Re: Are you out there Mr Parris?


"Clive George" <clive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13q1rjvea4u011e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"burtthebike" <burtthebike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:sT5oj.19765$3m6.49@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Clive George" <clive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13q1a1ko9riqse4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Sir Jeremy" <pete.aron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e67b715e-46c9-41d0-825a-a8096dbb506c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Simple! according to the previous post, if you're laughing you must be a motorist.

That's good. So even if I cycled there, I'm a motorist. Glad that's settled then.

I wonder how one stops being a motorist. Is it when one gets out of a car? A certain amount of time later? Obviously it's not when one relinquishes ownership of a car - there are plenty of examples of motorists in cars not their own. How about it being if you've got a driving licence? Except that covers pretty much everybody, including lots of people who have and ride bikes.

Same questions for cycling - ownership? riding? Actually riding the thing? If I've driven to a cycling event, in the time between getting out of the car and getting on the bike, when did the invisible transmutation happen converting me from motorist to cyclist? If I was grumpy from having been in traffic jams, but was made happier later by the act of freely riding a bike, would I have been a cyclist while in the car, but a motorist while on the bike?

I wonder if "Sir Jeremy" will stop spouting such nonsense...


Doesn't seem likely Clive. Neither common sense nor silly replies have had that effect yet.

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