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|    Tom to the Beach Cruiser Philosopher    |
|    Re: Do you consider honking nagging or a    |
|    20 Jan 12 19:00:26    |
      21bb7efe       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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