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Cyclist seriously injured after flying orange hits him in eye

8:38am Wednesday 26th November 2008


A cyclist is in hospital with eye injuries after he was hit in the face by a tangerine thrown from a passing car in Oxford.

At 4.40pm on Monday, the man was cycling along the cycle track next to the Northern Bypass towards Marston, just past the Cherwell Bridge, when he was hit by the piece of fruit.

He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, where he has been kept under observation after suffering serious bruising to his left eye and swelling and bleeding from the iris.

Pc Chris Reilly, based at Cowley police station, said: “This may not seem too serious an incident, but the piece of fruit was travelling at high speed and it has left the cyclist in a lot of pain.

“It hurt him so much he first thought he had been hit by a brick.

“This may have been unintentional, but I am concerned it was not. The rider was wearing a reflective jacket and lights and would have been easy to see.”

Anyone with information is urged to contact Pc Reilly on 08458 505505 or Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.


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dapper dan, oxford says...
11:44am Wed 26 Nov 08

Maybe he should've kept his eyes peeled eh??

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
11:58am Wed 26 Nov 08

ah, mr dapper dan. you pipped me to the post with your amusing quip.

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:01pm Wed 26 Nov 08

i doubt the driver of the car seg-meant it.
the cyclist must be really piffed off.

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
12:01pm Wed 26 Nov 08

“This may not seem too serious an incident, but the piece of fruit was travelling at high"

This segment of the article left me pealing with laughter...


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fuzzywuzzy, oxford says...
12:03pm Wed 26 Nov 08

oh dear, looks like this article is decending into a punfeast! I suppose it could've been worse - if it had been a lemon he would've been really bitter.

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susan jones, witney says...
12:08pm Wed 26 Nov 08

If the police think it may have been deliberate then what chance it may have been a stalk-er? COuld it be a case of sour grapes? Or possibly someone from New-berrie??

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:14pm Wed 26 Nov 08

could have been worse.
the offending fruit may have been a banana and the cyclist could have been going the other way!!!!
ouch.

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fuzzywuzzy, oxford says...
12:17pm Wed 26 Nov 08

Absolutely Mr Tuesady, then the police may have been looking into a fruit and nut case

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:19pm Wed 26 Nov 08

indeed mr wuzzy.or perhaps a starfruit.

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dapper dan, oxford says...
12:30pm Wed 26 Nov 08

"the piece of fruit was travelling at high speed"
as it was being chased by a tomato who couldn't ketchup

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:55pm Wed 26 Nov 08

looks me that with all the attacks and other serious crimes going on in oxford, Pc Chris Reilly has ended up with the plum job.

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dapper dan, oxford says...
1:01pm Wed 26 Nov 08

or even a peach of a job?

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
2:15pm Wed 26 Nov 08

How do they know it was a tangerine? If it hit so hard, it must've been pretty mangled, and tangerines, clementines and satsumas all look the same!

Perhaps the police budget has stretched to a fruit expert? I wonder if they took the offending citrus to a green grocer for identification. If it's a foreign import, will it be deported?

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Sid Hunt, says...
2:41pm Wed 26 Nov 08

So much sympathy for the victim here.

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
2:57pm Wed 26 Nov 08

Sid Hunt wrote:
So much sympathy for the victim here.
There is nothing wrong with a pun(net of strawberries or raspberries)

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Bogota Bob, Hnawell Fileds says...
3:02pm Wed 26 Nov 08

I blame these Whitehall Manderines myself....

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Sid Hunt, says...
3:33pm Wed 26 Nov 08

Ha, I should have said 'what an unsympathetic bunch!'

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dapper dan, oxford says...
4:17pm Wed 26 Nov 08

Sid, you're quite right but unfortunately the headline and subsequent story were too good to miss commenting on (you may even say it was a juicy story!)I would, however, like to offer my apologies to the victim of this incident and wish him a speedy recovery.
Now on with the punnery! Over to you LadyPenelope, seeunexttuesday et all!

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
4:46pm Wed 26 Nov 08

Yes, puns aside, sympathy to the victim, and may we all wish him a smoothie recovery.

May no MANGO down this same route again, and we hope he can see the humourous side of these fruitful comments, which are berry berry funny.

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M of Headington, Headington says...
6:07pm Wed 26 Nov 08

As the cyclist involved in this incident I believe that laughter is a great form of medicine. However not one of you understand what it is like to be the victim of a drive by fruiting. Keep them coming as I need a good laugh at the moment

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dapper dan, oxford says...
11:03pm Wed 26 Nov 08

M, glad you can see the funny side and I again offer my best wishes on a speedy recovory.
I hope the culprit is caught and feels a right melon for the cufuffle he's caused! I wonder if any passing motorists/pedestrian
s caught the incident on their Blackberry's???

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
7:49am Thu 27 Nov 08

a speedy recovery indeed m, all the best from all above im sure.
its good to see that some people still have a sense of humour.
i do hope your injury gets better.
youre lucky nothing got 'jammed' in your eye socket.

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SNJ, Oxford says...
7:57am Thu 27 Nov 08

M: I hope all goes well and that you have not lost your zest for cycling.

It's not clear from the article whether this was a deliberate act; but some fruitcake motorists don't seem to realize how dangerous it is to throw things out of a car window.

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
8:26am Thu 27 Nov 08

i do hope that when the police assisted you, that you didnt have to 'pick your own' bike up.
scraping the barrel for thimgs now.


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fuzzywuzzy, oxford says...
10:14am Thu 27 Nov 08

Yes Mr Tueasday, the barrel (or maybe the fruit bowl even??) has been well and truely scraped!! It seems things on here have gone a little pear shaped. I would go and comment on some other stories but they all seem like potential banana skins.
Your turn now M'Lady!

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dapper dan, oxford says...
10:17am Thu 27 Nov 08

I heard on the grapevine that Police are looking for a man from New Zealand - a very dangerous Kiwi

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oxforddave, Oxford says...
10:25am Thu 27 Nov 08

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/oxford/content/arti
cles/2008/11/26/ross
_feature.shtml

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stoppit n tidyup, wantage says...
10:29am Thu 27 Nov 08

nothing to add lady pineappley??

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fuzzywuzzy, oxford says...
11:34am Thu 27 Nov 08

M - as a Headington resident you don't happen to live down LIME walk do you???!!

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
12:19pm Thu 27 Nov 08

M - I do hope you're feeling better. It's a nightmare when one's skin bruises like a peach...

Perhaps you could take up some form of relaxation to aid the recovery, like Ly-chee? (or is that Tai-chi?)

Kumkwat may, I'm sure you'll be ripe as rain soon.


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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:43pm Thu 27 Nov 08

hey there lady p.
you sound like a grape laugh!!
do you fancy going on a date??

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
12:49pm Thu 27 Nov 08

hey there lady p.
you sound like a grape laugh.
do you fancy a date??

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LadyPenelope, Oxford says...
1:40pm Thu 27 Nov 08

I am already spoken for, so if you came on a date, you'd be a bit of a lemon, and I wouldn't want you to look a fool*

* –noun: a dish made of fruit, scalded or stewed, crushed and mixed with cream or the like

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fuzzywuzzy, oxford says...
7:08am Fri 28 Nov 08

You wouldn't want to play the gooseberry Mr Tuesday!

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seeunexttuesday, oxford says...
7:17am Fri 28 Nov 08

oh mr wuzzy you beat me to it!!!!!
thats me done i think.im all out of fruit based jibes.
i think we've pretty **** well though.
can't wait for the next amusing news article.
toodle 'pip'.

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