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EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

jeeff: it's only right to link to hool's infamous [[2770:motorist vs courier]]....

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

markus: I been a bike courier for years in different cities, but in the early 90's bikes were getting ripped off from couriers in T.O, they were using a larger bar to break them at......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

markus: thanks for the memories been out west way too long use to bike courier and live in k-town great lens....

in response to: Kensington by seaqueue

Biff: Trans Box Couriers. Great sign. Now I now what TBS actually stands for. ...

in response to: Drop Your Shadows by joey

EvilGentleman: So if I get this right, anon from Hawaii is of the belief that we should not let our emotions guide our actions, but should instead do nothing. Yet this inaction should require that we......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

EvilGentleman: Holy crap, hool! Motorist vs Courier has almost 400 000 hits now? Just imagine if the thread was still going, how far it would have gotten by now. I think the editors would have had......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

hool: only 393239 hits to go until this surpasses motorist vs courier. i'm still going with schroedinger’s cat as the explanation. it was a scientist simply wishing to demonstrate some principles of quantum physics....

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Catherine. I just hope this cat in GGP's pictures was already dead of causes not related to the iceman's doing, it would make the whole thing a lot easier to digest that way. Judging from......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Stevo: wow will this provoke the next courier vs. suv type dicussion? gee...all those people were taking public transit. I have to wonder how many of the people who drafted some of......

in response to: Smokers BEWARE! by Elicar

EvilGentleman: The great irony is that it was hool's motorist vs courier post which grabbed attention on the CBC News website, and I followed the link here. After making an ass out of myself in that......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

Peter: eg: hah re: the bike/courier guy. that made me chuckle. also: that cn story is quite a story... wow, just wow. just to put that kid's feat into perspective: [[img:10099]] (...image ganked from [[http://www.the-rocketman.com/Dar-R-gallery.html]], which is a fascinating-......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Elicar, I remember one Toronto experience that absolutely terrified me. I think it was back in 1977 or 1978, My mother took me up to the top of the CN tower (Dad stayed below to......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar

Cameo: It's right next to the courier cafe. (Jet Fuel)...

in response to: Deco Dance School by Biff

chiamattt: that pics better than the bike courier series. ...

in response to: March 16 2006 Toronto by hool

Rapunzel: That must be a Tim Horton's cup!!! Sorry, I've been out of country for a while, and even the litter seems nostalgic! JOKING!! Saw the photos of the courier who'd thrown stuff back into a......

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

leah..the courier :): love the first one...but can really relate to the one of the mom in the sun...sigh....

in response to: Jan 23 2006 Toronto by hool

EvilGentleman: I have to agree that citynoise has opened up a new world to me, and has allowed me to express myself in ways I never considered before. I am so thankful that CBC provided the......

in response to: Icinoise by GGP

grange: Wheres a courier when ya need one ! Teach that litterer a sorely need lesson ."Hold on sir , i just have to slam this little bit of litter back in your car"....

in response to: Clothing Bank by Elicar

EvilGentleman: LOL, thanks for the suggestion, cat. But I no longer live in northern Canada, I am now in suburban Montreal. The only dangerous animals here are the 'throw the meat patty and rough up the......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: You gotta do one on the rage boy from hool's [[2770:motorist vs courier]]...

in response to: from the sketchbook by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Harry and Benjamin, recently Hool was accused of faking a fight between a [[2770:motorist and a courier]], much to the amusement of those who know (and love) his work. ...

in response to: Col1402 Vs Col1403 by hool

des: yeah toronto is just soooooo hardcore,not to mention the driver vs courier incident.lol...

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

the boss: by the way COURIER i got a package to be delivered so get your ass over here...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

the boss: NTH: 4th Feb 2006 - 16:05 GMT that is why you people with physical work act so violently,your frustraded with your job,should of had gone to school like smart people do,what?your gonna be a courier forever?own......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

NTH: all you people dissing couriers because we're apparently stupid or uneducated or whatever are the real ignorant ones. The world would be a better place if people didn't crave the comfort of an office......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

moonbean: people: 4th Feb 2006 - 10:52 GMT hum let me see UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA,and the best you can come up with is bike courier?let me think a office job good money,or freezing my ass off,rain pooring on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

people: PEOPLE,the driver has a car,and a hot girl,it show he is an educated person,leah is just a low life carrier obviously she is the ignorante one I dont know where to start about this. Its true that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

To Driver's Brother! Doing Damage Control.: I'm sure other people have said this before me, but really should your brother be glad it wasn't worse! He could have been seriously injured. Lock your car doors! If it had......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Media_Baron: Why should the courier or the motorist lose their jobs? Neither of them were working at the time of the incident....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

MasterK: That courier should lose her job and I hope she does. There is no way an employee should be getting into confrontations on the road like this. Would love to find her name out and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Viceroy Snuffleupagus: This forum discussion is an excellent example of discursive disintegration by virtue of anonymous expression. I'll explain, as this message board was an opportunity squandered. Sure, an argument can be made on behalf of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

RailJockey: I will have to agree with amore e biciclette when they state that Kensington Market should be car-free. The roads in there are narrow, and there is no shortage of transit around. As......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Gad zoots: The real hero of all this is the guy pulling of litter boy from courier girl. Koodos to you who ever you are....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

the new guy: I just moved to Toronto this past fall. I have lived in Vancouver, a small college town in the U.S. midwest (Iowa City, IA) and most recently, Edmonton. Having only ever visited Toronto......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bike Courier: I am so hungry. I wish I had the patty in question to it....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

James: The move he made to dump her bike, the foot against wheel and pull on seat is a move taught to cops, so I doubt if he was charged for anything. Why did he......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Six : I would and have given people there garbage back when they drop it. I almost always do it politley( ok a little sarcasticly, but its funny for people to look like such idiots for so......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

MeatMan: What a shame... This really tends to show what happens when you pack a bunch of humans into a small area -- they start eating each other like rats. It all comes down to a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jestersgears: First things first, people, the street is NOT a garbage can, despite what 90% of the world thinks. Second, Don't start nothing, there wont be nothing. There's probably a whole lot of things that led......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Neo: "That's Leah, a Toronto courier. I'm a former courier, now dispatching. She was defending her space, and this guy attacks her. Typical behaviour of a motorist." Her space? Come on now.. the road system is designed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Kilgore Trout: What really sinks this moron is that he returned to find the courier after the initial confrontation. There are clearly two incidents. He has to assume responsibility for everything that happened as he returned to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jim: I took an hour to get through 1/2 of this chain (before giving up)so sorry if I'm repeating. Leah is wrong! You can't have a city filled with people taking situations into their own hands. She......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

len: I just moved back to Canada from Georgia, USA ... where suburbia is human unfriendly (like some of Scarborough), cyclists get doored, and people are obsessed with their vehicles. On top of that the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sigh: Hey - that could be an engagement ring on the girlfriend's finger. Maybe she and her family will see what they could be in for with this guy on the front page news like that.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

TO_guy: Is that littering pig from this country? If not I suggest we send him back. If he is he should be charged. Maybe a little jail time would smarten his ass up. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: thanks melissa. notcourier leah - i shoot with a canon 5d. ...

in response to: Jan 23 2006 Toronto by hool

The Chimp: My guess is that "rage boy" and blondie were mixing it up in the car long before our plucky little bike courier showed up. His reaction seems to be way over the top for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

howard stern: bike courier was wrong to throw rotten sandwich back in motorist's car. she should have called dhal kaur singh on her cell, he would be right over and pick it up off the road......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Fred Schtiener: Yea, I was going to ask who's the chick in the white vest, somebody get that info ok? Courier vs Jack Ass, well the courier should of talked to any passengers in hopes of them......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

leah (not the courier): hool what do you shoot with? your colours are so loverly...

in response to: Jan 23 2006 Toronto by hool

Jules: SO many opinions. I just really hate the guys and girls who are all like "if I see that guy I'm gonna break his face blah blah blah" You're not going to do a damn......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Josh: A message to all of you goofy hippies to mind your own fucking business. I would have slapped the shit out of that hooker if she tried anything like that. The rest of those clowns......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ALWAYS the problem: "Couriers and taxicabs are ALWAYS the problem without fail. They think they own the road. I'd love to declare open season on both of them." No, people like you are ALWAYS the problem. Open season? WTF?......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (dsl-155-102.aei.ca): Couriers and taxicabs are ALWAYS the problem without fail. They think they own the road. I'd love to declare open season on both of them. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

get it right!: Jeremy - vancouver: 2nd Feb 2006 - 21:02 GMT "the courier bears full respomnsibility for creating this confrontation and then escalating it by keying the guy's car. Tossing food is one thing but vandalism is something......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jeremy - vancouver: the courier bears full respomnsibility for creating this confrontation and then escalating it by keying the guy's car. Tossing food is one thing but vandalism is something else....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sertraline: I ride a bike in Toronto and I've seen more couriers do dumb aggressive shit than automobiles. Most of the posters, in typical neo-hippy style, assume that this incident is the man's fault. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dan: I can't believe I read this far... Because of the notoriety of this blog entry, its not surprising to see so many trolls coming here. I have to believe that a lot of the angry people......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The one and only: That motorist should have his balls cut off. I don't think much of his girl friend if she puts up with the actions of that pig, or maybe she likes to wallow in trash. My......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Aaron: Yeah, the guy shouldn't have thrown garbage out on the street. And couriers are probably particularly sensitive to that since they are exposed to being hit by debris thrown out of car......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

carolina333: Sorry everybody but was she really so concerned about the garbage - thats what she says - how do you know she wasnt in a bad mood and just wanted to get her frustrations back......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

commonsense11: Obvious that this site is drop-in for bike courier trash, jusdging by sympathy for "Leah" (I've met her too, meth-head cranky bitch that she is) Hope her bike is fucked but good, that'll teach her......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Barmitzvah: To the 'white vest girl'who is engaged to this nut. I understand your horror at how "unladylike" this courier behaved. Part of her problem is that she probably doesn't live with a violent psychopath who......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

This is why Canada Sucks: Do that kinda shit in America and you get your ass kicked no questions asked. Who the hell does that Courier think she is? Captain Planet? ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JimboToronto: I can't believe the hatred spewing from the tiny pea brains of the cargoofs. Cargoof Matt says,"That dumb courier got what she deserved. They selectively follow traffic laws, and then all of a sudden they're environmentalists?......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

bertro: I think this courier totaly esclated things to the point of silliness...Yeah, littering is not cool - but anyone with an I.Q. over 70 knows that when you throw garabge back......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Exbluejob: I take my hat off to the courier. Our cities and countryside is being slowly ruined by these thoughtless assholes. Perhaps if we find where he lives and dump the contents......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

it's a wrap: There are two very real solutions. The avian flu pandemic will keep bike couriers and drivers off the streets. Ever more expensive fossil fuels will take care of the cars. There. Is that a better......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

babs: I've had two days worth of blog comments to read. What I've noticed is that there seems to be two camps of opinions. One belonging to the cyclists and one to the motorists. I......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

alex the cool kid: That guy is crazy, throwing garbage out a window thats littering incase you dident know! And the courier should have just told him insted of throwing it at him. So inclosing there both fools....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

alex the cool kid: that guy is crazy, throwing garbage out a window thats littering incase you dident know! And the courier should have just told him insted of throwing it at him. So inclosing there both fools....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

matt: That dumb courier got what she deserved. They selectively follow traffic laws, and then all of a sudden they're environmentalists? I hope he destroyed her bike....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Hans Studenfadden: Who hasen't wanted to do that to a bike courier? She never even gets hit with one single punch or kick, big deal he grabed her jacket. What is with the idiot bystandars getting involved?......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The Lawman: And Leah you obviously are too stressed in being a courier that you have to lash out at litterers. Why don't you quit before you go postal and kill someone....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JimboToronto: I live on Augusta Ave about a block north of where this occurred but missed it due to being out of town. I am neither a bike courier nor a motorist, but my sympathies lie......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Yukon: Couriers are all dicks. they think they own the fucking road because they are on a bike. If the the snarling pencil neck woman-beater did in fact litter then he needs to have his neck......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

moto: have you ever seen a courier go nuts.i did it was leah kicking in my car door,she was charged. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mac: I can't even begin to fathom the Angst and anger being displayed on here. People!!!...REALITY CHECK! Listen to yourselves "it's us against them" My God, do you even realise what your'e saying? There has to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

zito: The courier is my hero. She had every right to throw the trash back in his car. The asshole should be responsible for his own trash, why should everyone else have to pay taxes for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dr, O in London: If the courier is to be charged I would happily contribute to her defence fund based on Hool's rendition of events and the photos. Heck, I'll even chip in on a new rim for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mojo-B: I believe both parties were wrong. Why? Eventhough the guy littered his food, doesn't make it a right for the bike courier to throw the food back. Don't like it, piss off then. If......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Huey: I do not care how much you hate littering, there is no excuse for throwing the garbage back into the car. If you don't like the fact that the person littered, pick up the trash......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Gentle Breeze: Storm Trooper, your Asshat is great, the guys a jerk, that women should lose him. I am sort of like the courier and try sometimes to voice my opinion about their rudeness, but usually......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

She deserves commendation!: I am very glad to see the action that this courier took to help keep our streets clean. I hope she can be looked at as a role model. We should not be complacent about people defiling......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Ivan feb 1.06: Awesome capture of urban Toronto. I guess Stephen Harper will make this his platform and state change needs to happen. He will protect our couriers. I commend the courier she was absolutely in the right......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Thom: February 1st - 10:18: Leah, I'm not at all sure what being a courier has to do with this fucked up media. All I know is that I want to thank you. You are an absolute role model to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

sYnTaX-3rr0r: all you people harping the courier is at fault because "no one has the right to deface someones property"? wtf,,, guess what i live on this planet and it is part mine and i do care......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

I heart kensington: Bike Couriers are some of the most vile, foul mouthed people in the city. I used to walk past them at their hangout on Temperence st. while they pounded back beers and chain-smoked weed (and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dear American Threadjacker from Detroit: First, learn to speak and write the English language properly and then come back and talk to us. You sound like a short bus kid grunting his way through a writing assignment. Second, try to stay......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hamiltonian: Serves that courier right, the motorist threw garbage on the street. Whether she likes it or not she should mind her own business. I would have done the same as the motorist. Knocked her out.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

He's still a jackass several days later: driver = asshole, pig courier = hero, citizen doing the right thing Pigs like him deserve everything bad that happens to them. Physically fighting a woman? Pulling out a baseball bat to go after the photographer? Go......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

crispy: Speaking as a courier myself with many a year on the road, I can empathize with Leah and her actions toward this raging lunatic. I have picked litter dropped from many a car and deposited......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

trapped in toronto: thank you to the Crouch End Graffiti and Random Thames photographers. I love London, visit it when I have the money and stamina, and when I haven't, I bless the internet. Just discovered citynoise......

in response to: random thames by steelisreal

What's Really Going On Here: It's interesting that this is primarily a concerned citizen vs. a s***head matter, not a cyclist vs motorist issue. The reason why it has exploded as the latter is due to the decades of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

clonella: Just another case of an asshair(courier) who figures its her bizness to police the planet and save us all from the horrors of a jettisoned meat patty a road chicken woulda ate in 2 seconds.She......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool