Yeah it is 
Two old ladies, as I rode past them:
„Oh, look, a handy velocipede!“
„Yeah.“
„Could that be something for you?“
„Not really, I guess.“
Sounds like a joke. You had better started with “Two old ladies, as an old bloke rode past them:”
Two old ladies, as a bloke on a uni rode past them:
„Oh, look, a handsome velocipedist!“ 
„Yeah.“ 
„Could that be something for you?“
„You bet!“ 
(unicyclist accelerates) 
f-slide:
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I rode past two lads next to the skatepark. One said “Did you see that?”, the other said “That was very cool”.
What nice encouraging young people, responding to the skill of going fast up to the top of a quarter pipe, then jumping straight down the opposite side.
You might be thinking it was me who did that, but honesty requires me to confess that it wasn’t, it was my dog running on a harness ahead of me (I did not follow - that’s a far future trick to learn!)
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Yesterday, while passing a group of maybe 5 children on the other side of the street:
“Look!”
“I couldn’t even ride it.”
“I couldn’t even mount it.”
“How can he do that?!”
This morning, when quickly entering the butchery while the owner held the door open for me:
“Take it easy! You’re so fast on your unicycle, so you can slow down when you’re walking.” (That was quite heartwarming)
This evening, when passing a group of youngsters:
“Aute!”
“Är geit huere ab!”
U no mit schybebrämse!"
Translating slang is always a bit difficult, but I’ll try it:
“Dude!”
“He’s damn fast!”
“And even with disc brakes.”
Interpreting youngsters can be a as difficult as translating slang. I wasn’t sure if they were mocking me or if they were genuinely surprised or even impressed to see an old fart on a uni with (a single) disc brake zipping by. I think this time it was mostly appreciation, with the obligate dash of mockery.
Nearly every week I go riding with my son. He on his new two wheeler and me on the 24 muni. Today two old ladies past us two times and the second time she said “wow that is super impressive” i just thanked her for her compliment.
Pretty much got this today. Spooked what i’m guessing was a young horse being trained given there was someone on a bike behind it. Rider managed to stay on. With horses I always slow down and give as much space as possible but this one startled when i was about 20m away.
I dismounted, apologised and was expecting nastiness but instead I was asked if i could stand in place so the horse could get used to the idea of a unicycle. Given the number of cyclists where the horse was being walked, it had obviously got over bikes but i guess a unicycle is a different thing…
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Today I participated in an event where a bunch of municyclists met to ride together. There was a shuttle bus that brought those who arrived by train to the „base“. The driver noted that he found riding downhill pretty challenging even on a b!ke, adding that you constantly have to decide which brake to use and so on. „But doing this on a uni where you have to keep the balance not only in two directions but in all four… 
“. To which I remarked that at least you don’t have to think about which brake to use 
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