Ever Feel You're In a Movie?
It doesn't happen that often, but this evening I really felt like I was in a surreal scene of some movie.
I made my typical post morning run decision to go for a walk in the evening to stop my legs from seizing up and made my way down the hill toward the ocean.
On the penultimate downhill block before Lighthouse on Drake (Google Maps will help if you're not sure what I'm on about), there's a guy walking backwards up the hill on the same sidewalk I'm on.
He has his back to me and he looks like he's pulling something heavy up the hill, but as I get closer, I still can't see what it is he's pulling. He soon spots me as he glances over his shoulder and then he decides to cross the street.
As he turns, I see there's nothing he's pulling up the hill - it's either an optical illusion or he's a bit strange.
As he's about to cross the street, an older woman on a scooter turns on to the street and then proceeds to go uphill slower than I've ever seen a scooter move before without the rider putting their foot down or falling over.
I suspect she's new to scooterism and has it to save gas mileage, but if she continues to ride it that slowly, her hospital bills will soon be wiping out the gas savings.
Phantom heavy load guy is now in a dilema - he feels the need to get off the sidewalk I'm walking down, but he daren't cross the street as the slow motion scooter is still approaching.
I just smiled as I walked on down to the ocean - a very weird scene - and I forgot my camera for once too - damn!
I made my typical post morning run decision to go for a walk in the evening to stop my legs from seizing up and made my way down the hill toward the ocean.
On the penultimate downhill block before Lighthouse on Drake (Google Maps will help if you're not sure what I'm on about), there's a guy walking backwards up the hill on the same sidewalk I'm on.
He has his back to me and he looks like he's pulling something heavy up the hill, but as I get closer, I still can't see what it is he's pulling. He soon spots me as he glances over his shoulder and then he decides to cross the street.
As he turns, I see there's nothing he's pulling up the hill - it's either an optical illusion or he's a bit strange.
As he's about to cross the street, an older woman on a scooter turns on to the street and then proceeds to go uphill slower than I've ever seen a scooter move before without the rider putting their foot down or falling over.
I suspect she's new to scooterism and has it to save gas mileage, but if she continues to ride it that slowly, her hospital bills will soon be wiping out the gas savings.
Phantom heavy load guy is now in a dilema - he feels the need to get off the sidewalk I'm walking down, but he daren't cross the street as the slow motion scooter is still approaching.
I just smiled as I walked on down to the ocean - a very weird scene - and I forgot my camera for once too - damn!
posted by Tim H at 8:23 PM
1 Comments:
Your observations prove that eccentricity is not confined to Brits. Reminds me of the old English saying, "There's nowt so queer as folk".
Loved the word "scooterism" - is this an Americanism that hasn't yet found its way into the English Dictionary or is it one of your specials?
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