Best bike accident comment to date.

May 13, 2009 | 5 comments

Friday, I had the good fortune to see a gent that I don’t know very well but like a great deal.  We only got to chat for a minute.  I hadn’t seen him in a few months, but his reaction to the medical doo-hickies on my arms…won, in a sea of jerks:

“What’s wrong with your hands, man?”

“This is sprained; this wrist is broken.”

“Was this from something cycling related?”

“Oh, yes.”

“EXCELLENT!”

I should mention that this gent rides a bike sometimes, and I think he gets it.

  1. cb on May 13, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Was this gent named Bill? Or, Ted?

    Either way, awesome response.

  2. r.e.wolf on May 13, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Yeah, I’d say he gets it!

  3. daniel on May 14, 2009 at 8:01 am

    Someone who understands. Though, I am sure that he and we all would have liked things better if you hadnt suffered the injuries you did.

  4. Johnny on May 14, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    I almost — ALMOST — got the impression that he was a little…jealous?

    I’ll ask him:)

  5. Cralls on May 15, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Oh man… I wish I had someone react the same way when I had my kinetic sculpture wound in 2008.

    Not too many people get kinetic sculpture racing.