Scrotes throwing snowballs at cars

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Came back from the range the other night, a little snow had fallen, just enough for the local scrotes in Throckley to make snow balls, as I came off the round about I saw the large group, about 10 of them of which two had snowballs ready. Sure enough they hit my car as I drove past.

So I braked hard, reversed back up the main road, bit daft and before anyone has a go, the road was empty bar me.

I'm fairly sure they weren't banking on me stopping, but it had the effect of them scattering pretty quick, I was never going to get out my car and confront them, but just me reversing had the desired effect, especially as one of the group on his mountain bike, as he tried to pedal away, slipped in the snow and came all of a clatter, which did make me chuckle, what was better though is that all his mates left him on the ground to pick his bike up while they were legging it.
 
If its just snow not the worst thing kids can do though if it catches you by surprise it can be a shock, which in snowy conditions can be dangerous.

There were some kids a couple of years ago who where chucking snowballs with granite chips in side .... not the smarted thing to do.
 
patricks148 said:
If its just snow not the worst thing kids can do though if it catches you by surprise it can be a shock, which in snowy conditions can be dangerous.

There were some kids a couple of years ago who where chucking snowballs with granite chips in side .... not the smarted thing to do.
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Yes I agree it could be dangerous.
But it's just kids being kids IMO.
 
shock horror!

Children have fun in the snow and throw snowballs at passing cars!

Lighten up, you were young once.
 
Pin-seeker said:
Yes I agree it could be dangerous.
But it's just kids being kids IMO.
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I am 75 and must be a 'scrote' as I remember ,as a boy throwing snowballs at almost everything that moved,cyclists,neighbours even my Dad if I felt I could outrun him!!
It is what kids do.
Dewsweeper
 
Off topic -My son's teacher had a word with me the other day,apparently she heard him using bad language.
When I asked her what he said she said'Crap'.
I honestly didn't know what to say.
 
dewsweeper said:
I am 75 and must be a 'scrote' as I remember ,as a boy throwing snowballs at almost everything that moved,cyclists,neighbours even my Dad if I felt I could outrun him!!
It is what kids do.
Dewsweeper
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I'm not quite the same age but also wear the scrote badge with pride. If it moved it got a snowball, and if it didn't move it was fair game too. After many years I feel its important to come clean and clear my conscience. Yes it was me that piled the snow 4' up the front door that saw a mini avalanche up the hallway when the door was opened.
 
Hobbit said:
I'm not quite the same age but also wear the scrote badge with pride. If it moved it got a snowball, and if it didn't move it was fair game too. After many years I feel its important to come clean and clear my conscience. Yes it was me that piled the snow 4' up the front door that saw a mini avalanche up the hallway when the door was opened.
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I would be amazed to fin anyone who didnt throw snowballs at someone - i got belted taking my clubs from the car yesterday by a bunch of kids - the response was to throw a load back at them :thup:
 
Yes indeed, I was young once, but with my dad being a policeman, doing stuff I knew was wrong was a big no no, I couldn't have imagined the consequences of being brought home by another policeman.

Saying it's only snow and the kids are just having fun, but it's not a snowball, it's not something which they think "Oooo a car I'll pick up this snow and throw it at it as it passes", no, said snowball will have been picked up well before any car passes, and moulded, compacted turning said snowball from something fairly soft to a hard ball that could do some serious damage.

Kids having fun in the snow is one thing, but a gang of 10 or more waiting for cars to pass so they can purposely pelt them is something entirely different.
 
Snowball fights can escalate though. Over 30 years ago when the pubs were emptying on a Sunday evening a few lads went across the road into the church yard and started throwing snowballs at passing cars and other people coming out of the pub. It looked great fun and the group grew to about 50 until a couple of police came along. They were greeted by a hail of snowballs and things escalated until it became a pitch battle with about 20 police officers that lasted for half an hour and four arrests.

Going back to the OP, he saw the kids there so should have expected what he received and as long as it was just snow, just laughed it off. Reversing back into the situation could have made things a whole lot worse.
 
Khamelion said:
Yes indeed, I was young once, but with my dad being a policeman, doing stuff I knew was wrong was a big no no, I couldn't have imagined the consequences of being brought home by another policeman.

Saying it's only snow and the kids are just having fun, but it's not a snowball, it's not something which they think "Oooo a car I'll pick up this snow and throw it at it as it passes", no, said snowball will have been picked up well before any car passes, and moulded, compacted turning said snowball from something fairly soft to a hard ball that could do some serious damage.

Kids having fun in the snow is one thing, but a gang of 10 or more waiting for cars to pass so they can purposely pelt them is something entirely different.
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Get a life!
 
Blue in Munich said:
So a kid throws a snowball at an unsuspecting driver, shock of the impact causes the driver to have an accident , still just a bit of harmless fun?

Doing anything that has the potential to distract someone in charge of a tonne of metal moving at 30mph is utterly stupid.
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Can see what your occupation is/was.

That really is desperate, unless of course there are a number of incidents where the throwing of a snowball has led to an accident.
 
 
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