OK here is the situation,
Its a nice day thought i would take the mini down to the shops to get a , parked outside the newsagent so i can watch the mini.
Grabbed what i had to grab, back turned to door whilst i paid, Then i hear someone banging on the bonnet of my mini.
Got outside quickly to find a little kid about 3 slapping his hands on the bonnet of my mini, Kids Mum is standing there chatting to her friend saying "Ooh your a noisy little boy today!" (please note no attempt to stop said devil child)
I turned to its mother and said "Please remove your child" not angry, no raised voice.
Told, "Who do you think you are?"
replied, "Its my car , stop him"
"Get over yourself" im told, By this time child has been removed by mothers friend.
Im sure i was not rude. I did not raise my voice.
SO here is the question:
Could i have got away with pushing the mother into traffic?

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Definitely, wont do much damage at 10 km/h

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only if she was holding said child

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

What did you have to buy from the Newsagent? A magazine of some description? Were you going for your monthly/quarterly mini porn?

Yes you would be well within your rights to push her into traffic and kick the lil bastard child onto the road after her

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Bugger that. I would have just gone off. With all the cuss words I could think off. Damm crappy parents for not teaching their kids about the value of other peoples property.

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Oh, come on! If you're in a bus station and they sell postcards for Bizzaro World, you have to assume you're in Bizzaro World, right? I mean, am I crazy?

Wonder what the reaction (from said mother) would have been if said child had of hurt themselves.... ferals......

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Brendan, you are my kind of guy LOL. I can't hold my tongue when i see little brats in shopping centres pulling things off shelves and their parents just ignore them.

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that sorta stuff really ticks me off!!
ive 'voiced' my oppinion to some people who havent respected that i try to keep my car in good condition and 'finger/smudgeprint free' as well as 'damage free'!

ive nearly had my side mirror taken off by a little kid running past my door in a carpark at work. and have had people openly let their childeren 'grope' my windows and the cars paint.

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I would've went off at her and created such a scene! I have no shame at the best of times so yelling at the top of my lungs using all the cuss words I can think of wouldn't have worried me. I hate parents who don't stop their kids from doing obviously naughty stuff.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

you could have got in the car and started it up, given it a few revs... maybe test the horn, coulda scared the shite outta the kid

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This sort of thing makes my blood boil.

That same mother will probably be wondering in 10-13 years time why that same child is out vandalising other peoples property.

If you don't teach them to respect others and their property when they are young, why would they do it as a teen?

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Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Yes, temporary insanity

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They should both be put down. I can't stand ignorant scum like that.

You can be scary when you want to, Mat. Surprised they didn't run off crying.

I wouldnt try to scare a small child on purpose, yes im not the calmest person in the world and i do have the foulest temper, i can control it if and when i want to.
I do not blame the child in the least, if the mothers friend hadnt removed the child i would have only asked the child to stop what he was doing.
When i was a child i was taught respect for other people and there property and firmly believe that you should treat other people as you wish to be treated.
I have no children, and as such cannot comment on other peoples parenting abilities, i just hope when the little lad gets older he treats his mother with the respect she is teaching him.

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