Misunderstood

I rode my bike this afternoon to the local video shop ($1.99 video where, yes, every movie is a $1.99) to return a movie (The Aristocrats. . .I HATED IT) and get a few more . As I was browsing an older lady (maybe late fifties) came up to me and said she had noticed me and a friend (that would be D.) riding our bikes around town. She then proceeded to ask if we had lost our liscences for drunk driving.

Oh yes she did!

I just had to stare at her for a second. I was appalled that someone could actually just come right out and ask that question of a complete stranger. I then proceeded to explain to her that I was riding my bike to do my part to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil, fight the growing epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and, most importantly, it was a gorgeous day and a fantastic summer for getting out on the bike.

She just stared at me blankly and walked away shaking her head like her reasoning was so much more plausible.