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   Message 61,584 of 62,757   
   Tom to the Beach Cruiser Philosopher   
   Re: Do you consider honking nagging or a   
   20 Jan 12 19:00:26   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tc@comcast.net   
      
   On 1/20/12 5:24 PM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:   
   > Drivers argue that they are giving you a "friendly warning" with the   
   > horn, as if we didn't know cars are next to us, and in time, driver   
   > after driver, make it nagging, something that tempts you to stop and   
   > face them. Sometimes I do, but it's not very smart. They think you are   
   > stupid and that makes me mad. But maybe they are stupid and honking is   
   > their most primal reflex to make noise. They do not understand, don't   
   > want to understand, that you are there because you have no wings.   
   > That's a humoristic approach I follow. I tell them or signal them, "I   
   > got no wings!" Acting like chicken flapping their wings should get the   
   > point to their primitive minds. Forget about making sense. "Sharing   
   > the road" with drivers doesn't make sense, doesn't mean a thing   
   > actually. The lane you are riding on is all yours.   
   >   
   > On the other hand, I some times think that we are under direct attack   
   > from drivers. They are using the horn for INTIMIDATION. That's an   
   > attack and that's bad.   
   >   
   > The interpretation of "honking the horn" is something that has to with   
   > the interpretation of jungle language. We got to try sign language.   
   > Please refrain from the finger.   
   >   
      
   first law of the jungle Dont Pull The Lions tail especially when hes   
   behind the wheel of that big SUV   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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