Mental image FTFY.

Left there, went to the bird and the baby, and it was very hot, so I had a pint of Hooky, and then we got the bus home and I finished off the tonic whilst watching the Family Guy.

You should have walked five minutes up the road to the Oak. They had plenty of Staroprame, and very refreshing it was too

Also, queing for the bar was a pain as stupid woman from merkinania could not understand that cider in this country is not for children, and is rather different to what she thought it was.

I also discovered that the shorts I have purchased ages back actually have "Sharkin'" written across the arse....

presumably "Stevens" underneath

Tsk, I thought it evident in the word-play, and didn't want to be so crass and blunt and thus spoil the humour. These producshion editers, eh?

.... I also hate it when people dawdle at 70.5 mph in the fast lane

(Most people don't even bother and undertake aggressively, but I always worry they could cut in on you, plus it's illegal).

I'm reasonably sure it's not actually illegal to 'undertake'

It isn't illegal to undertake.

If it was, every motorist in every traffic jam would be breaking the law.

Correct.

I saw an advert last night about deodarant for feet. It made me laugh quite a lot (probably the gin), but I might get some, as I have stinky feet.

Vaguely related but the first time I saw the "anti-chafing gel" advert I couldn't believe what I'd just seen.

As said, it's frowned upon, but it's not illegal. In the highway code it's a should not rather than a MUST NOT.

United Kingdom - Highway Code rule 268 advises against undertaking: "Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake."[2] On other roads you can "only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right" (rule 163). On all roads, undertaking is permitted if the vehicles in the lane to the right are queueing and slow moving.[3] Undertaking in an aggressive or reckless manner could be considered Careless Driving or more seriously Dangerous Driving, both of which are legally enforceable offences.

As said, it's frowned upon, but it's not illegal. In the highway code it's a should not rather than a MUST NOT.

Yeah, but you can't purposefully change lanes or speeds to undertake, I thought. So if you were in the middle lane doing 80 and someone was in the outside lane doing 70, it'd be ok to undertake.

I overtake on the left all the time, and I've done it in full view of police officers and traffic enforcement units.

As long as you're not behaving like a cock, you're fine.

I would also never do it if there wasn't a hard shoulder or other escape route if the person I'm overtaking decides to pull in.

Likely to be frowed upon although the section of the M27 where it splits into the M3 sees quite alot of this since it went to 4 lanes. I reckon you'd be very unlikely to be done for it in those circumstances as people just tend to get into the correct lanes ahead of time. Can be disconcerting though but unavoidable if some biddy is doing 40mph and you can't risk going to the outside for fear of missing your turning.

That part's ok, though, because technically it's split into two different motorways. Doesn't it have a massive thick white line between the two middle lanes?

Working from home today (badly). What time would it be decent for me to fuck off on my bike?

£15,000 for 6mph
Jesus. I can kinda see his point, but pursuing it in such a fashion is a little mind boggling.

I wish 'undertaking'* was more common, to be honest, so clueless fucking idiots would learn to check their nearside mirrors before manoeuvring.

Good luck to them.

Good luck to them.

Of course he doesn't, they're married.

1315?

You should never pass stationary cars on the left as a cyclist unless they're indicating to go right.

Actually I need to do some work on the bike first. The changedown on the front gears is really bad. Going from 3 to 2 now requires a kick to get it moving. It's either dirty or the tension is wrong.

I'll probably pop out after 4 as Mrs Chinny is out tonight and I might pop down the shops and buy a steak for tea. Trouble is now I live in the country I can't just walk to the shops in 2 minutes as I have previously all my life!

I wish 'undertaking'* was more common, to be honest, so clueless fucking idiots would learn to check their nearside mirrors before manoeuvring.


*I use the quotes because I don't think there's actually a legal term known as Undertaking — it's Overtaking/Passing on the inside, as far as I'm aware.