Thursday, May 25, 2006

Ministry of Silly Walks

There's a dude I encounter occasionally (who, incidentally, looks like a blonde Dan Aykroyd) who has the funniest walk I've ever seen. He's kinda long in the torso, so his legs seem short, and his feet turn out a little bit, but damn can he get those things going fast! And somehow he doesn't bounce at all while walking, so if you only saw his top half, he'd look like he was gliding (like the nun in Blues Brothers! Another Dan Aykroyd connection!). But the oddest thing is that his enthusiastically swinging arms don't go straight back and forth - one of them sort of crosses in front of his body on the forward swing, and the other veers away from him on the way forward. How this guy manages to walk in a straight line is completely beyond me! But it sure is fun to watch. :)

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