Well it's an absolutely beautiful day in Central Ohio today and I am riding home from work though a rather "tony" area called Upper Arlington. I hit 2 red lights and notice a rather pretty woman in a Prius to my right both times. At the second light she's smiling at me......then her rear window rolls down to unveil 3 quite cute( oldest maybe 6 yrs) smiling kids. Obviously the want to interact with the man on the m/c. So the conversation goes like this:
Cute kids chorus: " Hiiiiii !!!
Bike Guy:" Hi..how are you?"
Cute kids : nervous hesitation
Bike Guy: "Are you all enjoying the nice weather?"
Cute kids : nervous hesitation
Mom rolls her window down and replies in the affirmative.
Boy closest to me: "Doing that is bad for the earth...riding a motorcycle!"
Mom turns her head around laughing: "no its not." to the kid.
Embarrassed all windows go up and we are laughing as we leave the light.
Point is what are and who is brainwashing our children-that comment should not come out of a 6 yr old if I was dumping toxic waste on the road-many other things should be at the forefront of their mind at this point.
Mike