Things that amuse you...

[anonymity]

Ha ha...
I have no memory of that.

Who was I replying to?


EDIT - re Bighoppa's post

[whymylegs]

was definitely amused the other day. skating a rail in london with a few people, a young guy cycles past and when right next to us turns and says angrily "fucking cunts skating shit's gay!". it was amazing as the dude was completely on his own while there was 8 of us, and he sounded so generally angry haha. guess he was annoyed at seeing a bunch of people having fun while he was out on his own

I had a similar thing a few weeks ago, I was skating back home from my girlfriends about 7:30 on a weekday morning and some bloke on his own in a van stopped at a set of lights just shouted 'Oi skateboard budddddddddddy' at me and drove of. I jumped out of my skin.

Another morning I was cycling back the same route and some scally teens tried to scare me off my bike by shouting and pretending to run in front of me. They walked off laughing. I saw which way they were going and turned around cycled up behind them and shouted back at them, they all jumped out of their skin and I cycled off laughing with them grumbling at me. Small victories.

[methamphetamine]

once i was walking to a spot with white mike off here and a bloke who neither of us recognised on a bike passed us. as he approached he looked at me dead in the fucking eye and said "do you really hate yourself that much?"

proper abuse that. the kind that really gets under your skin and makes you super insecure and paranoid. london hecklers aren't so abuse-savvy and it's disappointing.

[Mush]

I love doing stuff like that. One roll to the store near my old place and there were 3 lads on the pavement who heard me and turned to check out the rumbling noise.
I'm not particularly big so I guess on a board from a distance, I could be mistaken for a kid. I could see one of them looking like it was his turn to be the clever cunt and he turned fully around and starting moving left and right as though he was going to block me.
Needless to say I just kept to my line which was straight at him and fixed a stare at him (it can't be at all scary I promise you) and carried on pushing towards him.
I think the point when he clocked that I am a fully grown man who wasn't stopping and not some kid, that's about the point he changed his mind and moved out the way a bit sharpish.
VICTOR!

[grosa]

once i was walking to a spot with white mike off here and a bloke who neither of us recognised on a bike passed us. as he approached he looked at me dead in the fucking eye and said "do you really hate yourself that much?"

I'm definitely using that.

I'm not particularly big so I guess on a board from a distance, I could be mistaken for a kid.

I'm not particularly tall and I've had this loads of times, apparently having a 'dead man's shoes face' works wonders with scally cunts.

[Mush]

I must add that I am careful and try not to freak people but if they want to be dicks about it, fine, just go at 'em.
Do you find that when you have planned your route through somewhere or down a pavement and there are pedestrians, it is only when they freak out and think they should move out of your way, they actually move into your way?
Maybe a loudspeaker would help. "Pedestrian, stay the fuck where you are, do not deviate from your usual walking path. I am in control of this skateboard, there is no need for alarm".
This is what I think sets us aside from the stealthy cyclist, you don't hear them coming so there is nothing to fear. you might jump a little as they pass but that's your lot.

[grosa]

Autobahn filmers wheels for stealth.

[Les Zeppelin]

A guy was pushing his toddler around on a trike at the plaza once, whilst the heavy Cardiff hitters where sessioning a ledge. The guy seemed oblivious to this, Dylan Hughes asked him (pretty politely actually) to move and the guy told him 'how old are you?' and to 'grow up'.

How can you respond to that? I started to confront him, but he seemed more than keen to have a fist fight in front of his kid so I ignored him.

Nice guy.

[Load]

People start playing with balls as babies and toddlers and some grow up to earn half a million pounds a week doing it. Shouldn't they fucking grow up?

[Moose]

once i was walking to a spot with white mike off here and a bloke who neither of us recognised on a bike passed us. as he approached he looked at me dead in the fucking eye and said "do you really hate yourself that much?"

proper abuse that. the kind that really gets under your skin and makes you super insecure and paranoid. london hecklers aren't so abuse-savvy and it's disappointing.

Had a similar one once, not skating, just walking to the pub with a couple of mates. Some guy was walking with his young kid towards us, we move to the side to let him pass, still talking amongst ourselves. As he walked next to us he looked at my mate and said "Don't be a cunt all your life yeah?"

Still to this day have no idea why, or what we did to provoke that.

[Mush]

"I'm massive 8 yr old now kindly fuck off old stuff" - That's how I would argue with it.

[CondescendingRupert]

apparently having a 'dead man's shoes face' works wonders with scally cunts.

Getting mad creepy with a Kenny Everet face does not always work for me. If it does it's not in the way intended.

[buildafire]

the guy told him 'how old are you?' and to 'grow up'.

How can you respond to that?

"I'm in my thirties and I'm still playing on a skateboard. Do you really think I'm going to grow up?"

[voodoo]

I've got that thing robin williams had in the film jack, i'm only 10!!!