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Offline Shadowofshoe

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My encounter with a Prius
« on: March 17, 2012, 11:37:23 AM »
 
      Well it's an absolutely beautiful day in Central Ohio today and I am riding home from work though a rather "tony" area called Upper Arlington. I hit 2 red lights and notice a rather pretty woman in a Prius to my right both times. At the second light she's smiling at me......then her rear window rolls down to unveil 3 quite cute( oldest maybe 6 yrs) smiling kids. Obviously the want to interact with the man on the m/c. So the conversation goes like this:

 Cute kids chorus: " Hiiiiii !!!
  Bike Guy:" Hi..how are you?"
 Cute kids : nervous hesitation
   Bike Guy: "Are you all enjoying the nice weather?"
   Cute kids : nervous hesitation
    Mom rolls her window down and replies in the affirmative.
   Boy closest to me: "Doing that is bad for the earth...riding a motorcycle!"
   Mom turns her head around laughing: "no its not." to the kid.
         Embarrassed all windows go up and we are laughing as we leave the light.

       Point is what are and who is brainwashing our children-that comment should not come out of a 6 yr old if I was dumping toxic waste on the road-many other things should be at the forefront of their mind at this point.???

      Mike 
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2012, 11:55:54 AM »
Ahhh... the Pious drivers.  ;D  Surrounded with all that plastic, made from petroleum... wearing some outfit, with poly in it, made from petroleum... cruising to McDonalds for the kids so they have a Happy Meal and play in the huge plastic PlayLand, made from petroleom.  LOL!!!  ;D  j/k

My 14 y/o daughter comes home from school sometimes with BS from her science teacher... I make her look the facts up, show her there are two sides to a coin, and not to believe everything that comes out of his mouth as gospel.  8)
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2012, 12:44:21 PM »
Well we have a Prius, and it is good to see that the woman was not a jerk like I know some Prius owners are. We have the car because it make sense for us financially, not because we are saving the planet.
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2012, 06:09:05 PM »
"Bike guy" should go home and get his RG500 smoker and ride wheelies past them...  ;)

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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 06:16:37 PM »
Well we have a Prius, and it is good to see that the woman was not a jerk like I know some Prius owners are. We have the car because it make sense for us financially, not because we are saving the planet.

+1. That's why I bought mine.  I drive a lot and wanted to save some money on gas so that I could pay for fuel for the C14.

And of course, I had to wade in on this one....  :)
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2012, 10:59:48 PM »
I saw a Prius a few months back with this plastered on the rear window:  "I'm not speeding, Officer.  The throttle's stuck!".  So some Prius owners have a sense of humor.
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2012, 06:59:38 AM »
My best friend lives in Fairfax, VA. PLENTY of stuck throttles in Prius Land.

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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 09:52:47 AM »
Prius. ::)
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Re: My encounter with a Prius
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 09:56:33 AM »
Ahhh... the Pious drivers.  ;D  Surrounded with all that plastic, made from petroleum... wearing some outfit, with poly in it, made from petroleum... cruising to McDonalds for the kids so they have a Happy Meal and play in the huge plastic PlayLand, made from petroleom.  LOL!!!  ;D  j/k

My 14 y/o daughter comes home from school sometimes with BS from her science teacher... I make her look the facts up, show her there are two sides to a coin, and not to believe everything that comes out of his mouth as gospel.  8)

But at least they feel better about their lifestyles destroying the environment. ;)
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