Stupid thing # 1 – I’m out on a three miler. I pass a couple arguing over who is going to mow the lawn while the gas powered mower is running. I had seen this coming as I approached the house.
The wife is mowing the lawn.
Husband is sitting on the front steps hurriedly putting on shoes as though he was supposed to mow the lawn but fell asleep or something.
Wife spite mows the lawn.
Husband hustles to mower where he and wife begin to argue. I can’t catch any of the conversation/argument because the lawn mower is running spewing fumes and noise as though it wants to have a say in who wins the day and the grand prize of mowing the lawn.
Most of the lawns in my neighborhood are the size of your living room. Push mowers, electric or battery mowers would do the job just fine but we seem to addicted to making noise and waking up neighbors when we mow.
I keep running and never catch the end of the fight.
Stupid two – I’m running loops at a local park and part of the loop takes me through parking lot. The loop is only 3/4 of a mile so I circle at a fairly regular and uptempo pace.
I see a white Mercedes in the parking lot. As I approach I can see the windows are all closed ( tinted of course) and the engine is running.
As I approach the car and prepare to swing around it I notice a woman, not picking on females, men can be just as stupid.
She is standing outside the car smoking a cigarette while the car’s engine is running and presumably the air conditioning in said auto is running.
Wouldn’t want to get the smell of tobacco in the fine hand crafted leather upholstery now would we?
I flash her a dirty look as I run by but I doubt she senses my aggravation and so I let my anger pass as I head around for another trip around the park.
The next time I’m at her location she and her car are gone.
