The Riddle of the Sphinx , Revisited

[patient1]

You know the riddle of the Sphinx-

Q - "What walks on 4 legs, then 2 legs , then 3 legs?"

A- "Man. He crawls on all 4's as a child, walks upright on 2 as an adult, & finally hunches over a cane to walk on 3 "legs".



So I was driving up the street following an old lady in a floppy hat using a walker with wheels ( I guess the side walk wasn't wide enough , or maybe it was the joints weren't as smooth), & it reminded me of a baby.

So now we go from legs & wheels in the way of walkers( infant/toddler) to wheels only- tricycles, bicycles, & automobiles(children & adults), back to legs& wheels in the form of walkers again( geriatrics).

Is this progress, or just lame?

 

[Saytur]

oh sorry, thought this said sphincter ...

 

[phrodeau]

So the patterns of modern mobility lead us to ask:

What starts out lame, grows to become lame, and finally ends up lame?

 

[patient1]

Laughing Out Loud. Thanks phrodeau

The answer remains man.

 

[Cheyenne]

Wait, this lady was walking down the middle of the road and holding up traffic??

 

[patient1]

Well, she was walking up the middle of a back street . Since it has parking on one side, it's a one lane (but not one way) street.
Yes, she was holding me up, but I don't always think of one vehicle as traffic.

The street does have a sidewalk that's wheel chair accessible. I don't know why she didn't use it.

Eventually she got out of my way, but I wasn't tailgating her or racing my engine or blowing my horn.

 

[Cheyenne]

You don't live in a big city, do you, patient1?

I can't imagine someone walking up a street, even a back street, with a walker and a car following behind. Wouldn't happen here.

 

[patient1]

No, it's not even a big town.

There was a retirement home a block over, maybe it was a daring daylight escape