I get it, there’s no transit. And no transit means more pedestrians. As a motorist, I’m on high alert for these pedestrians. The last thing I want is a ticket for failing to obey, and a death on my conscience for the rest of my life. But, armed forces gentleman, It’s 11:00pm and you’re wearing camouflage. You know what that does, right? It makes you invisible. Don’t they teach that in basic? —Change After Work
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2012.
And you were doing what, OP – 4- wheeling through Point Pleasant Park at the time? Get Knotted!
Ah yes, the old “It’s the Bitchers Fault and Not the Person they’re Bitching About” gambit, all done in the first response too! Kudos.
Merci Cranky >: ). I think it was the OP’s condescending tone and the “Change After Work” handle that ticked me off. TW CADPAT in an urban setting.? Is that really going to make a person any more “invisible” than a civilian wearing blacks, blues, greens?
Let’s see. The Canadian Disruptive Pattern, or CADPAT for short, looks like this:
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000338165…
(fantastic stuff. You look like a big bottle of sweet relish)
Your standard urban backdrop looks, more or less, like this:
http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.23…
So, unless he’s walking along a rural road or, as has already been mentioned, you’re driving through Point Pleasant Park, I don’t see what the issue is.
Besides, if you saw him, he LET you see him. It’s the rest of the his platoon that you DIDN’T see that you got to worry about! 😉
raptors are pack hunters you know…
clever girl….
If I were Meg Ryan right now I’d be yelling “Vastie, you wild stud. Take me now or lose me forever!”^^
I’m just not too sure how to respond to that, to be honest, Herr Ivan…..er,um…..I..like you, too?
http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim/2011/02/04/ne…
this one made me laugh 🙂
Bwa-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha – Lovin it, Vastie. Fear not for your virtue, my friend. SOBova is the Gulag in which my heart is incarcerated
Dark clothing is dark clothing, if they didn’t mention combats or military would the bitch have any less merit?
Depends. If l’objet du bitche had been a hipster or twi-sexual coming back from an 8 hour shift of being dark and broody I’d probably say “Floor it” So, 1/2 point to Cranky. But the tone of the bitch still pissed me off and the wearing of light and reflective clothing after sundown is still matter of personal choice, soooo – 1/2 point to Ivan. Fair?
I think some people give more detailed descriptions (fixie douche, hipster, librarian, cat lady) in the hopes that the person they’re bitching about recognizes themselves. With that in mind I don’t think this was an overt attack on our service men and women. I know I could have run over as many hipster douches and I could have run over airmen in blues or wogs in blacks, seeing as how at night most objects are sillouettes and not color specific. “What ARE the five(?) principles of camoulflage private bloggins?!?”
dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge…
FWI, you have to wear a uniform to and from work, “walking in” dress, so to speak.
The 1A’s, black & white, friggin invisible in winter at 6:30.
i love the peds with the invisible shield around them. just waiting to see if it actually protects them, when a ton of metal nails their sorry ass.
I know, those pesky camoflauge guys get in the way of everything.