Comments on: Short, slow women (or how I learned to hate pedestrians) http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/ Because illogic is a lifestyle choice. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BigCol http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-81 BigCol Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:12:52 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=4#comment-81 <p>patience me lad, patience</p> patience me lad, patience

]]> By: andy http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-13 andy Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:57:38 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=4#comment-13 <p>I tend to think that the middle lane is one of the left lanes. And thus, I'm left. Then again, I tend to drive continually in the right lane since it seems that no one in Sydney ever actually does the speed limit. Too slow.</p> I tend to think that the middle lane is one of the left lanes. And thus, I’m left.
Then again, I tend to drive continually in the right lane since it seems that no one in Sydney ever actually does the speed limit. Too slow.

]]> By: Michael http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Michael Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:54:47 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=4#comment-10 <p>I'd add to your gripe the whole thing of staying in the middle lane on the M4. Grrrrr.</p> <p>I was talking to someone recently who justified this by saying that faster cars like to pass on the left these days, so it's safer to just stay in the middle lane... scary thing is, it's probably true now... but wouldn't be the case if peolpe KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING!</p> I’d add to your gripe the whole thing of staying in the middle lane on the M4. Grrrrr.

I was talking to someone recently who justified this by saying that faster cars like to pass on the left these days, so it’s safer to just stay in the middle lane… scary thing is, it’s probably true now… but wouldn’t be the case if peolpe KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING!

]]> By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6 RodeoClown Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:19:24 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=4#comment-6 <p>Youngling is such a terrible word. We have a perfectly serviceable equivallent in common usage - Children.</p> <p>(Although the term definitely works better in this context than in Star Wars III...)</p> Youngling is such a terrible word. We have a perfectly serviceable equivallent in common usage – Children.

(Although the term definitely works better in this context than in Star Wars III…)

]]> By: andy http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2005/07/30-days-of-writing-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5 andy Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=4#comment-5 <p>So apparently something's been irritating you these past couple o' hours me ole shipmate?</p> <p>Now I have to take the slightly more sympatico position here by saying: I like to stop on elevators. The reason? Because I can move by not moving. That saves me energy for the rest of my walk. Elevators exist to allow us to move without moving. If we weren't meant to stop on them, God wouldn't have made them move. They'd just be stairs.</p> <p>Let us be clear though. Not moving to the left to stand...? That's just rude.</p> <p>Ooohh... and while we're on the subject it concerns me greatly the number of young hoodlums who come flying down the stairs at North Sydney station when I'm idly walking up them with my nose buried in a book. I will die one day and if it's because I was hit by a young lad whilst not watching where I was going, shall blame society and the youngling's parents.</p> <p>That is all.</p> So apparently something’s been irritating you these past couple o’ hours me ole shipmate?

Now I have to take the slightly more sympatico position here by saying: I like to stop on elevators. The reason? Because I can move by not moving. That saves me energy for the rest of my walk. Elevators exist to allow us to move without moving. If we weren’t meant to stop on them, God wouldn’t have made them move. They’d just be stairs.

Let us be clear though. Not moving to the left to stand…? That’s just rude.

Ooohh… and while we’re on the subject it concerns me greatly the number of young hoodlums who come flying down the stairs at North Sydney station when I’m idly walking up them with my nose buried in a book. I will die one day and if it’s because I was hit by a young lad whilst not watching where I was going, shall blame society and the youngling’s parents.

That is all.

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