Funny Observations while running (Read 1311 times)

So....i was out on my normal route, which involves running under the interstate for about 3/4 of a mile, which has a trolley stop. On one of the benches was what can only be accurately be described as a whino (no offense intended, but seriously, just a straight up whino). Anyways, i took a look as I was passing him (at my atrociously slow pace) and there he was......relieving himself. He wasn't facing away from the road, or being discrete about it. He was lying on the bench facing the road, unzipped, whipped it out and started....relieving himself. It was very amusing, and I laughed about it the rest of my run. Anyone else?

Last week I was running my usual morning route and there was a man sitting on his front steps. I have frequently seen him sitting there, smoking a cigarette, or just watching the traffic go by. Anyway, on this particular morning I swear he had on black stockings and either a black skirt or shorts. I said "good morning" and kept on going, refused to look back for a second look.

Not really funny, but an observation nonetheless: I run in the early morning, all year round. My usual route is a five-mile course along the streets near my home. Anyway, there's one old guy (age 70 or so) who walks every morning as well. We always exchange "good morning" as we meet each other on more or less the same spot every day. The cute part is that every winter the "warm-weather" runners suddenly stop showing up. The dog-walkers say inside, and the teenagers in basketball shorts find better things to do. But the old gentleman and me, we're still there, every day, saying "good morning." Running is a friendly sport.

I used to live (and therefore run) in downtown seattle. "Homeless man peeing" was a frequent sight. "Homeless man pooping" was fortunately a sight more rare. Both were very sad. Here's the funny one. I'm running. In running clothes. "Hey man, got a light?" Not funny ha ha, but definitely funny strange.

... there's one old guy (age 70 or so) ...

Was it Groucho who said something like "I resemble that remark" ...? Ok, so a couple years ago I was running at the high school track one morning when a PE teacher had her class come out and do some laps. One girl decided to beat her friends to the end of the straightaway and raced out ahead of them. I was in the middle of a 150m interval, in lane 8, as I slowly passed her. One of her friends yelled out "Hey, you can't even run as fast as that old man." Thursday I rounded a bend on a nature park trail and surprised a squirrel who immediately jumped to the right side of the trail to get out of my way, but then did an immediate 180 to go to the other side. It totally cracked me up to see the squirrel change its mind in a flash and almost end up jumping right into me.

"Hey man, got a light?"

The addicted can get desperate - after all, there was a one in a million chance you had one!

When I lived in Hollywood, I once observed a man park, get out of his car, pay the meter, and walk nonchalantly down the street while wearing a shirt, jacket, tightie-whities, shoes, and socks... no pants. Very strange.

Not really funny, but an observation nonetheless: I run in the early morning, all year round. My usual route is a five-mile course along the streets near my home. Anyway, there's one old guy (age 70 or so) who walks every morning as well. We always exchange "good morning" as we meet each other on more or less the same spot every day. The cute part is that every winter the "warm-weather" runners suddenly stop showing up. The dog-walkers say inside, and the teenagers in basketball shorts find better things to do. But the old gentleman and me, we're still there, every day, saying "good morning." Running is a friendly sport.

I've also observed that when it rains, even if it's just the tiniest drizzle, the usual biking/running/walking noobs are nowhere to be seen.