Retards On Roads
Today, I was driving towards Adyar signal from the Adyar Depot side and was on the left side of the road slowing down for the left turn. There was this short dark chap that was walking well away from the pedestrian area of the road and refused to get out of my way. I went straight at him and he eventually moved away but at the last second he hit me on the chest and continued walking. What the hell?
I wasn’t going to let that pass so I kicked out the bike’s side stand, left the bike (engine still running) and ran after him. He didn’t expect that and so didn’t see me coming. I shoved him hard from behind and he stumbled a bit and ran away across the road before I could do anything else. As I walked back to the bike I could see him cross the road again further away, smiling to himself. What a nutcase! I should have punched his face in.
He is your friend!!
February 20th, 2008 at 1:32 am
If only ragha was with you ..
February 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am
marc…this in incredible India!!!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Damn, my only regret is I missed the action!!
February 20th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
What a crackpot! These people make this place such a pain, fortunately I don’t encounter too many because I don’t ride a two-wheeler.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
ROFL!!! i laughed all noon in the class on this one.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
It just struck me. I would be so tempted to get on the (still running) bike and drive off.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
That man probably is telling everyone at home about how a nut case came up behind him, and hit him. After getting off a (still running) bike.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
And if the traffic policemen had caught you then they would have scooped you up for obstructing traffic even if some other fellow comes in the wrong direction, hits you and gets away. Don’t run hitting back at people, they are bad, bad people out there. Use some blood curdling choicest ‘green’ words, instead.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Sanchan, if Ragha were with me this would have never happened. He would have rammed into the dude right in the beginning.
harish, yes it is.
Karthik, pick your own fights. Don’t be a spectator.
George, inside a car you are anonymous and invincible. And you can totally scare people since the car can do some serious damage if it hits them. Yes someone could have possibly gone off on my bike but the people who do things like that do not hang out at Adyar signal.
Sundar, quite unlikely. I doubt he even has a home. Looked like a drunkard.
Arun, the signal was red and remained red until I got back. Don’t be a wuss. They hit me, I hit back. They bring more people, I buy a handgun. I will escalate things.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
I tell you, you just need to avoid the embarrassment. It’s not worth it. I’ve gotten myself into troubles that needed someone to bail me out.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
So you will buy a handgun ? ROFL.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Ya laughing at me? Brace yourself foo’! I gonna cap your ass soon as I get ma piece.
Arun, that’s just you. I can take care of myself. If it gets ugly I will call Ragha.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I’m pretty sure you can’t just get a handgun. Careful though, getting into such a fight will go every way but yours because you’re the one with the everything to lose. You can win, but if they trash your bike, it ain’t worth it.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Ah, yes taking on people who have nothing and hence nothing to lose is always risky business.
Like getting into a brawl with people in your college who have more arrears than days in a month. Both of you will be dismissed. Only it won’t affect that guy in any way.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
‘Dismissed’? You mean ‘expelled’.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
No man, if you get in a brawl you get to talk trash about a young girl, that’s what he meant.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
No George, ‘talking to girls too much’ is not the bone of contention here.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Cheap shot! Bastard, it wasn’t such a bad joke that it deserved such retribution.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
You forgot to tell about the punch you got on your face from that guy!!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 am
George, you asked for it.
Gowtham, I was wearing a helmet.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Ha ha ha ha!! You got punched ? Ok, this makes my day!! You conveniently left that out of the post didn’t you ? Now I am doubting the authenticity of your other claims as well.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Obviously Gowtham was kidding. How would he know what happened. Try to keep up.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Besides, Marc’s famed ‘upper body strength’ would lay waste to any who would dare oppose him, helmet or not.
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Sure. Comes in useful when rescuing damsels in distress like Amrita.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:56 am
All this is nothing when compared to one stupid act of Marc made me fall down in the roads of egmore. And nothing happened to anyone including me, except the road got a bit damaged. I want Marc to post about it in detail later…
February 24th, 2008 at 9:44 am
But Marc, didn’t the guy hit you on your chest ? How come you felt it then ? Oh, you must have seen him hitting I guess
February 24th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Gah Marc, cheap shot. I hates you so much now.
February 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Karthik, when did I say I didn’t feel anything? You really are having trouble following this discussion, aren’t you?
George, once more you asked for it.