Haha, is it weird that the first thought I had was that he was playing an original Nintendo Gameboy? I guess thats just me project my own adolesencent experience onto the story.
Texting while riding a bike:
1) Scare others witless.
2) Cause minor property damage.
3) Get yourself killed.
(Schrader – 0; Darwin – 1.)
Texting while driving a “four door wheelchair”:
1) Terrify, injure, and/or kill others.
2) Cause major property damage.
3) Possibly live to see the carnage your stupidity caused.
(Schrader – 0; Darwin – 0; Lawyers – 1)
Many teens can be cured of Car-itis with a single strong dose of financial reality:
1 – earn the money to buy your own damn car (parents have executive veto for unsafe vehicles)
2 – pay for your own insurance
3 – pay for all fuel and maintenance costs.
4 – compare to bike ownership
That said, the lure of the open road and the intimate companionship, as well as camraderie with one’s own crowd are a strong, strong sell. But if the teen in question can pay for all of the above? Jolly good for them!
That’s true; I do delivery for local restaurants by box-bike, and can be anywhere on the main grid in under 12 minutes. On those rare occasions when I am forced to use my car, even the closest delivery takes nearly 20 minutes, given I have to find legal parking that is convenient to the delivery address. Bike? Pull it up on the curb, lock it, done.
Look at the way he’s engrossed in that cellphone. Let him get a couple of texting-while-driving tickets; he’ll be back on the bike before long.
And howzabout Joe? It looks like even he’s grinning a little bit at Yehuda’s “4-door wheelchair” comment.
Haha, is it weird that the first thought I had was that he was playing an original Nintendo Gameboy? I guess thats just me project my own adolesencent experience onto the story.
Damn! A normal adolescent.
Hate to admit it, but bicycles don’t attract girls like cars…
Who’d be interested in a girl who was attracted by a car?
A normal adolescent who wants to get laid.
Only if the guy has a small tool…
If that’s the case, you’re hanging out around the wrong women.
Yeabut, cyclists thighs can make some women quite misty eyed.
That’s one of hte reasons I stopped racing as a youth. Any ordinary kid in the midwest of the States would act the same way.
Love the look on Joe’s face in the last panel.
CAKE !!!
Have you noticed that the last frame is the first and only frame where you can see Shrader (off the bike) not texting
Texting while riding a bike:
1) Scare others witless.
2) Cause minor property damage.
3) Get yourself killed.
(Schrader – 0; Darwin – 1.)
Texting while driving a “four door wheelchair”:
1) Terrify, injure, and/or kill others.
2) Cause major property damage.
3) Possibly live to see the carnage your stupidity caused.
(Schrader – 0; Darwin – 0; Lawyers – 1)
Many teens can be cured of Car-itis with a single strong dose of financial reality:
1 – earn the money to buy your own damn car (parents have executive veto for unsafe vehicles)
2 – pay for your own insurance
3 – pay for all fuel and maintenance costs.
4 – compare to bike ownership
That said, the lure of the open road and the intimate companionship, as well as camraderie with one’s own crowd are a strong, strong sell. But if the teen in question can pay for all of the above? Jolly good for them!
(But keep the bike handy.)
Why does Schrader want to travel around town more slowly than before?
That’s true; I do delivery for local restaurants by box-bike, and can be anywhere on the main grid in under 12 minutes. On those rare occasions when I am forced to use my car, even the closest delivery takes nearly 20 minutes, given I have to find legal parking that is convenient to the delivery address. Bike? Pull it up on the curb, lock it, done.
Schrader will ride again.
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