The brighter, lighter side of social distancing….
Went for a short walk yesterday during the lockdown.
We’re allowed a walk.
Heard this shouting from a couple of streets over.
People are even more annoying than usual, I find…
Theres a six feet exclusion zone now.
Great. Now I have to let people get closer to me than ever.
It’s usually 15 or 20 feet.’Pauline’ he shouted. Again. Again.
Is it his dogs name? Who calls their dog Pauline?.
Paulie? Mollie?
Has he lost his young daughter?
The noise seemed to be getting further away, says my wife.
That’s because we’re walking, I said.
He didn’t stop.
We took a turn,up a hill. Suddenly out of an alley a young man sprang out.
Looked like he climbed out of a chimney 100 years ago.
‘PAULINE’
We stopped walking,feeling threatened, our exclusion zone was down to 20 feet..
He stopped and stared straight at us.
‘Have you seen a…
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Very funny. I came across a woman in my neighborhood, one day last year, taking her large, tropical bird for a “walk,” although she was carrying the bird, of course. We stopped and she showed me how well the bird talks. It was amazing!
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Life is stranger than fiction–especially these days. Thanks for commenting.
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We don’t have a dog. But if this situation continues, I’ll consider renting the one of the dogs in our building…
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Be a good reason to be able to take a walk.
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I really enjoyed this Pat, such a delight.
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Thanks, Paul. I thought it was a fun take on life during the Coronavirus,
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