Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?

On May 1, 9:31*am, Pat wrote:
On May 1, 8:50*am, ComandanteBanana wrote:





On Apr 30, 9:06*pm, Pat wrote:

On Apr 30, 6:55*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote:

On Apr 30, 11:27*am, Pat wrote:

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!"

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I've heard of people talking to themselves but not posting to
themselves. *You need to adjust your meds or something. *You've made
2/3 (11 of 17) of all posts in this thread with multiple cases in
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Well, I'm chatting with my copycat, ComandanteApe****, about bull and
horns.

And what are doing here if you don't ride a bike and you hate cyclists?- Hide quoted text -

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I guess the better question is: what are YOU doing here because you
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That's one of the problems with living in the boondocks: Your brain
usually slows down until you get a sort of mental retardation. I call
it the "boondocks syndrome," and it manifests by either being
indifferent to the outside world, or making stupid comments about
something that you don't care about. For example, WHAT DO YOU CARE
ABOUT URBAN PLANNING IF YOU LIVE IN THE BOONDOCKS?

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Like usual, you are completely wrong. *I live in the boondocks because
it's a great place to live. *But I work in urban planning and
community development. *

No wonder urban planning is so wrong. Designed by people who live in
the boondocks and hate bikes.

Why don't you change your career to raising goats or cows?

On May 1, 11:57 am, CommandanteApe****
wrote:
I guess the better question is: what are YOU doing here because
you don't have anything to do with urban planning.

You assume that CommandanteBananasForBrains has the remotest awareness
of the newsgroups he's crossposting everything to.

Why should Britons care about your boondocks, anyway?

Because that's the one that sets the policies for America. Not
civilized people from NYC, Boston or even LA, where alternative
transportation is important.

And when people live in the boondocks and cars are necessary... THE
WAR BECOMES NECESSARY TOO.

Originally Posted by chipcom
"Well I guess you just ain't got the cute butt that I got or don't
wrap it up in all that nice tight spandex.
Some guys honk because they might be gay, other guys honk as a warning
to stay away from their wives, daughters, girlfriends and mothers,
some honk because of they think I'm a gal and obviously FREAKIN BLIND
AS BATS!"

Well, modesty apart, I've got a nice butt, but it doesn't show because
I don't use spandex.

So it must good-ol'-fashioned bullying. Bulls that use their horns as
means of intimidation...

PS: Is that why in this lycra group people don't get honked at? "Nice
ass, fellow traveller!"

ComandanteBanana wrote:
On Apr 30, 12:07 pm, Don Whybrow wrote:
ComandanteBanana wrote:
As soon as the lion finds out that it's only a wimpy gazzelle...
Are you related to Eric Cantona by any chance?

Introduce me, please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTq6aApCBnA

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

The media finally figured out that their "paying customers"
(i.e. advertisers) don't WANT an intelligent, thoughtful
audience. And they no longer have one." (Rich Tietjens)

(I'm quoting here an interesting dialog with the original poster that
interprets the use of the horn)

"I can not subscribe to the Us versus Them Lions vs. Sheep analogy
wholeheartedly since few of us are only cyclists or drivers. But I
will admit that there are those out there who are not about to be more
courteous drivers around cyclists unless they are confronted by many
more cyclists on the road and strong peer and legal pressures to be
careful passing them all or careful in how they startle with their
angry horns.

But we are only talking about the horn blowers who lean on their horns
or startle us with bad timing of horn blows; don't forget that there
are many who just use their horns to alert or say hi without adding
the hostility aspect."


I'd only ask you,

Who surround themselves with statues of lions, lion's emblems, and
lion's family crests?

Yes, pretty much the same ones who buy SUVs and then...

"One major problem of SUVs is that some drivers tend to contract SUV
invincibility syndrome, which manifests itself by aggressive behavior.
Infected individuals mistakenly reason that the sheer size of the
vehicle suddenly makes them supreme road worriers. In other words some
mild mannered women who drive SUVs become aggressive chicks with
dicks, and a few normal guys who drive SUVs become über dick heads."
http://www.phaster.com/road_trips/su...they_suck.html

Yep, the lion has to do with the vehicle you ride, though there are
exceptions to the rule. And some of us --myself included-- use cars,
but not more than what we need. We are the monkeys...

And horns and roars of any kind are not welcome.

ComandanteBanana wrote:
[..]
And horns and roars of any kind are not welcome.

Nor is excessive and inappropriate cross-posting.

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

On May 4, 12:42*pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
ComandanteBanana wrote:
[..]
And horns and roars of any kind are not welcome.

Nor is excessive and inappropriate cross-posting.

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

Sorry but the posts are "on subject"...

QUOTE(Keith C. Johns @ May 5 2008, 12:10 AM)
"But this thread is about ALL uses of the horn, not just by aggressive
drivers, and horn blows ARE used by good drivers as part of good
driving technique when used to alert others of their presence, and
other polite uses already mentioned. And it is useful to be able to
interpret the meaning behind these horn sounds and not get angry when
the message was not intended to be unfriendly. If you just assume that
any horn blow is mean spirited, you will probably be misinterpreting
many of these and possibly create conflicts with an aggressive
response. Better to realize that all horn blows are not bad, even
including some by drivers of FSUVs."


Well, I see some rare instances where blowing the horn may become
necessary, but I don't see the need to use to give so many different
messages that riders would have to decipher. When you are concentrated
in your thing, or tired from riding, you don't need to be guessing
people's intentions. And chances are you'll feel intimidated when you
have several tons of steel next to you...

Wouldn't it better to educate the drivers NOT to blow the horn at
cyclists?

On May 4, 12:42 pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
ComandanteBanana wrote:
[..]
And horns and roars of any kind are not welcome.

Nor is excessive and inappropriate cross-posting.


Nor constant whining. "Banana" needs to find another occupation.

- Frank Krygowski

Frank Krygowski wrote:
On May 4, 12:42 pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
ComandanteBanana wrote:
[..]
And horns and roars of any kind are not welcome.
Nor is excessive and inappropriate cross-posting.


Nor constant whining. "Banana" needs to find another occupation.

he could try, oooooh... /cycling/? No, better not, it's apparently far
too dangerous with all the minefields, machine gun nests etc.

Pete.
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