Humor 05-Shoveling Doubts

Humor 05-Shoveling Doubts

SHOVELING DOUBTS
Of all the world’s great mysteries â€" why do clocks run clockwise, how do fish sleep, why is yawning contagious â€" I think the biggest one is: Why do we shovel snow off our sidewalks?
Just think, the average human being must burn off hundreds of calories shoveling snow for an hour â€" if you can find an average human being willing to shovel snow that long â€" and what does it get us? You can still use your sidewalks even if they have snow on them. And after all your hard work, all the snow will do anyway is melt. (Not that I’m speaking in favor of global warming).
So why do it? After thinking about it for a long time (I do a lot of thinking just before it’s time to shovel the walks) I decided there was no good reason.
It would accomplish as much to hope for an infomercial-free channel, to wait for gas prices to go down, or to expect my SUV mileage to go up. Futile. (Though infomercials can grow on you. And not like fungus).
So after that conclusion, I decided I should go on strike. Until someone could supply me with a good reason (like Dad saying so) I wasn’t going to shovel any more snow. Why, I’d even take pride in the height of the snow on my walks, no matter if people took to sledding down them. (Full disclosure: Don’t ask for a fee).
Then I could watch the rise and fall of winter by the amount of snow on my walk. Seeing it disappear in the spring would prove all the sweeter knowing I hadn’t tried to hurry the process. (Or missed the “Top 10 Infomercials.”)
And I'd spend all the time I saved from not shoveling on a really worthwhile cultural pursuit, maybe even change the channel to public TV sometimes.









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