Just when you think there might be hope for our generation, someone comes along and does something stupid. 18-year-old Timothy Bargfrede and a friend realized they were in the wrong parking garage, so they just figured they'd jump from one to the other. The St. Louis Post Dispatch said it was about a two and a half foot leap. The friend jumped across fine, but poor Timothy couldn't make it, and he got stuck. Police had to cut him out and stuff.
A two and a half foot leap? That's not even a yard! And this guy couldn't make it? I can jump over six feet from a standing point, and over a dozen from a running start. Yeah, Edmond, you might say, but you're kind of athletic. True. But still... two and a half feet? How could you NOT be able to make it? Maybe this guy's really obese. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he was drunk. I don't know. But surely any teenager can jump a simple two and a half feet! And if he couldn't... don't you think he would know he couldn't and he wouldn't even try?
I don't like calling people stupid. I really don't. It's kinda rude. But this guy's really pushing the definition of "stupid." And the sad thing is I know he's not the only cranially challenged teenager out there, either. It's these people who will be running the country in a few years. Should I be scared? Or are there enough smart rational somewhat intelligent teenagers out there who can jump more than two and a half feet?
(Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1/1/2005, seattlepi.nwsource.com)
Edmond the Hun
1 comment:
does jumping ability have anything to do with intelligence?
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