What Dutch Do on Bikes

I could write an ethnography called: What Dutch Do on Bikes

and it would include a list, like this:

eat sandwiches

drink coffee

talk on cell phones

light up

kiss

hold hands

have profound conversations

carry loads of stuff

carry loads of people

raise their kids

are pregnant

create fashion statements

grocery shop

go through a take-out

move house

walk the dog

and then there are the moments that take the cake...

like:

bike to the gym so you can get on... a bike... to work out!

or

ride quickly ahead of the person in front, cut them off, slow down, and light a cigarette to let the smoke blow back in their face.

that's gotta be my favorite.

And the winners this month go to:

The older woman biking back from the hospital, swerving wildly, smoking a joint.

And,

The man smoking a cigar while biking lazily down the center of the road, crossing a canal.

Now, what a better way to enjoy a nice bike ride?

hmmmn.....