it’s been quite a week on the ol train. I must admit to driving in twice and nearly losing my umbrella this week so I missed a third race but for the two I did see this week, our ol friend Fatty McCarthy bombed down the straightaway on April Fools day and even got up the stairs before some random unknown train racer caught up…
Thursday was an all out battle between Chick Hicks, Diddle McDiddle and some guy I have yet to name. Diddle came flying out of the train with the random guy right behind him. Hicks came out of the other train door almost at the same time, and while Diddle moved quickly to the front with Random following him close behind, Hicks was coming up quickly on them trying to pass on the left .
The funniest moment was when Diddle in his haste to be the racer of the day, used his arms for an extra flail of speed and hit the random guy on his backswing. It was a little comical because ol’ Chick Hicks was passing at that moment and there was a STUTTER step from Diddle and that was all Hicks needed to stiffly move by both of these goofs and show who was boss. Without even a look back he doulbe stepped ahead of them and without as much as an upper body movement basically left the two in his dust.
Now what makes writing this just a wee bit ridiculous is the reminder that we are talking about people who walk maniacally fast from a train to their cars. These guys couldn’t take the half second to look at each other as they walked, they couldn’t think to look back and say a kind word of apology for nearly smacking some random guy in the face. I think I need to get this on video…
