Why???

[ealuscerwen]

My brother's arrival on Saturday evening was greeted by someone on top of the railway bridge throwing a large newspaper package onto my car windscreen as I was driving home

Comments

[bateleur]

So was this a random attack, or aimed at your brother ? Either way, it's pretty disgusting !

[cardinalsin]

Ugh - how horrible, and inexplicable. I just don't understand why people do stuff like that.

[frax]

I am very sorry that happened to you or anyone.

A few years ago cardinalsin and I were walking down a road when a car zoomed passed us and one of the occupant threw an egg at cardinalsin's back. I have never really understood why some people do this.

[knirirr]

Revolting - but not a new habit.
In the 18th century, such a missile was known as a "flying pastie".

[dyddgu]

The reference is in Francis Grose's 1790s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (recently reprinted, and on the shelf in Borders - in the comedy section, weirdly). It's also referenced in Partridge's Dictionary of Slang. The term is still current, having appeared in Viz's Profanisaurus.

A more dangerous variation is the flaming pastie, where the offending, er, bundle, is set alight, in the hopes that the recipient will attempt to stamp it out...
*shuffles back to her dusty books*

[dyddgu]

And here is the book...

[cuthbertcross]

Yuk!!
My immediate thought is that this is "comedy" teenager stuff. Kinda like a more malicious version of prank phone calls, but less lethal than chunks of concrete.
It will be no consolation to think that they probably have miserable little lives to do this for kicks, but try it anyway, cos it's probably true. Individuals who "mess about" with poo are traditionally psychologically distressed.

[cardinalsin]

As Freud said:

"It is traditional, before messing around with poo, to be psychologically distressed" [S. Freud, 1921]

He then went on to talk about willies, and the importance of having them.

[cuthbertcross]

Now don't be silly, sir, I was making a serious point :op

[cardinalsin]

So was Freud. After all, the lack of a willy is endemic to over 50% of people!