Dances with Yoof

[micheinnz]

d_h and I went to bed last night at about eleven

Comments

[vizi]

Noise pollution like that is why I hate skateboard(ers). Its like having a concrete mixer rolling past your house.

[micheinnz]

I really don't think they understand just how noisy skateboards can be, especially at night when there's hardly any other noise, and especially in a valley, where sounds just _echo_.

[vizi]

Yes, I used to live in Aro Valley. This is one reaon why I don't own a crossbow, because I'm sure I would have used it at some stage...

[dornbeast]

The reason I dislike skateboarders is that their culture seems to include a persecution complex. "You can't tell me what to do just because I'm a 'boarder! Skateboarding is not a crime!"

I'd hoped that this was a trait restricted to skateboardus Americana, but it appears that the Australian breed has it to some extent.

[micheinnz]

There's a bit of that here but not to a huge extent. I remember hearing one young man on the radio saying "People think we're just out to wreck things, and we're not", and thinking "the problem is that you don't CARE whether you wreck things." And they do.

[vizi]

"No Sir! 'tis your trousers that are the crime!"