Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

(This comment interprets horn blowing. My own interpretation is found
below.)

Horn Blowing: Interpreting the Message.

If someone honks a horn at you, the meaning is all in the duration. A
really brief "Bip!" means "Hi!" or "Bye!" A moderately short beep
means, "I just want you to realize I'm here." Somewhere between a
second and maybe two seconds means, "I'm here and I am annoyed at your
heedlessness." Over two seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at you,
JERK!" Longer than three seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at this
whole situation! And I am frustrated that I can't do anything more
effective than sit here and blow my horn. Boy am I
frustrated!" (Usually employed in traffic jams to make people around
you even more frustrated too.)

Repeated honks are either repetitions of the above (sorted by blast
duration) or monotone musical "Hellos" if done in cadence with known
tunes like "Shave and a haircut: two bits!" (Meant to be friendly.)

http://www.dahon.com/forum/index.php...&#entry37 361


Like I said somewhere else: most of the time the vehicle's blowing the
horn is equivalent to the lion's roar...

"Hey, this is my territory and you better get lost --or else I eat
you!"

And guess what the monkey riding the bike said... "Yes, you can eat my
banana!"

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.

I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles
usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except
for this post.

I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users
dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam?

If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do
you use this group with so much spam?

-Mike
mmeiser.com/blog

On Apr 28, 3:52*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote:
(This comment interprets horn blowing. My own interpretation is found
below.)

Horn Blowing: Interpreting the Message.

If someone honks a horn at you, the meaning is all in the duration. A
really brief "Bip!" means "Hi!" or "Bye!" A moderately short beep
means, "I just want you to realize I'm here." Somewhere between a
second and maybe two seconds means, "I'm here and I am annoyed at your
heedlessness." Over two seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at you,
JERK!" Longer than three seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at this
whole situation! And I am frustrated that I can't do anything more
effective than sit here and blow my horn. Boy am I
frustrated!" (Usually employed in traffic jams to make people around
you even more frustrated too.)

Repeated honks are either repetitions of the above (sorted by blast
duration) or monotone musical "Hellos" if done in cadence with known
tunes like "Shave and a haircut: two bits!" (Meant to be friendly.)

http://www.dahon.com/forum/index.php...0&gopid=37361&...

Like I said somewhere else: most of the time the vehicle's blowing the
horn is equivalent to the lion's roar...

"Hey, this is my territory and you better get lost --or else I eat
you!"

And guess what the monkey riding the bike said... "Yes, you can eat my
banana!"

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLEhttp://webspawner.com/users/donquijote

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.

I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles
usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except
for this post.

I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users
dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam?

If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do
you use this group with so much spam?

-Mike
mmeiser.com/blog

Don't use Google. I use news.datemas.de which filters out most spam.

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.

I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles
usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam
except
for this post.

I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual
users
dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam?

If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and
how do
you use this group with so much spam?

Up to a few weeks ago, r.b.m and r.b.r. were good newsgroups.

Now we are awash with spam and silly posts. Some regulars have
become discouraged.

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

ZBicyclist wrote:
mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.

I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles
usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam
except
for this post.

I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual
users
dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam?

If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and
how do
you use this group with so much spam?

Up to a few weeks ago, r.b.m and r.b.r. were good newsgroups.

Now we are awash with spam and silly posts. Some regulars have
become discouraged.

A news feed that filters most of the spam solves the problem.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

I equipped my truck with a triple horn that sounds a lot like the ones
used by the race official's cars in the TdF. Cyclists recognize it as a
friendly acknowledgement regardless of how long I hold it :-3).

Of course, when tooting at cyclists I always wait until I've passed or
am approaching, so's not to startle them.

- -
Compliments of:
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net

My website:
http://geocities.com/czcorner

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

From: (Tom*Sherman)

A news feed that filters most of the spam
solves the problem.

Could you recommend one?

- -
Compliments of:
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net

My website:
http://geocities.com/czcorner

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

It's Chris wrote:
From: (Tom Sherman)

A news feed that filters most of the spam
solves the problem.

Could you recommend one?

http://news2.motzarella.org/.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

On Apr 28, 8:01*pm, mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.

I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles
usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except
for this post.

I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users
dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam?

If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do
you use this group with so much spam?

-Mike
mmeiser.com/blog

So I guess you don't use the horn to mark territory. Funny, dogs mark
territory be peeing all over. I hope it doesn't catch on with the SUV
drivers. ;)

Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
 

On Apr 28, 6:20 pm, Gunner Asch wrote:

I wonder how that translates to bicycle bells?

Chuckle


Bicycle bells vs. car's horn amount to this: The lion roars and the
bicycle answers back...meaow.

It's a kind of behavior signalling submission. "Ding, ding, ding"...