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[hector13]

Edinburgh has a lot of bike lanes.

Bike lanes that cross tram lines, too, so people get stuck in them sometimes. About all the good the trams do, anyway.

[Dunamisdeos]

I only ride my bike in the middle of the night, so noone is around to care. I often ride down the middle of the street.

[Rolan7]

We have special bike lanes here in Norway as well.

Everyone still cycles on the fucking sidewalk though, and helpfully pling their bells at you when you don't get out of their way quickly enough. Because heavens forbid they have to detour into the fucking bike lane to get around you...

They might just be alerting you to their presence...  I hope.
But as a formerly avid cyclist, I avoid riding on sidewalks when there are pedestrians using them.  I mostly did it at night, along a road with lots of parked cars (aka "door prizes", when people open their door without seeing you).

It's kinda a lose/lose since I'm either annoying pedestrians or drivers, so I guess I tend toward the legal option where the "victims" are in AC with a radio.  I try to make it easy to pass, too.

(Except during the civil disobedience rallies, heh, but that was a long time ago and very intentional.)

[Kagus]

Nah... Empty street, clear bike lane, walking two-by-two with girlfriend on sidewalk...

*PLING PLING*

Move to the right-hand side of sidewalk, cyclist breezes past with only mild irritation on their face. Right between us and the designated bike lane.


Some people are just eejits.

[Jopax]

On the other hand you had instances of cops parking on the bike lane and then fining bikers for not riding in the bike lane.

Also no pets or toddlers in the house so I either never brought them into the house or I somehow managed to unknowingly learn teleportation.

[Khan Boyzitbig]

Cats show remarkable skill at getting places that defy explanation. So it wouldn't be surprising if they can teleport in and relocate important stuff like keys or frozen chicken legs.

[Yoink]

We have special bike lanes here in Norway as well.

Everyone still cycles on the fucking sidewalk though, and helpfully pling their bells at you when you don't get out of their way quickly enough. Because heavens forbid they have to detour into the fucking bike lane to get around you...

Oh man I fukken hate cyclists who do this. Seems like most of them do around here.   
As if it isn't bad enough having all the lunatics speeding around on the roads in their four-wheeled death machines, now I have these assholes trying to ambush me from behind on their stupid two-wheeled bullshit and having the nerve to act indignant if I am not quick enough to make way for their royal pain-in-the-heinie-ness.

I can't hear your fukken bell.
My hearing is poor at the best of times, and if I want to listen to music via headphones while I'm out and about I'll be damned if I'll deprive myself of that pleasure for the sake of some pompous, bike-riding prick.


...Sorry. This is a topic that causes me a fair deal of stress, obviously, haha. I wish we would hurry up and replace private automobiles with more robust networks of public transport (in cities at least) so that bicycles could have the damn roads.
I do appreciate that they're more economical and better for health and everything, but having them and cars to deal with turns getting around the streets into a chaotic nightmare for all involved at times.

[Yoink]

Double post because WTF: holy shit.
I just realised, yesterday I posted a WTF about dog chews, then in one of my dreams last night, I unwillingly became a dog chew.

[KittyTac]

My phone autocorrects "lemon" to "Lenin".

[JoshuaFH]

My phone is possessed by Randy Marsh. It insists that whenever I type "Nagger", it auto-corrects to

[Reelya]

Chicken nugger

[Mech#4]

My phone autocorrects "lemon" to "Lenin".

Well, when life gives you Lenins...

[Reelya]

Make leningrad.

[bloop_bleep]

My phone autocorrects "lemon" to "Lenin".

Citrus fruit is uncommunist, comrade. How about some nice genocide instead?

[Mech#4]

My phone autocorrects "lemon" to "Lenin".

Citrus fruit is uncommunist, comrade. How about some nice genocide instead?

Geno-cider.

Eh, sounded better in my head.