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We got a letter from our school district awhile ago stating that today, “October 6th, 2010″, was National Walk To School Day. They wanted to promote walking to school instead of driving your kids to school. This would be a very “Green” thing to do. It would cut down on car emissions and traffic congestion around the school, the children and I would get exercise, it was considered an all around “No Brainer Good Thing”.
My wife was all for it. This would be great for the kids and me! I said if they want to cut down on emissions and congestion, why don’t they bring back the school bus service that they cancelled without notifying anybody and that we were paying for with our taxes. No one ever talks about that one.
Then she looked at me and asked, “Well, are you going to do it?”
I thought for a minute and my response was, ” I can walk the kids to school any day I want. On the 6th I’m gonna drive because that will be the only day I can pretty much guarantee I’ll get a good parking space.”
6 comments
Al Pollard
October 7, 2010 at 6:25 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I was LMAO reading your post. Like I tell the Triplets… “You gotta fight the man and not let him keep you down.” Or like a buddy of mine says “They say I am rubbing the cat the wrong way, I say turn the cat around.”
Keep fighting the good fight:)
Al
themommydaddy
October 7, 2010 at 11:31 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Al: Thanks. But, remember, I live in California. The MAN is everywhere and in everything.
Dad Who Writes
October 11, 2010 at 1:10 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
This is something I could probably get right behind. Except they already walk to school. And I can’t drive. And I don’t live in California.
joan
October 12, 2010 at 1:42 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You know, that is an astoundingly BRILLIANT deduction! I’d have done the same thing!! Happy driving, my smart friend!
D.J. Kirkby
October 16, 2010 at 9:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hah, excellent. We walk to school everyday, good thing too as not many other people seem to jusdging by the zero parking spots.
Dennis P
October 21, 2010 at 10:37 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Awesome reasoning. I can’t walk my kids to school because it takes like 12 minutes to drive there. If I walked them to school, that’s all I would ever do, I’d have to leave two hours before they get out. Then when I get home, I’d have to leave to go get them. I would lose all the extra weight I want to get rid of though. Great blog post.