The State continues to humour this minority by building more & more cycle paths, mostly where the width of the roadway is scarcely sufficient for the unused bus lane & poor-relation regular traffic. Moreover, these noisy spongers have not made any contribution to the road tax take to be there.

This despite the fact that most of our Limerick lads (never seem to see a female, too much fear of terrible drivers, I guess: Irish Independent June 07) are not the fully kitted out self-righteous beardy-weirdoes with the streamlined crash hat, glow in the dark Sam Browne & clipped cords of Dublin 4.

No, most in Limerick are scangers (WikipediaDefinition), on a clapped out mountain or BMX bike two sizes too small for them, in filthy, jet black tracksuits, no lights & an attitude like a pissed-off pregnant piranha with piles. You must resist the almost overwhelming urge to punt them into the nearest parked truck or skip, for they are most definitely protected by the full force of the law.

These mouth-breathers can also be motorised, on screaming scooters weaving carelessly from wing-mirror to wing-mirror on their way to their FAS course in advanced Breaking & Entering.


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