Segregation - Cycling

Well this is a stupid routine I thought up on my walk home.

"Now people say that with the abolition, if you like, of apartheid, segregation is close to being eradicated once and for all. At least, we have nothing like that in Britain.

Now this of course, is complete bullshit as I am sure you know. Take for instance, a cycle path along a country lane. I walk on one to and from my house. Normally into town, I don't just do it for the sake of it. But there is a clear white line running down the path, dividing up walkers and cyclists.

Weirdly, every time I walk on it, I always stick to the walker side, even if there is nobody else around. Other walkers seem to do it too, even if we are fully aware a bike is nowhere near by. It's ridiculous. A line in the road and we stick to it, even though there is no real rule or any reason to stick to it if no cyclists are using it.

Sometimes, when I'm feeling rebellious, I will walk on the cyclists side but I always think for some reason someone will turn up and berate me for my walking on the wrong side. The cycle police if you will.

"Here! What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"I'm just walking home..."

"On the wrong side! That is for walkers, and this is for cyclists. Now sir, you do not appear to have a bike with you."

"What on earth are you on about? Have you met my girlfriend?"

A clever retort, I think you will agree, but sure to get me a slap.

(A mime of being slapped goes here...)

"How dare you, talk about your girlfriend in that way.."

Thus ends the routine.

See what I did there? You thought it was the girlfriend that slapped me but no! And that was what I came up with on my walk...well that and the post above which is a joke I was delighted to come up with...