When someone gets overly excited and wants to have a pavement brawl, and if you're just not in the mood or too scared cos he's twice your size, I always find staring at them with wide eyes and gritted teeth, psycho stylee, always scares them off.
And if it doesn't, you just punch them in the throat, as above.
Seriously though, that approach has worked pretty much everytime I've done it. It's quite funny to see people's aggression turn into unsurity.
I remember once, in my early 20's, me and some mates were driving somewhere and this complete twat cut us up badly, then had the cheek to flip us the bird from his window. Eventually we got along side him at some traffic lights, got out of the car and asked him what the feck he was playing it. Unbelievably he gave us lip, even though he was on his own and we were five up. He wasn't even a big lad, and one of my mates was a monster.
Anyway, we said to him to shut it or we'd batter him.
His response, and I quote it word for word.... "Ok, come on then".
And with that he got out of his car and stood there stoney face.
Now either this guy was a better fighter than Bruce Lee or he was messed up in the head. Either way it made us think twice and we got back in our car and left him and his stoney face standing there.
