@fongfong 52980 wrote:
Me: Old yet remarkably well preserved rider heading up the Custis Trail from key bridge toward my job in Ballston.
You: super-cool guy brandishing a whistle and not afraid to use it bombing down the wrong way on the one way street part of Lee Highway 29 on the other side of the concrete divider and then bombing back onto the sidewalk, narrowly missing …. well everyone and making sure that everyone knows you are coming at 25 mph. You look and sound like a cross between an English traffic policeman, the guy hailing cabs in front of the Four Seasons and that Flying Tomato guy.
We get it. You are a man not to be trifled with. And it excites us when you fly by, but only more so because of the whistling.
Ha! THAT guy… I entered him in the Book of Ninja Styles after he scared me witless one night:
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?1381-The-Random-Turn-The-Book-of-Ninja-Styles/page3&highlight=whistle
Ninjus Cyclus Bancheeus
This rare ninja rides in complete darkness until confronted with an oncoming cyclist or runner who has crossed the center line while overtaking. While remaining virtually invisible, this ninja will let loose a barrage of piercing blasts on a hand whistle in order to unsettle and perhaps disable the oncoming cyclist. This species should be considered rude and extremely dangerous and their whistle should be forcibly removed if sighted/heard.
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