Best retaliation to getting yelled at while running

Rams? Green bay baby. Bret will leave you D in tatters with his bullets passes. Or his atomic long range bombs that stike fear in defences all over the country. We are due a ring anyway. Watch out for our west coast offense.

I agree with several other posters on this thread that the creative, funny or ridiculous, and pacifist "comeback" is the best way to go. For example, someone mentioned:

"when someone yells 'put a shirt on'...simply yell back 'take yours off'"

I don't think mean taunts/gestures do anything at all to improve the situation. If you just show that the harasser's comment doesn't bug you, and return with a smile or a line that you can both laugh at, both of you will likely have a better day as a result. There is enough hatred in the world already - please, don't add to it!

y'all crack me up wrote:

...anyway, i broke up with him and he cried. so there's some revenge....

Ha ha ha! Good one...

Hmmmm..too bad you guys don't live in Oregon. Runners are revered by all...even pickup truck drivers..everytime I get yelled at, its always "Go Pre"! :)

Make the sign of the Cross at them and say

"I forgive you".

Some people get apoplectic when you do that, especially if you are driving, not running.

Don't ask why.

These are awesome!!!

My girlfriend just got back from a run where a van did a rolling stop and drove right through the crosswalk as she was running through it. She had to jump stop, went around the back and slapped the back door. The lady then had the guts to yell at her as she slowly drove away.

Flick them off

Hit their vehical a few times while they pass by you.

Spit on them

throw a rock at them

that is how I get back at those dinks who yell, drive by to close to you, drive like idiots.

whatever you do.....do it out of love

Best way to get them back, memorize their license plate, get your friend who works at the DMV to find out where they live, go to their house in the night, and throw a concrete block through their front window attached with a note that reads "soon" or "you."

sounds cold blooded but gets the job done.

I must admit, you had me rolling with laughter when you implied that the other dude's mom was so hairy that you could carve initials in her back. Funny! Tinman

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and yelled "run forrest, run."

How is this supposed to be insulting? What is it supposed to imply?

Didn't see the movie...

my favourite (given on a thread here months ago) in reply to `run forest, run` is `i`m looking for bubba!`.

there only kids having a laugh, join in.

There are some good replies here, but I've never had one incident, probably because I run in a very rural area. The only encounter I've ever had was when a guy in a pickup pulled up beside me and asked if there had been an accident or something. He thought I was running for help.

i live in nj, only "incident" ive had was when it was snowing heavily and i was running through the snow and a car slows down and the guy honks and gives me a thumbs up....yea, nice(or they dont care too much) people in my area

This buddy of mine was telling me one day, true story this guy is 45 and nuts, that this guy kept driving back and forth and flipping him off. So he sprinted to the side of the road, found a rock, threw it as hard as he could, it smashed the back window. Then the driver TWEAKS out and slams the brakes. My friend sprints up grabs the dudes middle finger (which is still up) twists it and SNAP...broke it....crazy story. I would not want to mess with that guy.

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the old chinese women get a kick out of it, when they start screaming in some unknown language.

I would assume they are yelling chinese.:)

Putting some meat on your body after lifting weights for a couple of months stops the comments. Also, running with someone of the opposite sex stops them. If you look like you can hurt someone - like Teddy Roosevelt's comment - "Speak softly but carry a big stick" people won't mess with you. I used to weigh 135 running D1, now I weigh 150, and run and feel better than I ever did running in college.

I would have ttold them "never bring a knife to a gun fight." Then you do what needs to be done.

If they're pedestrians you could always rip a loud fart as you go by. Gross, but probably not what they're expecting.

grlrunner wrote:

Okay I have a question for all you guys... being that I am a girl i never get the pussy, fag remarks I get whistled at or nice ass, legs, etc. it happens daily and at first it was flattering. then it was just something that happened but now it's beginning to get annoying, what can I say(do)??