# Major fail on Britains's National Cycle to Work Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760 "2018-08-16T23:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/1 "2018-08-16T23:36:53Z")
From [here](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/queen-elizabeth-iis-personal-doctor-killed-in-cycle-crash/ar-BBM0zGW?li=BBnb7Kz): > [@](#): > > Fisher was the eighth cyclist to die in London traffic this year. He was killed in a collision involving a truck on national Cycle to Work Day in Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/2 "2018-08-16T23:41:24Z")
> [@](#): > > One of Queen Elizabeth II’s personal physicians…an international leader in homeopathic and holistic medicine who had served on the British monarch’s medical team for 15 years… On the bright side, this may increase Liz’s life expectancy. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/3 "2018-08-16T23:44:54Z")
What’s the homeopathic treatment for getting hit by a truck? Can you dilute a truck 1,000,000 times, and hit someone with it again? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/4 "2018-08-17T00:07:50Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > What’s the homeopathic treatment for getting hit by a truck? Can you dilute a truck 1,000,000 times, and hit someone with it again? What you do is make an official list of the effects of being hit by a truck, find a natural substance that mimics the majority of the list, and dilute that. (That IS what they would do.) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/5 "2018-08-17T00:24:45Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > What you do is make an official list of the effects of being hit by a truck, find a natural substance that mimics the majority of the list, and dilute that. (That IS what they would do.) So what you’re saying is, if I hit \ with a brick, as opposed to a truck, I could claim it was therapeutic? Excellent, barking dog neighbor, time for your “medicine.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/6 "2018-08-17T00:31:53Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > So what you’re saying is, if I hit \ with a brick, as opposed to a truck, I could claim it was therapeutic? Excellent, barking dog neighbor, time for your “medicine.” A pebble would be even more powerful. A speck of dust could vaporize the entire house. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/7 "2018-08-17T16:08:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A pebble would be even more powerful. A speck of dust could vaporize the entire house. they own a cat also and its innocent. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/8 "2018-08-17T16:09:31Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > they own a cat also and its innocent. Never mind then. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/9 "2018-08-17T16:24:41Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > they own a cat also and its innocent. No cat is truly innocent: > **[Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But Murder All Day](https://www.theonion.com/kitten-thinks-of-nothing-but-murder-all-day-1819588260)** > > The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/10 "2018-08-17T16:28:06Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > What’s the homeopathic treatment for getting hit by a truck? Victims must be taken to [the homeopathic ER](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0). ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/11 "2018-08-17T16:47:16Z")
You know, his death had nothing to do with his medical practice. Regardless of your opinions on holistic medicine, a family has lost a loved one and a driver is going to be haunted for a long time by the knowledge that he killed someone. Maybe a little compassion is due? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/12 "2018-08-17T17:59:17Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > You know, his death had nothing to do with his medical practice. Regardless of your opinions on holistic medicine, a family has lost a loved one and a driver is going to be haunted for a long time by the knowledge that he killed someone. Maybe a little compassion is due? That’s very noble, and there’s a context for compassion; but this isn’t it. This isn’t a grief counseling service, and it’s not like we’re having this conversation at his funeral. The man dedicated his life to pseudoscience that does real harm, and that deserves comment. It’s shameful that the Royal Family (Charles in particular) gives patronage to alt med woo. Homeopathy and its proponents deserve to be mocked into oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/13 "2018-08-17T18:00:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A speck of dust could vaporize the entire house. I see you’ve been reading a lot of XKCD what if 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760/14 "2018-08-17T18:34:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Never mind then. > [@Sailboat](#): > > No cat is truly innocent: > > [Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But Murder All Day](https://www.theonion.com/kitten-thinks-of-nothing-but-murder-all-day-1819588260) Fire up the cyclotron!!! Those soulless cretins (the owners, not the dog or cats) have a date… with science.