The comedian Jeff Foxworthy and his buddies have this routine where they talk about something stupid they’d seen or done and how somebody will have a snappy comeback to point out that stupidity. The story is always finished by the admonishment: “There’s your sign.”
Well, this isn’t actually about stupidity but there is without a question a: “There’s your sign.”
A friend of mine sent me a link to this video of a guy in England who’s a pretty fantastic cyclist. He does stuff on his bike that no sane person should. And when I was sixteen I would have thought this to have been the ultimate in coolness and run out to try to accomplish some of the stuff he does in his video. Well, at the age I’m at now (I’m way past 16), I just keep thinking he’s going to kill himself. No, no, while watching this video I was thinking: “The cops are soooo going to bust you for this.” No, it gets worse than that, I thought: “Does this boy have any health insurance?” Then I remembered that it’s England and they have socialized medicine. “Well, then, the cops are definitely going to bust his . . . ”
There’s my sign. And it’s about growing up, growing old, or having taken one too many trips to the ER. In any case, it’s a fun video. Watch and see all the things he does that seem to defy the laws of physics. Watch the faces of the crowd cause in several shots people come running to see if he’s all right when he’s just pedalling away after his stunt. It’s cool. (Just don’t let your kids watch it.)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=21337502001
