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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dave Hill

Invisibility: a cyclist writes

I quote:

My friend gave me a coat before they moved to Norway, and as it gets chillier I've been wearing it. This coat also seems to function as a cloak of invisibility. As I was cycling up Lordship Lane cursing my life and wondering why in hell I don't have gears/stronger thighs, some prat (reg X75HLC at 15:51) in a black car turned left directly in front of me, so that even when I slammed my brakes on, my front wheel glanced them. Twat. Either they were so desperate to get home and sit in front of Strictly Come Dancing crying into an Asda own-brand pot noodle that a few seconds of waiting would have killed them, or I am in fact invisible.

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