I had an entire bus full of kids screaming “LOOK IT’S A UNICYCLE! OH MY GOSH IT’S A UNICYCLE!” I wasn’t even riding it, I was walking it because I was too tired to get on and ride uphill (I had just ridden on an uphill skinny) some of the kids were even hanging out the window to look at me!
I got my first “Joining the Circus?” comment today. I was riding out in front of work and he was obviously a suit from upper management. I replied “I already work for one.” Probably a good thing he had no idea who I am… 
Roak
Made me laugh.
That’s what I say too, or approximately. Never said it to a manager though.
Caution swearing & UK english ahead
So riding home last night the following happened.
I’d spotted a bunch of teen lads hanging around, smoking and generally looking tough, I took note & prepared for evasive action incase they fancied “a laff” when from over my shoulder I heard a yell of “Fall off you cunt” coming from a trashy looking white van (one of those cruddy little suzuki things). One of the lads immediately sprang up and yelled at the van driver “fuck off! he (pointing at me) is fucking GANGSTA”. I’m still laughing about it now.
and Roakey I was at a meeting with our CEO today when the subject of B* sheds came up (this is an ongoing rumble at work, that I’ve tried to stay out off) when he turned to me & said "I suppose your not that bothered since you only need half of one anyway "
Not a new one, but the other day I was walking with my unicycle when I heard a kid behind me say “Look mum, it’s a unicorn!”
Made me giggle anyway.
I work for a really, really big company and no manager in their right mind on the engineering side of things (where I work) would wear a suit because it makes them too easy to pick out, given that engineers and managers get along like cats and dogs – it’s a genetic thing, I think.
Yhea, I’m painting with a broad brush trying to be humorous
Roak
hahahahahaha
Could be a reference to a very old, long joke that I’ll shorten as best I can.
Old timer invites his friend to go ‘coon hunt’n one weekend. The friend shows up with a rifle, and the old timer tells him: “You won’t need that, we got Spike” – gesturing to his dog.
So they head off into the woods and soon come upon a treed ‘coon. The old timer shakes the tree, the coon falls and Spike pounces upon the ‘coon instantly killing him. This continues for several more ‘coons.
Then they come upon a HUGE ‘coon waaaay up in a tree. The old timer shakes the tree as hard as he can, but the ‘coon doesn’t fall. Finally he climbs the tree in an attempt to shake the coon out, but a limb gives way and he loses his grip… As he begins to fall he yells to his friend “Oh my gawd, quick! Shoot Spike!”
Who knows, but it reminded me of that joke they way you said the comment was delivered…
Roak
exactly the same here.
When engineering people wear a suit it is so special that you can at once guess the guy is from the “boiler room”.
we also use the term “lion’s food” for middle management: do you?
(and do you know the origin of the term?)
Does it have something to do with the score Lions/Romans 4,375, Christians 0? But no, we don’t use the term here for middle management.
Not counting the managers that use engineering as a stepping stone to management, there are exactly three reasons we see a fellow engineer in a suit:
- They're going to a wedding
- They're going to a funeral
- They're interviewing for another job
Roak
We got “Are you going to join the circus?” today. My friend said “Yes. I’m going to be the bearded lady.”
Take that, boring scallies.
thats pretty good.
6 year old next door neighbor after seeing me helmetless for several days notices my new red helmet. Smiling she points to her own pink helmet and says:
Now you are a “propessional” rider, just like me.
my brother was riding and some kid said “hey, nice tricycle”
today i was showing off out side my local library
and i jump mount do a unispin put my seat in and gap some steps, and after
all that some lady goes, wow. you got on tha on your 1st try?!?!
“Where’s your other wheels?”
Did they expect you to have a collection?
Like me! 
I was unicycling down a hill today on my 29er.
Two guys asked me why, I said “Why not?”
Then they asked me if I was practicing to ride down Snowdon (biggest mountain in Wales).
Well maybe, but how did they know.
(I saw them in the carpark and asked them why they had asked about Snowdon. they said that riding down a hill on a unicycle seemed an eccentric thing to do so they thought I might be wanting to make a bolder statement. Well, whatever. Still quite spooky though)
While I pedal past if one more kid asks me if I can do tricks I just might do one on his forehead. Seriously! 
Yeah I know,
Today, I was there idling and a kid asked me if could do any tricks.