i have to disagree with this
'The thing with genuinely hard people is there’s no screaming and threats. Things accelerate from ‘a bit dodgy’ to ‘blood everywhere’ in a heartbeat.'

it isn't the domain of the truely hard, just the people with the sense to know when things are going to kick off, that the best thing to do is hit first and hit hard.
/not a genuine hardman blog

nicely written though and the image of a nutter on a stolen bike, i'm picturing a ladies bike with a basket on the front, is great
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Fri 1 Jun 2012, 4:59, 1 reply)

Fair point
But it's a reasonable assumption that if someone is ranting and raving for ten minutes about all the punches they're going to throw, they probably won't throw any.

CLASSIC INTERNET MOMENT ALERT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Dg-ucGarg
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Fri 1 Jun 2012, 9:15, closed)

a classic
and a win in the ongoing battle against loud mouthed scum bags.

btw, i realise i do agree with your point. however, i should have said is it's not exclusive to the genuinely hard.
you're right though, but with one exception:
the ones that make a lot of noise and posture are often too scared to start something and use this screaming as a way of getting it all started.
in my experince, the best thing to do is walk away right away, or smack 'em right away
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Fri 1 Jun 2012, 16:03, closed)