As I was running (in Florida) the other morning, I came across a woman who was rollerblading. She was on a road, not a street, a road with a double yellow line down the center. She was in the bicycle lane.
She was going with the flow of traffic and thus coming AT me - running in the bicycling lane (which of course, is NOT stupid :). She may have had on knee pads, but no protective gear for her head. AND.... wait for it......
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....................................she was talking on a cell phone.
As she and I passed, I said in my head, no, I said it out loud, "going the wrong way AND talking on the phone?!?...you're an idiot." But a few feet later I realized, that technically she and I were both on the right side of the road because she was on wheels.
My Dad always said, (so it must be true)-
- if you are on your feet (face the traffic - i.e. walking and running)
- if you are on wheels (i.e a bicycle) go with the flow of traffic.
- if you are stupid, you should have good life insurance.
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