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Hahah this is kind of funny. What a moron.

Were people really going to call the cops on some guy who was just running around a playground? Don't the police have more important things to worry about than some running nerd?

It's one thing to get worked up about a guy running amongst the swings and the children while making "strange noises." It's another thing entirely to get worked up about a guy wearing "really short running shorts." If these parents are concerned about this guy's clothing, they need to get out among the non-Amish a bit more often.

Eric B. wrote:

Don't the police have more important things to worry about than some running nerd?

I am sure they do, but I believe these parents saw this man as a threat to their children. Since they saw him as such, I am certain that they would argue that the cops had nothing more important than nabbing a potential child predator.

As I stated before, I saw him as a 'running nerd,' but the others did not. They saw him as a half-naked man that was way too close to their children.

I can see it from both perspectives, which is why I brought it up on this site. I would not like to see a fellow runner, no matter how quirky, get pinned with something that he did not deserve.

Think about how that would sound on the news, "Sweaty man found hanging around playground in short shorts." I am sure it would draw plenty of empathy from the public.

Avocado's Number wrote:

It's one thing to get worked up about a guy running amongst the swings and the children while making "strange noises." It's another thing entirely to get worked up about a guy wearing "really short running shorts." If these parents are concerned about this guy's clothing, they need to get out among the non-Amish a bit more often.

Keep in mind this guy was on a playground. Enough said. That is weird.

But funny.

Avocado's Number wrote:

If these parents are concerned about this guy's clothing, they need to get out among the non-Amish a bit more often.

There is a time and a place for everything. Keep the running shorts for the track, trails and road.

A children's playground is probably the one place I would argue against wearing running shorts, and I wear them everyday.

VA GUY wrote:

Think about how that would sound on the news, "Sweaty man found hanging around playground in short shorts."

That would be a pretty slow news day.

LOL, this guy was obviously Avocado's Number.

This is great!!

Avocado's Number wrote:

That would be a pretty slow news day.

I would agree, that wouldn't surprise me though, hence the thread. Parents around here get worked up over everything.

Keep in mind that I live in the area where parents sue coaches so their kids receive more playing time at the rec soccer league.

Ugh.

That's funny...a co-worker of mine once told me that I have to be careful about my neighbors calling the cops on me for running in the dark in shorts. I never understood the connection, but apparently people think its suspicious.

VA GUY wrote:

Keep in mind that I live in the area where parents sue coaches so their kids receive more playing time at the rec soccer league.

Ugh.

Sounds like the main problem with your situation is that the parents where you live are a bunch of pussies.

To solve this problem, take the first one who says anything you perceive as negative, and kick them right in the groin. Man, woman, bad look from the family dog, it doesn't matter...anyone. I'll bet no one ever pipes up in your presence again.

SC Slim wrote:

I'll bet no one ever pipes up in your presence again.

Haha, then I'll have my own little lawsuit to deal with on the weekends, no thanks.

I would say you are right about the parents in the NOVA - DC area, but I bet it is parents all over these days.

It seems like it is either one extreme or the other, unfortunately. Either over-protective, or non-existent.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL wrote:

LOL, this guy was obviously Avocado's Number.

This is great!!

Actually, when I saw the line, "Sweaty man found hanging around playground in short shorts," I had an image of Al Roker in white tennis shorts hanging out at the playground on a hot summer afternoon. I mean, that's a little scary, but not something to call the cops about.

Avocado's Number wrote:

Actually, when I saw the line, "Sweaty man found hanging around playground in short shorts," I had an image of Al Roker in white tennis shorts hanging out at the playground on a hot summer afternoon. I mean, that's a little scary, but not something to call the cops about.

I don't know, I am not a fan of Roker. I might call the cops on him.

First off, Mondo is not for "soft running", it is hard and the runner should have been doing his running on a grassy area.

Second, a playground for little kids is not a place do be doing any kind of runs, as it would be very easy to have a little kid get run over. They do not look when they are playing and weird, skinny distance guys can only run straight ahead, unable to cut without falling.

Hey, big boy, go find some other place to play!

An Al Roker in tight tennis shorts is always reason enough to call the cops. Get that pedophile phreak behind bars as soon as possible! He uses that "weatherman" excuse just to look up little girls skirts and to frisk little boys.

If I were a child molestor the last thing I'd do would be to advertise myself by running circles around playing kids.

You have to realize were in a period similar to the 1980s when daycare centers were witch-hunted for using children in satanic rituals. Every parent thinks a son will be sexually molested and a daughter will be abducted.

It doesn't happen that often statistically.

Obviously the guy was a complete and total mormon

Bump, this really happened?