# What kind of idiot parks their bike inside a laundromat? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249 "2005-01-17T21:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/21 "2005-01-19T09:14:38Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > And one on my bIke too. :o No rack (on the sidewalk, that is; I didn’t notice her rack :D). Just a traffic sign like most of us citified folk are accustomed to dealing with, and most of us without kvetching. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/22 "2005-01-19T11:51:31Z")
> [@11811](#): > > I have an interest in getting in the laundromat door unobstructed. Maybe you’re too fat. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/23 "2005-01-19T12:21:12Z")
Well, I don’t think she was necessarily wrong for having it inside, perhaps the one parking sign already had a bike locked to it when she arrived. But I have to agree on the stupidity of putting it in the way of people coming in and out. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/24 "2005-01-19T13:04:43Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe you’re too fat. Fortunately cycling is a great way to lose weight! ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/25 "2005-01-19T16:58:44Z")
Did you change your name **11811**? I don’t recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/26 "2005-01-19T17:28:15Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe you’re too fat. Maybe you have a talent for random and fucked up comments. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/27 "2005-01-19T23:07:15Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Did you change your name **11811**? I don’t recognize it. I used to be Chrome Spot, but I’m not a prolific poster. It usually takes something random and idiotic to make me post. Even more random and idiotic than Liberal’s comments, even. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/28 "2005-01-19T23:16:41Z")
> [@11811](#): > > I used to be Chrome Spot, but I’m not a prolific poster. It usually takes something random and idiotic to make me post. Even more random and idiotic than Liberal’s comments, even. Thanks for the explanation **Chrom** - I mean **11811**. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/29 "2005-01-20T00:16:35Z")
Wha? The cops don’t snip the chain and confescate _your_ bike if they don’t have a way to ticket you for chaining it to a traffic sign? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/30 "2005-01-20T00:30:51Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Wha? The cops don’t snip the chain and confescate _your_ bike if they don’t have a way to ticket you for chaining it to a traffic sign? They won’t even remove the frame after the crackheads have stripped it of all usable parts. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/31 "2005-01-20T12:09:13Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Maybe you have a talent for random and fucked up comments. Maybe the leftistas are confused again. You people are supposed to begin wailing and wringing your hands whenever some poor, oppressed woman clings to her few meager possessions, only to be ridiculed by some privileged underachiever who is lamenting the “putrid” smell of homeless people and “indie looking” chicks. It’s like Charo complaining on _Surreal Life_ that she’s been thrown into a roomful of has-beens. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/32 "2005-01-20T13:40:07Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe the leftistas are confused again. You people are supposed to begin wailing and wringing your hands whenever some poor, oppressed woman clings to her few meager possessions, only to be ridiculed by some privileged underachiever who is lamenting the “putrid” smell of homeless people and “indie looking” chicks. It’s like Charo complaining on _Surreal Life_ that she’s been thrown into a roomful of has-beens. Sweetheart, I know it’s kind of your thing to nobly fight against these strawmen, tilting at them like the windmills of La Mancha. But your comment is completely gratuitous; it doesn’t even make sense in the context of the thread. I guess your brave stand against hypocracy is so important that you need to fight it even when it’s not there. Still doesn’t change the fact that anyone who parks their bike right in the doorway to a laundromat needs to get put down for the good of humanity. What an idiotic thing to defend. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/33 "2005-01-20T13:52:51Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe the leftistas are confused again. Blah blah blah Hey, that is kinda fun. Now I can see why you do it Liberal. :rolleyes: What you may not know is that sometimes (very very rarely) people get pissed of and party affiliation or political beliefs have abso-friggin-lutley nothing to do with it. Sounds like somebody has a fetish. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/34 "2005-01-20T18:15:57Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe the leftistas are confused again. **You people are supposed to begin wailing and wringing your hands whenever some poor, oppressed woman clings to her few meager possessions** , only to be ridiculed by some privileged underachiever who is lamenting the “putrid” smell of homeless people and “indie looking” chicks. It’s like Charo complaining on _Surreal Life_ that she’s been thrown into a roomful of has-beens. What the hell are you even talking about? What woman? Maybe we’re confused because you make less sense than half a roll of pennies. Oh, wait, you must want us to defend the homeless person and the indie looking chick, right? Even if they are being rude and thoughtless? But that means we’d have to defend your obnoxious behaviour too, so fuck that. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/35 "2005-01-20T18:39:24Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe the leftistas are confused again. You people are supposed to begin wailing and wringing your hands whenever some poor, oppressed woman clings to her few meager possessions, only to be ridiculed by some privileged underachiever who is lamenting the “putrid” smell of homeless people and “indie looking” chicks. It’s like Charo complaining on _Surreal Life_ that she’s been thrown into a roomful of has-beens. Lib, here’s a clue for you – when you open random threads that have nothing to do with politics, and start defending rude behavior just so you can manufacture hypocrasy in a political party that you hate so much you named yourself after it – time to check the expiration dates on those meds, pal. Know what I mean? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/36 "2005-01-21T10:35:58Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Lib, here’s a clue for you – when you open random threads that have nothing to do with politics, and start defending rude behavior just so you can manufacture hypocrasy in a political party that you hate so much you named yourself after it – time to check the expiration dates on those meds, pal. Know what I mean? Yes, I know what you mean. And I know why you lose. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/37 "2005-01-21T10:47:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Yes, I know what you mean. And I know why you lose. This from a guy who opened with an ad hominem attack. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/38 "2005-01-21T13:42:57Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Yes, I know what you mean. And I know why you lose. Yep. Er… Huh? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/39 "2005-01-21T13:52:45Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Sweetheart, I know it’s kind of your thing to nobly fight against these strawmen, tilting at them like the windmills of La Mancha. But your comment is completely gratuitous; it doesn’t even make sense in the context of the thread. I guess your brave stand against hypocracy is so important that you need to fight it even when it’s not there. Still doesn’t change the fact that anyone who parks their bike right in the doorway to a laundromat needs to get put down for the good of humanity. What an idiotic thing to defend. I know I’m confused, I thought liberals WERE lefties? Bleeding heart liberal? One’s who think that it’s “not their fault” that ‘they’ just need love and a little help? Now I know why I mostly stay out of political threads, too many titles. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249/40 "2005-01-22T04:29:21Z")
> [@11811](#): > > What kind of idiot parks their bike inside a laundromat? One who is too cheap to use a car wash instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-idiot-parks-their-bike-inside-a-laundromat/285249.md?page=1)