My neighbour just knocked and asked to borrow my track pump for the third time this week. Except this time he bought flowers to say thanks (I think he works at New Covent Garden or something, he is always cycling around with bunches of flowers, as you do).
I have tried to explain that a) he is not pumping his tyres up hard enough and b) they are worn and in need of replacing anyway. But he is Italian with less than perfect English and I'm not sure he understands. And of course my Italian is non-existent.
Plus I confused the poor guy enough when he asked where I was cycling off to at 11.30pm last month (to the seaside - it was the FNRttC)