Near-miss Irony

[scott]

I was just riding the Bike Friday tandem home from work, heading up a hill at the University of Virginia. A driver was waiting to pull out of a lot, with the nose of her car out in the bike lane. I got closer and closer, figuring she must have seen me. When I was 10 feet or less away, she pulled out in front of me to get into traffic. It was only the fact that I was going uphill solo on a tandem that saved me from slamming into her car.

Of course, this great maneuver got her about 75 feet before she had to stop at a light. As I passed, I noted that her "XYZ Baptist Church" license-plate holder had some words in quotation marks on the top:

"I Didn't Come Here To Do You No Harm."
    

[Deano]

I assume the hospital insisted on that wording as part of her terms of release.

Did you say anything as you went past?

[scott]

Did you say anything as you went past?

Not the first two times, but by the third time I passed her the quote was driving me nuts and I yelled something horribly eloquent like "EEGUGAWARGUBLUG!!!"

[Deano]

I was hoping you'd asked her what she thought it meant...

[scott]

L'esprit de l'escalier.

Actually, her windows were all up.

[ibrahim]

Did you say anything as you went past?

Not the first two times, but by the third time I passed her the quote was driving me nuts and I yelled something horribly eloquent like "EEGUGAWARGUBLUG!!!"

Speaking in tongues, eh? Did yer head spin and yer bike lift itself into the air?

I reckon she was trying to exorcise you.

[Fi]

Double negative: she did come here to do you harm and certainly made the attempt.

[scott]

Speaking in tongues, eh? Did yer head spin and yer bike lift itself into the air?

Only after I let go of the rattlesnakes.

Double negative: she did come here to do you harm and certainly made the attempt.

My thought exactly.