things that make you go hmmm
Since living in the south, I've become immune to a lot of unusual behavior. Furniture on front porches, broken-down cars in front yards, Christmas icicle lights that are up year-round, things of that nature. However, I saw something today that I could not explain. Driving this morning, I passed a property that had a single-wide trailer on it. In front of the trailer, in the yard, was a fairly-attractive sitting area. It had been edged and lined with rocks. Inside the sitting area appeared to be freshly-purchased mulch and tastefully placed wrought iron furniture. But next to the furniture was the unexplainable object. It was an exercise bike. That's what I said, an exercise bike. Nothing else was around to give me an impression that it may not work or that it was an item for an upcoming yard sale. I have no idea why this struck me as so odd. Not too many things make me ask myself, out loud mind you, "What the hell?" This did.
posted by jay at 8:12 PM
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I can think of 3 scenarios (doesn't that make me sound so "Hollywood?" "Scenario" is almost as bad as having "issues" instead of problems.
1. The owner of the exercise bike found the perfect spot for it. When her husband asks was she isn't using the $300.00 piece of equipment, she always has an excuse:
It's too hot, too cold, too rainy, or too dark.
2. Perhaps the occupants have fallen on hard times and had to sell the '58 Desoto up on blocks that formerly occupied that spot. It was replaced with a bike on blocks. You simply mistook it for an exercise bike. You must have had only a fleeting glimpse. I know how fast you drive.
3. It was an expensive, cutting-edge sculpture. Son, you ain't got no couth!
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