Modes of Transportation

Getting from point A to point B is an interesting endeavor for every individual. There are so many ways to do it. Legs, bike, car, and plane are some of the forms that come to mind. All have their positives and negatives. All seem to fit into a specific scenario that makes one form more appropriate than another.


The first things that comes to mind when someone says "Rollerblades" is probably a eight year old girl with a pink helmet and wrist guards blazing a path down a sidewalk. For this girl Rollerblades are an acceptable form of transportation. Take that image and warp a sixty-five year old man into the picture and you have something different all together.

The man in question was a gangly ol' coot, probably due to the immense amount of rollerblading done on a daily basis, who was jiving down the sidewalk. With his dog out in front, and his wristguards secured as he sped along quite pleased with himself. I can just hear his inner monologue, "I am saving the world one rollerblade trip at a time." It was not quite as good as this display, but he was just as graceful.

Whether or not rollerblades are a socially acceptable form of transportation aside, Ron Swanson would say they aren't, the man IS saving the environment. For that he should be commended.  Wrong, nothing good has ever come from rollerblading. More often than not you skin your knees while you zoom around with your butt wagging about behind you.

Albert Einstein is quoted as having thought of the theory of relativity while riding his bicycle. For that reason

I'll go as far as saying that the bicycle is the vehicle of the intellectual. So what about rollerblades? To that I defer to the most interesting man in the world.