Friday, March 6, 2009

Wear a backpack

This isn't the Appalachian Trail. I don't even know why you have an EMS bag if you live in the city -- going rappelling soon? -- but if you insist on wearing one, complete with a Nalgene bottle stuffed in a side pouch, stay above ground. Those containers are indestructible, and they hurt when you turn around and smack people in the arm with them.

I sometimes carry a backpack on the subway, but I have the decency to take it off when I get on the train. Not everyone sees this reverse pregnancy as a problem. Just take it off and put it between your legs. Not difficult. Otherwise, you start knocking newspapers and books out of everyone's hands. Besides, wearing a backpack makes you the spacial equivalent of someone 50 pounds heavier. There are enough natural fat people on the subway. We don't need any artificial ones.

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