Fooking holy Joes

[Justin]

This is a rant inspired by my latest encounter with a holy Joe (youth defence mentality, member of Fine Gael, no voter in divorce referendum, mid 50's, wearer of Glenroe costume, saver of every penny received since communion, pillock of the community, hander out of basket at mass, deliverer of mendicant envelope from local church, you know the stereoptype).

This has only a vague connection with motoring, in the sense that my encounter was based on my parking in a "mother and baby" space in a supermarket (on the southside, where all the HJ's live). My parking was greeted by spluttering indignation from the earnest looking 50's tweed enshrined HJ. I pointed out that I was accompanied by my two year old and recent arrival and was informed by HJ that this was insufficient to make me eligible. But for the fact that my two year old is a bad language sponge (shouts "stupid cow" at motorists who stop traffic to turn right on no right turn junctions with no prompting from me) I would of course have told her to seek a form of sexual release.

Anyway, do HJ's drive in a particular manner?

Are there other stereotypes which deserve metion (the tourist complaining about the slothfulness of a hire car and being informed that in fact it is a stick shift and they have been driving in first for two weeks, for example?)

Help me with this rant!

[Tony]

These HJ’s, as you eloquently put it Justin, really are the do-gooders of our society. They’ll never put a foot wrong themselves, of course. I figure they go out of their way to spot others who do not conform to their society, and try and convert ‘outsiders’ to their mentality ;) As regards the way they drive, its always 5 mph min BELOW the speed limit :mad:. A Sunday driver to you and me, but on each and every day they bestow road rage onto their fellow motorists with their ever so careful driving.

But worse than this, has to be the young driver who’s being saving up their evening/weekend pay to go and buy a superb (NOT) Jap import Civic/Mirage/Micra etc. And it has to be loaded with go faster stripes, large Kenwood sign on the back window, twin aluminium exhaust, 16/17 inch alloy wheels, furry dice, darkened windows, spot lights and of course last but not least, a false turbo bonnet scoop. These are far worse (read dangerous) than our HJ friends. That new add on RTE for speeding, where the two couples in the red car with music blaring and speeding with not one thought in the world to whats around the next corner, has it down to a tee, except for the plain car they’re driving, its too plain. Now this breed is the motorists scourge, the lowest of the low,,