step on a crack, break your mother's back
04/07/07 08:39 PM Filed in: Humor
so do you remember when you were little and someone said "step on a crack and break your mother's back?
i do...and no matter how mad i was at my mother, i never could seem to step on enough cracks to do any damage (just kidding mom...no but seriously, i tried so hard and never could do it...i think once she put her back out, but i didn't count that)!
so you might be wondering what brought on this little bit of reminiscing...well it was this comic:
i have totally done that...for example, no stepping on the cracks between sidewalk pieces, or when i was a kid playing in the woods, when i couldn't step on the ground because it was lava or water...(yes i had fun when i was little).
it made me start thinking about how i walk...which of course led me to start thinking about how other people walk, and i came to the conclusion that walking is like your dna or fingerprints, only better!
look around some time, everyone's walk is different...everyone has that one little part that makes their walk theirs.
i for example have a stride of 16.8 inches, for a complete cycle of 33.6 inches. i slowly swing my arms as i walk, but do not bounce. once i got over my depression about how i just measured my step size, i started looking at other peoples walks.
here are some of my favorites i observed:
the bounce - this walk is one that everyone would recognize...the person looks like they are taking a little jump each time the take a step, kind of looks like they are trying to work out the calfs, but failing miserably
the waddle - this person looks like a duck...nough said
the power stride - this person usually is wearing a power tie if male, or a pant suit if female and is walking with a purpose even though they just graduated business school and hold no power
the strut - the over confident walk usually performed by those who have no reason to do it
the model - think tyra banks only not on a runway or dressed up
the oh my god don't come near me - the people who have a personal bubble and thus keep everything 2 feet away from them...kind of the gas molecule model
the limp - not people who are really hurt, but those who have that slight limp and usually heavy gold metal chains and 6XL shirts with jeans that would fit four of me
so hopefully next time you are out you will look at how others are walking and add some more categories to my list...and if you get up after reading this and analyze your walk don't feel bad...i used a yard stick to figure out mine!
i do...and no matter how mad i was at my mother, i never could seem to step on enough cracks to do any damage (just kidding mom...no but seriously, i tried so hard and never could do it...i think once she put her back out, but i didn't count that)!
so you might be wondering what brought on this little bit of reminiscing...well it was this comic:
i have totally done that...for example, no stepping on the cracks between sidewalk pieces, or when i was a kid playing in the woods, when i couldn't step on the ground because it was lava or water...(yes i had fun when i was little).
it made me start thinking about how i walk...which of course led me to start thinking about how other people walk, and i came to the conclusion that walking is like your dna or fingerprints, only better!
look around some time, everyone's walk is different...everyone has that one little part that makes their walk theirs.
i for example have a stride of 16.8 inches, for a complete cycle of 33.6 inches. i slowly swing my arms as i walk, but do not bounce. once i got over my depression about how i just measured my step size, i started looking at other peoples walks.
here are some of my favorites i observed:
the bounce - this walk is one that everyone would recognize...the person looks like they are taking a little jump each time the take a step, kind of looks like they are trying to work out the calfs, but failing miserably
the waddle - this person looks like a duck...nough said
the power stride - this person usually is wearing a power tie if male, or a pant suit if female and is walking with a purpose even though they just graduated business school and hold no power
the strut - the over confident walk usually performed by those who have no reason to do it
the model - think tyra banks only not on a runway or dressed up
the oh my god don't come near me - the people who have a personal bubble and thus keep everything 2 feet away from them...kind of the gas molecule model
the limp - not people who are really hurt, but those who have that slight limp and usually heavy gold metal chains and 6XL shirts with jeans that would fit four of me
so hopefully next time you are out you will look at how others are walking and add some more categories to my list...and if you get up after reading this and analyze your walk don't feel bad...i used a yard stick to figure out mine!