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Published July 02, 2009 08:27 pm - I got to the end of the street just a bit late, so I wasn’t able to give John a piece of advice.
John was explaining a few rules for our eighth annual neighborhood Fourth of July Bike Parade. John was explaining the rules to a throng of kids whose ages ranged from 12 to 1. The kids were preparing to zip off down the streets on their bikes. Well, not all of the kids would be zipping off down the streets on the bikes. Many of them would be pushed, or pulled by parents.


Mike Pound: 'Someone' worked hard on bike parade



I got to the end of the street just a bit late, so I wasn’t able to give John a piece of advice.

John was explaining a few rules for our eighth annual neighborhood Fourth of July Bike Parade. John was explaining the rules to a throng of kids whose ages ranged from 12 to 1. The kids were preparing to zip off down the streets on their bikes. Well, not all of the kids would be zipping off down the streets on the bikes. Many of them would be pushed, or pulled by parents.

The advice I wanted to give to John before he began explaining the rules to the kids was this: “They won’t listen.”

I remember the first year we organized the bike parade. At the time, Bill was the one doing the explaining-of-the-rules. I remember that Bill cautioned the kids to be careful.

“It’s not a race,” is what Bill said.

While Bill was saying “It’s not a race,” every kid lined up in front of him was thinking, “It IS a race.”

On Wednesday night, one of the things John talked to the kids about was the importance of staying behind the golf cart carrying the parade grand marshal, Laurel Rosenthal. So, of course, when the parade began, half of the kids on bikes sped past the golf cart.

Oh well.

By the way, my wife doesn’t read my column very often (no, really?), but if she reads this one, I’m in real trouble. See, about five paragraphs earlier I wrote the following sentence: “I remember the first year we organized the bike parade.”

See, technically that sentence is incorrect. The part of the sentence that is incorrect is the part where I wrote “we organized.” Again, technically, “we” didn’t organize the bike parade. My wife and Bill’s wife, Lana, organized the bike parade. We mainly stood around and said, “Yes, dear.”

But I think that counts for something.

Wife: Mike, you need to air up the tires on Emma’s bike.

Me: Yes, dear.

Wife: You need to go get ice.

Me: Yes, dear.



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