I am an ugly man. By which I mean I have an ugly spirit. I have prejudices. Two men walk by, one of them pushing a baby carriage. That doesn't bother me. What bothers me is they're both wearing fedoras. Don't they realize it's a one fedora per couple world? I follow their passage with sheer disgust. They look like fools. And I have zero tolerance for fools. "One fedora per couple!" I cry, too late. They don't even turn around. Some people are victims of stark insensibility. Why do pigeons have red feet? Whose idea was that? They drive me nuts, those red feet. Yoga: What a disgrace. Women who wear flowers in their hair are generally hiding a great secret. Falling in love is the best way to discover that you're a fickle person, that your heart is a duplicitous instrument. Bicyclists who ride around in full Tour de France regalia should be lynched.
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July 09, 2011
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i agree with the lynching of the cyclists.
i,however, would include those actually in the Tour De France.
maybe random sniping and landmines.
i would watch,unless it was on pay per view.
or there was Womans Beach Volleyball on another channel.
Posted by: sodajerk | July 09, 2011 at 09:35 PM
I was such a huge dorkball in high school that I wore a fedora.
Posted by: gillian | July 10, 2011 at 05:25 AM
last fall we had the unfortunate experience of visiting asseteque island the same day as a bike marathon was gathering, many-most in full regalia as we parked to use the bathroom and get a map. While hundreds of bikes were milling about my friend says "They look like insects".
Posted by: karoline | July 11, 2011 at 08:05 AM
all excellent comments. gillian, women can get away with wearing fedoras. Just my opinion. Sodajerk, I thought of adding that I would also lynch actual participants in the Tour de France. Karoline, they do look like insects--big wheeled insects.
Posted by: UF MIKE | July 11, 2011 at 12:25 PM
they are all lit to the gills on drugs.nobody without the power of grayskull racing thru their collapsing veins could hope to end up in paris.
it is like one of those old style dance marathons from the last depression....1994.
a cookery prog from da uk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RigjMQrdgg
Posted by: sodajerk | July 11, 2011 at 02:48 PM
maybe they have read this post.one of the cars following the race veered into a cyclist.
looked deliberate to me.
Posted by: sodajerk | July 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM
It's started!
Posted by: UF MIKE | July 12, 2011 at 01:54 PM
Exhibit A.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWT8yeHGA0U
i do not drive,but he swerved.
Posted by: sodajerk | July 12, 2011 at 03:48 PM
We all have ugly spirits, but some of us are beautiful enough to notice it in ourselves.
Posted by: Martijn | July 13, 2011 at 07:22 AM
Well said, Martijn, well said.
Posted by: UF MIKE | July 13, 2011 at 11:32 AM
I wear flowers in my hair... and I am hiding many great secrets.
Posted by: Trees | July 13, 2011 at 06:25 PM
your all a bunch of idiots.
Posted by: George | July 15, 2011 at 09:58 AM