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i got sent the copy over lunchtime...any comments' suggestions......

 

Response to “ It’s a jungle” By Dr Dale Kenmuir False Bay Echo 18/09/2014

Dr,

These ‘Cloglodites’ as you call them are actually sub sets of the broader genus, the Roadii. They are close cousins of the Sedanists, but it gets even more confusing as some Cloglodites are also Sedanists. This is what causes the chaos, as all of them seek to find harmony on the common resource, the road itself.

Where you are definitely mistaken is that the Cloglodites are not new, they’ve been around for much longer than the Sedanists.

Where you are even more mistaken is the belief that the Sedanists ‘own’ the road, infact the Cloglodites have just as much right by law to be on this road. Using a Zoology example, just like the Lion is the strongest and most aggressive in the wild, he does not own the savannah. Please don’t think that an annual car licence pays for the road, it’s the taxes that we all pay that contributes the ‘lion’ share. You mention this species being a hazard to motorists, peruse any road death figures and you’ll see the Sedanists are the chief cause.

Where you are the most mistaken is that the Cloglodites clog these shared motorways. You only need to look at any traffic jam of Sedanists to see that many of them are not carrying passengers. An excellent current example of this stupidity can be observed at the Kalk Bay stop/go, where the Sedanists frustratingly line up for miles on end – right alongside a perfectly functional railway line.

It’s actually the Sedanists who need to be culled. You might have noticed that the city is allocating more resources to other classes of Roadii, like the Busiusco and Trainoldlii and our Cloglodites, like they have always to the Sedanists in the past. Don’t lose your soup over this thought, many world class modern cities operate this way, efficiently.

Your observations are, however, not without merit. There are indeed many Cloglodites who act flippantly like those four letter words you mentioned. It’s just a few who give a bad name to the majority of well natured road users. In the same way many Sedanists take their anti-social behaviour onto our roads and make it a nightmare for the rest of us. We all need to accept two things:

a)      We are both here for the long term, we all have rights to and should respect the road and other road users.

b)      If we don’t do a) things will just get much worse.

Kind regards

Ike Rider /sedanist

 

 

He forgot the Motorcyclii ( With a silent "P" )

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i got sent the copy over lunchtime...any comments' suggestions......

 

Response to “ It’s a jungle” By Dr Dale Kenmuir False Bay Echo 18/09/2014

Dr,

These ‘Cloglodites’ as you call them are actually sub sets of the broader genus, the Roadii. They are close cousins of the Sedanists, but it gets even more confusing as some Cloglodites are also Sedanists. This is what causes the chaos, as all of them seek to find harmony on the common resource, the road itself.

Where you are definitely mistaken is that the Cloglodites are not new, they’ve been around for much longer than the Sedanists.

Where you are even more mistaken is the belief that the Sedanists ‘own’ the road, infact the Cloglodites have just as much right by law to be on this road. Using a Zoology example, just like the Lion is the strongest and most aggressive in the wild, he does not own the savannah. Please don’t think that an annual car licence pays for the road, it’s the taxes that we all pay that contributes the ‘lion’ share. You mention this species being a hazard to motorists, peruse any road death figures and you’ll see the Sedanists are the chief cause.

Where you are the most mistaken is that the Cloglodites clog these shared motorways. You only need to look at any traffic jam of Sedanists to see that many of them are not carrying passengers. An excellent current example of this stupidity can be observed at the Kalk Bay stop/go, where the Sedanists frustratingly line up for miles on end – right alongside a perfectly functional railway line.

It’s actually the Sedanists who need to be culled. You might have noticed that the city is allocating more resources to other classes of Roadii, like the Busiusco and Trainoldlii and our Cloglodites, like they have always to the Sedanists in the past. Don’t lose your soup over this thought, many world class modern cities operate this way, efficiently.

Your observations are, however, not without merit. There are indeed many Cloglodites who act flippantly like those four letter words you mentioned. It’s just a few who give a bad name to the majority of well natured road users. In the same way many Sedanists take their anti-social behaviour onto our roads and make it a nightmare for the rest of us. We all need to accept two things:

a)      We are both here for the long term, we all have rights to and should respect the road and other road users.

b)      If we don’t do a) things will just get much worse.

Kind regards

Ike Rider cloglodite/sedanist

My comment is that this is beautiful. My suggestion is that it's sent to the newspaper ASAFP. Kudos to the writer.

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I must admit. I like his writing style. I was reading it and thought 'ah yeah thats me!' Hahaha

 

Edit: I was refering to oompie Dr. Only saw the response now. Equally brilliant.

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