A sudden increase in pedestrian and cycle traffic on the streets of Amsterdam led to a near miss between two cyclists –one of whom had obviously ignored a red traffic sign! Of course this led to a noisy and angry exchange between the cycling gentlemen, in which curses (themed around the hope that the other would be stricken down with some terrible illness) were thrown about quite freely. Meanwhile we, the viewing public, chuckled awkwardly and wondered why the two were so angry about so little? My ‘wonderings’ evolved into this quick trip into memories about unnecessary anger.