The van I’m currently driving is white, and it seems I’m being sucked into the appropriate persona. If my behaviour on the road this morning is anything to go by, I’ve joined the club. I’ve become White Van Man. I don’t suppose the colonials have that term, but it isn’t complimentary.
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Er... The "White Van Man" in America is generally regarded as the type of predatory man who offers small children candy and kidnaps them. And then maybe eats them.
Ah, not so here. White Van Man is the generic term for the louts of the road - those who are impatient, who tailgate, honk horns, flash lights and overtake at unreasonable speed in inappropriate circumstances. It's how I used to drive when I was a sales rep, but that was a long time ago. I thought I'd grown up.
Yep, around here we jokingly call them rape vans.
It's a word I never use, Andrea. Just hearing it offends me greatly.
I should have said 'offends my sensibilities greatly.'
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