So this morning on my walk, I was at the part where I've been seeing the bear tracks but was bravely striding on, determined to work through my unreasonable bear-seeing anxiety when a truck pulling a horse-trailer came up the dirt road behind me.
I stepped aside so the truck could get by me and the woman driving stopped.
"Hey!" she said from the comfort of her air-conditioned truck with her cell phone to her ear. "You need a ride or are you just trying to get skinny?"
You know. I think I would have rather seen a bear.
Thats funny. My brain would have locked up trying to think of the perfect obscenity. A simple hand gesture would been the easiest bet.
ReplyDeleteAll I did was shake my head and wave her off.
ReplyDeleteJesus.
#$%^&!*!!
ReplyDeleteSome people have a lot of nerve!
Aah well. She was probably just trying to be nice.
ReplyDeleteAnd funny.
And I'm still laughing. Haha. See?
This happens to me all the time. I don't understand how someone walking abnormally fast in athletic apparel and sneakers could look like someone who needs a ride. Do I need a ride? No. Do you need a brain? Maybe, but too bad, I don't have an extra.
ReplyDeleteThe indignities we suffer are infinite.
ReplyDeleteMay- I would bet that most of the people who ask you if you need a ride are fellas.
ReplyDeleteThey're just hoping...
Juancho- truer words were never spoken.
I would have found something to throw at her.
ReplyDeleteOk, I wouldn't have taken that to mean she was calling me fat. Skinny just means skinnier! And nice to be offered a ride.
ReplyDeleteHave you really got BEARS? I remember Gentle Ben, I suppose.
My friend told me her sister livesin a town with a ring road around it, where all the ladies do their walking.
Apparently it's known locally as 'Fat Arse Boulevard'.
Now that's insulting :D
Fat Arse Boulevard. Now that's great! And yes, we do really have bears. Florida brown bears. And although there has never been an attack on a human in history (that I know of) we're still intimidated by the beasts.
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