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  • February 9, 2012 at 3:54 pm #935975
    americancyclo
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    sweet. Can’t wait to be run over.

    February 9, 2012 at 4:27 pm #935977
    eminva
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    @americancyclo 14555 wrote:

    sweet. Can’t wait to be run over.

    If you read the comments below the comic, it appears there are some who would love to do it . . . yikes.

    Liz

    February 9, 2012 at 4:58 pm #935979
    Tim Kelley
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    WashCycle posted it this morning too. Check out their discussion: http://www.thewashcycle.com/2012/02/and-thats-why-i-try-to-run-them-over.html#comments

    February 9, 2012 at 5:15 pm #935981
    Greenbelt
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    Tony Kornheiser tried this sort of humor a few years ago too. So if you are run over, your survivors can sue Mr. Pastis for damages as well.

    February 9, 2012 at 5:48 pm #935983
    jabberwocky
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    You guys are taking a comic strip a bit too seriously.

    February 9, 2012 at 5:56 pm #935987
    PotomacCyclist
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    @jabberwocky 14566 wrote:

    You guys are taking a comic strip a bit too seriously.

    The experience of being near aggressive/careless drivers riding in thousands of pounds of metal will do that to a cyclist.

    P.S. Not all drivers are aggressive. Only a few are, but there are enough to make one nervous about this sort of attitude.

    February 9, 2012 at 6:00 pm #935989
    jabberwocky
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    @PotomacCyclist 14570 wrote:

    The experience of being near aggressive/careless drivers riding in thousands of pounds of metal will do that to a cyclist.

    I was deliberately hit by a jackass in a rental car this morning and spent my first half hour at work talking to fairfax PD. I still say you guys are taking a comic strip too seriously.

    February 9, 2012 at 6:43 pm #935992
    Subby
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    @jabberwocky 14572 wrote:

    I was deliberately hit by a jackass in a rental car this morning and spent my first half hour at work talking to fairfax PD. I still say you guys are taking a comic strip too seriously.

    Ugh that blows. Hope everything is ok.

    February 9, 2012 at 11:47 pm #936017
    PotomacCyclist
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    @jabberwocky 14572 wrote:

    I was deliberately hit by a jackass in a rental car this morning and spent my first half hour at work talking to fairfax PD. I still say you guys are taking a comic strip too seriously.

    Still not convinced, especially after seeing some of the comments on the comic strip, and other apoplectic comments on other articles. I don’t care if someone dislikes cyclists. I don’t like all cyclists myself. But it’s another matter to be letting forth a battle cry against all cyclists. Unfortunately there are some people in real life who sound just like that cat character. And it only takes a momentary lapse of judgment for a driver to do real damage out on the roads.

    Will this comic strip make me stop cycling? Of course not. But I can’t deny that I have a problem with the strip and the comments in support of running over cyclists.

    February 9, 2012 at 11:49 pm #936018
    jabberwocky
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    @PotomacCyclist 14603 wrote:

    Still not convinced, especially after seeing some of the comments on the comic strip, and other apoplectic comments on other articles.

    Pretty much any article on a major news site dealing with cycling (positively or negatively) will be littered with comments like that. I don’t even bother reading them anymore.

    February 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm #936066
    MCL1981
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    Sadly there are a great number of cyclists who make this comic reality. With a bike lane or a huge shoulder… riding in the middle of the road… I ride 150 miles per week, and those people make ME want to run them over too.

    January 14, 2013 at 1:58 pm #959840
    Overtone
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    Yesterday’s Pearls Before Swine is amusing. It introduces the Pyramid of Humanity…

    http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2013/01/13

    J

    January 14, 2013 at 3:37 pm #959852
    Terpfan
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    @Overtone 40476 wrote:

    Yesterday’s Pearls Before Swine is amusing. It introduces the Pyramid of Humanity…

    http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2013/01/13

    J

    A coworker posted the orignial of that one on my door before I got in today. I had a good laugh out of it.

    SCUM! hahaha.

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