll catch up with them eventually - they'll take the piss out of the wrong person and get beaten up by a gang or something. If they're lucky they'll learn sooner. Like the time I saw some kids in a car shouting at a guy, but the car got stuck in traffic and the man just went up to them, pulled out some keys... SKKKRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE "try explaining that to your dad"

snoball, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:34 (eighteen years ago)

Nice one!

Soukesian, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

once a very small boy with a tearstained face appeared at my front door and shouted, 'I HATES PEOPLE I DO, I HATES EVERYONE...EXCEPT FOR YOU AND MY MUM', then my neighbour, who was babysitting him, appeared and took him back to her house. i was flattered to be on his shortlist after such a short acquaintance, i suspect he was a charmer.

estela, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

very small boy otm

Noodle Vague, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:47 (eighteen years ago)

he was adorable.

estela, Friday, 19 October 2007 11:56 (eighteen years ago)

Ha, I got shouted at by some kids in car which then had to stop at the lights, the looks on their faces as I caught up with them was priceless.

Matt, Friday, 19 October 2007 12:26 (eighteen years ago)

The best being shouted at in the street I can remember is a smallish child who decided to yell "Hail Caesar!" at the top of his lungs at me and a mate, as I was trying to convince said mate that ormskirk was an odd place at the time it was quite helpful.

Matt, Friday, 19 October 2007 12:31 (eighteen years ago)

I used to work in a school. One time I was walking past the main building when one of the kids stuck his head out of a second floor window and said "oi wanker!". I looked up and he just went "er, alright then mate..." before ducking back inside with a classic "oh shit I'm in trouble" look on his face.

snoball, Friday, 19 October 2007 12:48 (eighteen years ago)

Funny, it's never adorable kiddies that that I see yelling at random strangers uptown after dark.

Soukesian, Friday, 19 October 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

C: "I'm a Ninja in my Caddie."
D: "Moby, I give you rimjob!"

Nubbelverbrennung, Friday, 19 October 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)

"Oi, Harry Potter!"

"Are you a Gary boy?!"

snoball, Friday, 19 October 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)


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