Grandma's 5 Questions for 7/25/20
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:56 am
1. Four United States Presidents were assassinated while serving as President. Without looking it up, do you know who the four were? You don't have to name them. A simple yes or no answer suffices.
2. Yesterday while riding my bike I witnessed a not so unusual encounter.
A woman was walking on a "path" that is used by walkers, joggers, bikers, skateboarders, roller skaters/bladers, etc. She had two dogs on leashes and was taking up a lot of the path.
Two bikers were attempting to pass her and one of the bikers used the proper etiquette in that she loudly stated - "ON YOUR RIGHT" to let the woman walking the dogs know they were going to pass her on the right. The woman walking the dogs had ear phones/buds in her ears and I assume didn't hear them because she started veering to the right as she was walking. There was almost a collision. The woman on the bike yelled at her "TAKE THE DAMN EAR PHONES OUT OF YOUR EARS SO YOU CAN HEAR AND DON'T GET KILLED". The woman walking the dogs yelled back - "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RUDE" and looked at me for I assume was agreement and sympathy. I told her, "I'm sorry but I happen to agree with her".
Who was the biggest asshole?
a) Woman on the bike
b) Woman walking the dogs
c) Me
d) All of us the same
e) None of us
3. Up until my post on the Totally random thread this morning, Why had nobody posted on this site for close to 13 hours (between 6:26pm last night and 7:17am this morning)?
4. Another "yesterday I witnessed" question. I was riding my bike near the Oak Street Beach (Beach is closed to the public) and on a bench across from the beach I witnessed what I felt was a beautiful thing - as bizarre as it was. There was a Hispanic man rapidly "playing" a pair a Maracas while an African American woman was singing opera. Two things that usually in no way go together and yet it was almost perfect. People crowded around to enjoy what they were seeing and hearing.
Soon after that I was at Navy Pier and AGAIN, I witnessed what I felt was a beautiful thing - as bizarre as it was. An Asian Man wearing yellow socks that had tacos on them, a t-shirt that had the Captain America logo on it, and a "baseball hat" that said FBI.
Which of the two things I witnessed do YOU feel was more "beautiful"?
5. You can choose to do just ONE of the following things today and you MUST do it for 2.5 complete hours without stopping.
Which do you chose?
a) Gardening
b) Swimming/staying IN a pool
c) Having lunch or dinner and sitting at a table in a restaurant
d) Taking a nap
e) Watching a MLB game (including commercials)
f) Working out / exercising
g) Protesting / Marching
h) Reading a book
i) Cleaning your home (define "cleaning" as you choose)
j) Going to a Farmer's Market
k) Taking a scenic/pleasant drive
2. Yesterday while riding my bike I witnessed a not so unusual encounter.
A woman was walking on a "path" that is used by walkers, joggers, bikers, skateboarders, roller skaters/bladers, etc. She had two dogs on leashes and was taking up a lot of the path.
Two bikers were attempting to pass her and one of the bikers used the proper etiquette in that she loudly stated - "ON YOUR RIGHT" to let the woman walking the dogs know they were going to pass her on the right. The woman walking the dogs had ear phones/buds in her ears and I assume didn't hear them because she started veering to the right as she was walking. There was almost a collision. The woman on the bike yelled at her "TAKE THE DAMN EAR PHONES OUT OF YOUR EARS SO YOU CAN HEAR AND DON'T GET KILLED". The woman walking the dogs yelled back - "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RUDE" and looked at me for I assume was agreement and sympathy. I told her, "I'm sorry but I happen to agree with her".
Who was the biggest asshole?
a) Woman on the bike
b) Woman walking the dogs
c) Me
d) All of us the same
e) None of us
3. Up until my post on the Totally random thread this morning, Why had nobody posted on this site for close to 13 hours (between 6:26pm last night and 7:17am this morning)?
4. Another "yesterday I witnessed" question. I was riding my bike near the Oak Street Beach (Beach is closed to the public) and on a bench across from the beach I witnessed what I felt was a beautiful thing - as bizarre as it was. There was a Hispanic man rapidly "playing" a pair a Maracas while an African American woman was singing opera. Two things that usually in no way go together and yet it was almost perfect. People crowded around to enjoy what they were seeing and hearing.
Soon after that I was at Navy Pier and AGAIN, I witnessed what I felt was a beautiful thing - as bizarre as it was. An Asian Man wearing yellow socks that had tacos on them, a t-shirt that had the Captain America logo on it, and a "baseball hat" that said FBI.
Which of the two things I witnessed do YOU feel was more "beautiful"?
5. You can choose to do just ONE of the following things today and you MUST do it for 2.5 complete hours without stopping.
Which do you chose?
a) Gardening
b) Swimming/staying IN a pool
c) Having lunch or dinner and sitting at a table in a restaurant
d) Taking a nap
e) Watching a MLB game (including commercials)
f) Working out / exercising
g) Protesting / Marching
h) Reading a book
i) Cleaning your home (define "cleaning" as you choose)
j) Going to a Farmer's Market
k) Taking a scenic/pleasant drive
