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Rodge · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: Schaudenfrade

Is that how you spell it? Taking joy in the misery of someone else?

There's just been a crash outside my house, I looked out the window just after it happened, a blue 206/7, a primera of sorts and a red Nissan Primastar van were involved.
I don't know how it happened, it doesn't look too serious but there's a huge element of shaudenfrade to it.
Last night on my way home, I was cut up by a very badly driven red Nissan Primastar van who had dived from lane 3 across the carraigeway to cut across me doing about 30mph above the 50mph limit as I was leaving the road.
I didn't beep or anything until we reached the lights at the top of the sliproad. They went green and we sat there, the driver was texting on his phone. I beeped, he moved and drove on.
I could see him clearly in his large van mirrors.

The same bloke is at this moment, looking very worried, walking around his van, which doesn't look too badly damaged but is on the wrong side of the road, diagonally across the kerb.
The other driver is an angry blonde woman.

The police got there fast, within about 5 mins, the fire brigade and ambulance have arrived but I think everyone is ok.

Schaudenfrade. Sometimes better than boiling.
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SpecB · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject:

Shadenfreude.

I hope he was on the phone and gets found out.
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Boxer6 · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject:

Rodge · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject:

I think it's 2 points and €80.
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Boxer6 · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:38 pm Post subject:

Similar to here, then.

Perhaps the Isle of Man isn't as backward as some would have you believe - their penalties for mobile use have been thus since before I left in 2000.
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DaveGibson · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject:

Apex clipper · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:48 am Post subject:

Have you stopped laughing your bollocks off yet?

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SpecB · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:32 am Post subject:

Boxer6 · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:44 am Post subject:

TimR · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:47 am Post subject:

Humphrey The Pug · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:49 am Post subject:

I didn't do German and before I read the original post I didn't have a clue what "shadenfreude" meant and had never heard of the word.

Anyway hope he gets done if he was on his phone but he probably won't as It'll be too much hassle and as we all know it's only speeding that kills anyway!!
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DetmoldDick · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:07 am Post subject:

Rodge · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:40 am Post subject:

DaveGibson · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: