Oh man, Joe & Yehuda are bang on on both points! The other thing that I find interesting is that when I leave work on my bicycle, my colleagues will say something like “be safe on your way home!” When I reply “you too,” they look genuinely bewildered as if being safe in a car is a given.
Heh. That’s exactly how it goes every day when people leave at the end of my work day, too. My stock answers are “I hope you have a safe drive, too”, “Don’t hit any bicyclists” or “Actually, I was planning on a little brush with death tonight.”
It does get tiresome, though.
Hey, great to hear you pulled through, Rick and Brian. Whew! Welcome back!
I get that from a few people. One of them told me that I was “brave”. I was shocked. I told him that cycling was inherently safe and being in a motor vehicle is more dangerous. I also threw in a bit of conspiracy theory stuff about there being a plot to make people think that cycling is dangerous so they can prop up the failing auto industry in the current post peak car era.
He looked at me like I was crazy. Oh well…
I had to get up early for a mandatory meeting at work, decide to check out Yehuda, just on the hope that you got your power back – what a nice surprise!
It tales the story of why no new comics have been posted from him for some time now. I hope He gets better and that Rick and Brian get on top of things soon.
Best wishes to all
This is so true I get this all the time. It’s like people at the office have bets that you will fail.
Rick and Brian I am very happy that you made it through all the storms. As someone that lives in Florida believe me I know how you feel. See ya in the funny papers!
Glad to see you back.
The topic of the strip seems familiar: Nobody complains if a workmate phones to say he won’t come today becaus his car does not work, or he will be late because of bad road conditions. But if a bike comuter is late because of a flat or other technical problem, everybody suggest him to use a car next time.
In contrast to nearly all my workmates who comute by car, I was never late or missed a whole day for three years now. And we had two very hard, snowy winters that time.
Tick tock tick tock… Sorry about the late post – Sandy knocked out power in my house for four days.
Never mind Rick – Think of it as a ‘Long Weekend’
It is good to see you back though…
Glad to see you back.
I’m sure it’s already been said–we’re just glad you and yours are OK!
No worries, Rick. We were concerned about you, and are glad you’re back. Plus it means we get extra strips made all the sweeter by the wait.
Oh man, Joe & Yehuda are bang on on both points! The other thing that I find interesting is that when I leave work on my bicycle, my colleagues will say something like “be safe on your way home!” When I reply “you too,” they look genuinely bewildered as if being safe in a car is a given.
BTW, so nice to have you back! Was in withdrawal. Hope all is well there.
Heh. That’s exactly how it goes every day when people leave at the end of my work day, too. My stock answers are “I hope you have a safe drive, too”, “Don’t hit any bicyclists” or “Actually, I was planning on a little brush with death tonight.”
It does get tiresome, though.
Hey, great to hear you pulled through, Rick and Brian. Whew! Welcome back!
I get this at work too. My co workers always want to know how far I have to ride. I never ask them how far their drive is.
I get that from a few people. One of them told me that I was “brave”. I was shocked. I told him that cycling was inherently safe and being in a motor vehicle is more dangerous. I also threw in a bit of conspiracy theory stuff about there being a plot to make people think that cycling is dangerous so they can prop up the failing auto industry in the current post peak car era.
He looked at me like I was crazy. Oh well…
Yeah – I tend to say provocatively daft things like that too. Surprisingly, some people still take me seriously…
Welcome back, Rick!
Nevermind. I hope you are ok – so welcome back.
I had to get up early for a mandatory meeting at work, decide to check out Yehuda, just on the hope that you got your power back – what a nice surprise!
I used to play a lot of D&D and my Wife introduced me to ‘The Giant in the Playground’ by Ric Burlew…
Recently he had a bad experience which kind of makes us all think that we are better off than we realise.
See: http://www.giantitp.com/index.html#7YBU773u2uaCTL9ibwO
It tales the story of why no new comics have been posted from him for some time now. I hope He gets better and that Rick and Brian get on top of things soon.
Best wishes to all
This is so true I get this all the time. It’s like people at the office have bets that you will fail.
Rick and Brian I am very happy that you made it through all the storms. As someone that lives in Florida believe me I know how you feel. See ya in the funny papers!
Nice to see you back, Rick.
Glad you have power again. Wasn’t expecting so many strips at once!
Glad to see you back guys!
Glad to see you back.
The topic of the strip seems familiar: Nobody complains if a workmate phones to say he won’t come today becaus his car does not work, or he will be late because of bad road conditions. But if a bike comuter is late because of a flat or other technical problem, everybody suggest him to use a car next time.
In contrast to nearly all my workmates who comute by car, I was never late or missed a whole day for three years now. And we had two very hard, snowy winters that time.