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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
    Late last night,
    I heard my neighbor's garage door shut,
    And a little yellow Tesla took away his sorry butt,
    Now he's off in Monaco,
    And I don't have to see him now that he's gone,
    He drives it in paradise,
    About the distance of a parking lot.
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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 10/13/09 10:51 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
    Very cool. And practical, to. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a taxi in Monaco?
     Reply
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey

    I know it's not real and everything but this would be fun.
     Reply
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    Image of bzr bzr
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
    It's a taxi service in the same way the Ferrari Guy is a "tour bus."
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
    Little.
    Yellow.
    Different.
     Reply
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    Image of htrodblder htrodblder
    10/13/09

    In reply to Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
    Where's the beaded seat covers and the crap for sale hanging from the ceiling?
     Reply
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    All you ITG mofos wanting to layeth the smack down on a guy for high-fivin' need to lighten the fuck up and get over yourself.

    I'll bet at least one or two of you wear Axe body spray or some other stench and get in elevators. Now that is "assault" IMHO.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Natives know - Seattle is the true home to high fivin' white guys.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/30/09

    @Alfisted: Hey, be like Billy, and mind your manners! Otherwise we'll see you on The John Report when the Cops in Ballard pick you up for thread jacking.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @Alfisted: Wish that show was on DVD.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Ma'am I'll have to measure your bangs. We have a 10" minimum height requirement here in Kent. and your boyfriend will need to turn his baseball cap around.
     Reply
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    Image of Electro Gyrocator Electro Gyrocator
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    This reminds me of what I love doing to hitchhikers. I always return the thumbs up out the roof of my car.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    If someone threw a walking stick or umbrella into his front spokes while at speed, it would probably put a stop to that,....and be entertaining.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/30/09

    Didn't see Elhigh's comment below.
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    09/30/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: For high fiving someone? Who peed in your Cheerios? Get a sense of humour already
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Strictly speaking, striking another person uninvited is assault. Making that stick in court would be pretty hard, but still. People are minding their own business, trying to snag a cab, and this guy comes along and hits them. What if he struck a person suffering from rheumatoid arthritis? The pain would be terrible, and he'd be blithely on his way, assaulting more people.

    He's an artsy-fartsy type who evidently thinks his artistic vision is important enough to go out and interrupt other people's days, even if it is only for a moment. Some are amused, some nonplussed, some frightened, some annoyed. Is the amusement of some worth the startlement of others? I don't think so. That, and artsy-fartsy types just bug me. Get a job, pansy. A REAL job.

    One umbrella through the spokes makes up for lots of random minor assaults. New Yorkers as a rule put up with a lot of shit, but beyond the tipping point retribution is harsh and swift. Remember that when you're spread-eagled on the ground with your teeth artistically arrayed around your face.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 09/30/09 1:37 PM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: lol okay tough guy. maybe you need to get laid or something.
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Really? Come on dude. Life's too short.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: actually, strictly speaking striking another person uninvited is battery. Just sayin' - if you're going to get all uptight about this, at least be accurate in your language.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    @weatherman: Don't start me about battery. I snapped the negative terminal clean off the mower's earlier this afternoon. Everything comes to a stop, battery's tight up against the fence, and that mother is HEAVY. And it doesn't push worth a damn. Then the cable end broke off. Slid the beast into the fence again - hate these slopes, drive me nuts - but it sure beats using a sickle.

    And according to TN code (I'm not in NY), it appears assault also covers this. Again, it would be difficult to make it stick. The "high five" is too widespread, too casual to carry much as an implied or intended threat, or as an actual attack intended to do harm to or terrorize a person. But the uninvited touching aspect is spelled out in the definition.

    And nosy dickheads sticking their gladhanding art project into my life just piss me off. That's all.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: at least you started a funny thread. I would like to award you CCOTD, Cranky Commenter Of The Day.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: TL;DR but I get the impression that you have unwarranted self-importance on a level negating your opinion of "artsy-fartsy types" opinions on their "vision".

    [encyclopediadramatica.com]
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Well the video is in NYC so I'm going to stick to my choice of law - and it's not like you really have any law down there in TN anyway. I mean c'mon - marrying your first cousin who is 16 is a pretty low bar. But anyone who uses the word "gladhanding" gets a +1 for CCOTD in my book.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Have a fucking beer and take the stick out of your ass. The guy is giving people high fives.

    And you have no idea who this guy is. Judging him so quickly just goes to show how much of an ass you are.
     Reply
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    Image of ithacabaron ithacabaron
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    "Hey, why don't I endanger myself and others, interrupt traffic patterns, and annoy people trying to hail cabs!"

    Let me say this, as someone who commutes on a bicycle in the city every day: Screw this guy.

    Get off the road and stop making all of us out to be jackasses.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    @ithacabaron: Other readers somehow think I'm no fun. They might be right. But I want to be able to go for a ride without having folks see this video, and decide that I'm somehow philosophically related to High Five Guy. Maybe I just want to take the air, you know? And maybe that poor schmo on the sidewalk just wants to hail a cab. I'll leave him alone, he leaves me alone, we all get along.

    Anyway, heart clicky for you.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Wes, haven't you ever had the urge to high five someone? I'd throw up a computer five right now, but I'm in class, and it'd look weird to slap my computer.

    So, hypothetical five!
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Hah! Clearly, some people are wound way too tight in that video.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/30/09

    @Sloop_John_B: or in that city.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    High fives are probably better for people's perception of NY cyclists than beating the crap out of a pedestrian with a bicycle chain.

    I think a little jocularity on the commute could go a long way. Hell, I know my commute would be a lot more fun if I could give my fellow commuters a high five while doing 70 mph on Southfield Fwy. Unfortunately, I'm too busy drinking my chai tea latte and sexting my wife.

    Wes is just bitter because this dude patted him on his sweet ass instead of giving him a high five.
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