The grossest commute ever?
08-23-08, 07:22 PM
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The grossest commute ever?
While coming home after working late a couple weeks ago, I was going cross-town on 56th St on my way to the Queensboro Bridge. As I approached Tao, a stretch Hummer limo pulled up short at the entrance. While my reflexes were sharp enough to prevent me from being doored, they weren't quite fast enough to avoid being puked on by the rather inebriated young gentleman who had rather hastily flung open the rear door in order to barf in the middle of the street.
I've seen and experienced the wonderful life that is New York, this has got to be my grossest commute ever. (So far anyway, I hope I'm not jinxing myself for something worse.)
Was wondering if anyone else has had similar or worse experiences...
I've seen and experienced the wonderful life that is New York, this has got to be my grossest commute ever. (So far anyway, I hope I'm not jinxing myself for something worse.)
Was wondering if anyone else has had similar or worse experiences...
08-23-08, 07:25 PM
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Nope, ya got me beat there. While most of my commute is througha rather rural setting---last week there was some particularly excellent exapmples of putrifying road-kill, I have never been puked on.
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08-23-08, 08:30 PM
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Nope, that beats anything I've seen. I just have to beware of the assassin squirrels. I think they delight in causing me an adrenaline rush when they jump out in front of me....
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08-23-08, 09:05 PM
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I think I would throw up too if I was made to ride in a stretch Hummer limo. 
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08-23-08, 09:23 PM
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Got routed through a 2 block detour because the Honey Bucket (port-o-let) truck had a retaining chain break on the way back to their processing/cleaning facility. 2 partially full port-o-johns hit the pavement at 40mph and broke open.
08-23-08, 09:33 PM
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Perhaps "Multiple" Miggs could do worse to you, but as I hear tell, Dr. Lecter took care of his "primitive tendencies".
A month or two ago I saw a local drunk-on-a-bike stop to puke. He almost hit me with his overspray while I was passing. It would have not been a big deal had I not *just* left work due to intestinal issues...
A month or two ago I saw a local drunk-on-a-bike stop to puke. He almost hit me with his overspray while I was passing. It would have not been a big deal had I not *just* left work due to intestinal issues...
08-23-08, 09:35 PM
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Ya have me beat. The nastiest thing I saw on my commute was a dead & very bloated beaver. I smelled it about a half a mile before passing it. It took the county about 10 days before they finally got rid of it.
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08-23-08, 09:37 PM
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Hey! Maybe it was a famous Rock Star and if you knew who it was you'd never wash that puke out of your riding gear. Depending on who it was your pukey clothes could be worth huge bucks on Ebay!
08-23-08, 09:58 PM
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It would have to be Keef Richards to be valuable. I hear his puke can cure death.
08-23-08, 10:06 PM
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Been barfed on plenty by my kids but never on my bike.
08-23-08, 11:25 PM
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For my commute to my old job, I used to ride past a large dairy. The effluent was used to irrigate crops and when the wind kicked up, I would sometimes get sprayed. Also, I once found myself riding behind a truck full of dead cows that were obviously rotting. I practically puke just remembering the smell.
08-23-08, 11:34 PM
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You win.
08-24-08, 12:41 AM
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a while back when i was coming home on one of the normal routes. A Pidgin dropped a laser guided turd right on my face and Rx oakelys lol
i nearly fell off the bike being so startled, had to stop in a gas station to clean up.
nast nasty stuff, i hope i didn't catch some avian germ.
i nearly fell off the bike being so startled, had to stop in a gas station to clean up.
nast nasty stuff, i hope i didn't catch some avian germ.
08-24-08, 03:25 AM
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Well baby puke is one thing, especially if they're your own because its kinda like a 'rite of passage', but someone else's puke?..........YUK!!!
I remember years ago ('88) I left work early at about 2 am because I got sick real bad and rode home on my XLCH Sportster. I tried to keep from spewing but couldn't hold it, so I barfed all over my beautiful bike, the peanut tank, all down the side of the motor and all over my custom 40" drag pipes at 60 mph.
It was not pretty, and the smell of vomit baked on hot Harley drag pipes is the most horrible of all.
just thought I'd share that with yall.
08-24-08, 05:19 AM
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"Not sure how that's possible. Keith Richards is actually dead and what we see in interviews and on stage is the zombie form that he currently exists as.... Can zombies actually puke?"
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08-24-08, 01:22 PM
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Hmmm where's that BF thread about the guy who puked on a Lexus in ATL, GA...?
08-24-08, 01:32 PM
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blarg --- no barfed on stories, do have a looooogeee recipient (argh) and a few liquid cow poo incidents - but no barf.
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I get to ride past the wonderful smelling eggs every morning (raw sewage treatment plant) smells great, then on top of that one day some threw a ton of soiled adult diapers on the road???
pretty sick.
pretty sick.
08-24-08, 09:23 PM
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I've run over a dog turd and had the tire throw it all over my face, mouth and waterbottle. Not sure if that would be better or worse than getting puked on, but it was not pleasant.
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08-25-08, 01:46 AM
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Yeah you beat me, I got egg down the back of my shirt on halloween last year.
08-25-08, 07:32 AM
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This is a contest I am definitely happy not to be in contention for. "Puked on" is the winner (?) in my book.
08-25-08, 07:39 AM
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Unless it landed on you, puke dude wins.
08-25-08, 08:20 AM
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Barf beats being shat on by birds... that was the worst I ever got.
You win.
You win.
