Warming, zombies in Peckham

[malumbu]

Please take heed of this important message and take great care when in Rye Lane.

I have noticed a plague of zombies. Most on foot, you can tell as they look gormless as they walk into the bike lane without looking. Not quite arms in the air, but quite brain dead believe you me. Some of the younger ones have a small pocket computer that they are either looking at, have plugged into their ear or are tapping on the screen. I assume that these ones are taking orders from the zombie general.

A few have appropriated hybrid pushbikes. You can tell the difference from other cyclists as the bikes are normally in black, the zombies similarly dressed in black, and the bikes/riders have no illimuniation when it is the evening. As zombies are not living they don't fear collisons with other road users or pedestrians.

I am not sure whether some also have cars. There are always loads parked on the double yellow lines, but this may just be normal human behaviour - I am sure both humans and zombies may not understand the highway code.

[aquarius moon]

There are no zombies in Peckham.

Blame Southwark council for making the bike lane look like a pavement.

If you can't cope with it, I suggest you return to the planet you came from.

[binary_star]

Yeh southwark council actually paid through the nose to make that bike lane look like a footpath.

[malumbu]

Do I really need to spell this out?

It was a tongue in cheek post about people not looking out for cyclists, numerous young cyclists without lights, and selfish parkers.

[red devil]

The onus is also on cyclists to look out for the zombies...

[hpsaucey]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> There are no zombies in Peckham.

>

> Blame Southwark council for making the bike lane

> look like a pavement.

>

> If you can't cope with it, I suggest you return to

> the planet you came from.

What a shame - I'm sure zombies would have more of a sense of humour or am I missing yours here???

[aquarius moon]

red devil Wrote:

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> The onus is also on cyclists to look out for the

> zombies...

Exactly my point.

The bike lane looks like a pavement so you cannot blame pedestrians that walk into it without looking. I've done it myself on more than one occasion.

And you are right hpsaucey, I don't have much of a sense of humour as far as cyclists are concerned.

I've been nearly run over by them too many times when crossing diagonally with the green man at traffic lights because a lot of them think the red light doesn't apply to them.

[hpsaucey]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > The onus is also on cyclists to look out for

> the

> > zombies...

>

>

> Exactly my point.

>

> The bike lane looks like a pavement so you cannot

> blame pedestrians that walk into it without

> looking. I've done it myself on more than one

> occasion.

>

> And you are right hpsaucey, I don't have much of a

> sense of humour as far as cyclists are concerned.

> I've been nearly run over by them too many times

> when crossing diagonally with the green man at

> traffic lights because a lot of them think the red

> light doesn't apply to them.

Point taken - it's a shame the 'bad one's give the rest of us a bad name...

I was enjoying the zombies analogy though, and all categories - foot/bike and vehicle were being nicely targeted.

My bug bear is where the curb's been extended out turning off Rye Lane near the Rye Hotel. All the buses now go OVER it as it juts out so far.

[El Pibe]

Bah, and I hoped this was going to be another pop at hipsters!!

You should realise by now that the sense of humour well, when it comes to (infinte, interminable) cycling threads, long since ran dry.

[hpsaucey]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Bah, and I hoped this was going to be another pop

> at hipsters!!

>

> You should realise by now that the sense of humour

> well, when it comes to (infinte, interminable)

> cycling threads, long since ran dry.

PLEASE feel free to have a pop at hipsters - I'me sure that would have 'legs'... drainpipe'd cropped trouser legs maybe but ...

[DulwichFox]

Was a day when bicycles had bells to warn pedestrians....

Judging by the amount of idiots riding no hands .. (I've even seen a cyclist on LL. Texting as he went along.)

Would seem a bell on the handle-bars would be of little use.

Would seem for some the only reason bicycles have handle-bars is somewhere to fit the brakes.

DF.

[LadyDeliah]

I shout 'beep, beep' very loudly to the zombies who lurch into my path, because they seem to be immune to my cycle bell.

[Jeremy]

How about the zombies on bikes who stray out of cycle lanes in order to overtake slower moving zombies. Luckily my can horn is loud enough for them to hear.

Or maybe we can just accept that there are plenty idiots on foot, bike, and car? And that to keep safe you just have to learn to expect these things...

[lane lover]

I thought this thread was going to be about friendly zombies walking around Peckham giving cold people a big hug.

My bad ...

[DulwichFox]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/Sdytb3C1BOI/AAAAAAAAG6M/l_pPkR6_xgc/s1600/bike+zombie.jpg

Red Brick Pavement.. North Cross Road..???

DF

[malumbu]

Disclaimer, this post is for amusement purposes only, please don't take it seriously.

So, I read that sombies are now invading most of London.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/hideous-londoners-forced-to-travel-above-ground-2014020583280

Note, before I am corrected, troglodytes are not the same as zombies. Pretty similar though.

Warning, for those of you with no sense of humour, please do not follow this thread as you will be confused, perhaps uncomfortable and feel the necessity to correct me, or even launch a counter-attack. That includes the staff at Lordship Lane Carpets.

[Annette Curtain]

*sits on hands*