Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Spread your legs

And ride. Legend has it that the great Mongol warriors did everything astride their horses. I am not sure about sex, but there is a special chapter with Mughal miniatures in the Kama Sutra. Or so I hear. But it is true that they start young. I have personally witnessed, fascinated, as a boy no older than 4 or 5 rode expert, bareback, rustling up his horde, somewhere on the steppes.

Today's astride hero is the Young Indian Male. Kids start early. I saw today, a woman riding pillion, with what looked like a rather large loaf carefully wrapped in a towel. It has a tiny arm sticking out, so it was either Chucky or an infant.

Men on bikes eating, smoking and speaking on the cell phone as they go forth to conquer the West, one outsourced victim at a time. Men applying what I believe is the "hard brake" technique to get mischievous, but sadly the Indian female is very savvy and often sits side-saddle. Several men on a motorbike, bonding to some imaginary heavy metal riff.

And best of all, entire families of up to 5 (not including the goat) happily going to the cinema.

Beware the West. The hordes from the East are on the march. On scary, 90's model, 100-cc bikes. But still. Scary, eh?
Sent from outer space.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

writing ees no longer your 'obby?