Anywho... a little while ago, that man in that hat could have been almost no more. Don't worry too much though. He's still around. I saw his hat and yes... he was still in it.
Here's what happened....
A couple of weeks ago or so, someone was comin' over to our house to visit. Along the way, that someone encountered the man in the hat. The hat was walkin' down the road. I'm thinkin' the hat must have been in charge 'cause you'd expect the man to know better than to not be walkin' at the side of the road. You're supposed to walk along the side of the road so as not to be in the path of the traffic. I'm not even allowed on the road and even I know that. I'm sure the man knows it, too, but perhaps the hat does not.
So this someone who was comin' to our house comes along behind the man in the hat. At first, the man didn't hear the car approaching. Now, listening for cars would have been the man's responsibility. Hats don't have ears so it's not like they can hear anything. The man had ears - likely still does! The man should have been usin' his ears to listen for cars and whatnot, especially since his hat was makin' him walk so far into the middle of the road.
The car was almost upon the man in the hat when the man finally heard its approach. The noise must have startled him or something 'cause the next thing our visitor knew was that the man and the hat jumped and kind of turned and moved further into the road and - get this - into the path of the approaching car! Luckily for our visitor and the man and the hat, an accident was avoided. But like I said, the man in the hat almost was no more.
I'm told that peeps do this kind of thing all the time. They walk around all over the place with thingies in their ears. The very concept mystifies me. As a cat, I have excellent hearing and I'm super-duper proud of it. We cats hear things peeps can only dream about hearing. Yeah, our hearing is that good. Why would I ever want to impede my sense of hearing?
Okay... I know... I would like to plug up my ears when the peep starts up with her caterwauling but that's what you call a special circumstance. An equally special circumstance would be if the neighbours took up the bagpipes. You get my drift, I am sure.
But caterwauling and bagpiping aside, using your ears to listen for approaching dangers is a very wise and cat-like thing to do. Pluggin' your ears up and then walkin' down the middle of the road is neither wise nor cat-like. It's kind of foolish, if you ask me. The fact that peeps do this sort of thing on a regular basis makes me wonder just why-oh-why the peeps get to be in control of the can openers. They are not the superior race. Not by a long shot. This kind of behaviour is proof positive of that!
I'm wondering if the man in the hat learnt a lesson that day, after almost being run over by a car 'cause he didn't hear it coming 'cause he had plugged up his ears listening to loud music. I'm thinking not. Peeps often don't learn lessons well. It usually takes them a couple tries to get it right.
You are probably so right Nerissa. He probably didn't learn his lesson. That is kind of scary but it is scary when people keep their ears all plugged up. We like this story. Take care.
ReplyDeleteMommy is often baffled at how so many people wear those ear thingies when they are walking on the road. That man in the hat was very lucky to still be able to be walking around with his hat!
ReplyDeleteWe know just what you mean because we encounter that all the time with people plugged into music and walking into the road or eyes down texting and walking in the road.. It is awful and accidents will happen..Silly humans should listen to us cats.. HUgs GJ xx
ReplyDeleteThat man in a hat sounds very foolish. Sounds like he is heading for a fall or worse.
ReplyDeleteWe vote with you Nissa. That man almost got himself run over - no one else was to blame. He was doing everything wrong. I bet he didn't learn a lesson either!
ReplyDeleteI think cats have much more common sense than humans. We're just all too self-absorbed, and not as observant as you kitties.
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maybe he didn't, but hopefully he did
ReplyDeleteI bet he didn't learn any lesson at all. Silly man.
ReplyDeleteMy mommy puts thingies in her ears to hear BETTER. Go figure.
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ReplyDeleteMy human NEVER puts those things in her ears when she is out walking in the neighborhood, just for this reason! She WILL wear them when she on a treadmill, but then she is not going anywhere then.
ReplyDeleteSo observant and so wise you are! Maybe some day, the hat man will understand and change his silly ways. Purrs...
ReplyDeleteHumans think they are a superior race than cats just because they have thumbs. Pfffffffff.... I'm sure he didn't understand the lesson. Loupi on Mum's account
ReplyDeleteWe agree with CLL Wendy- us cats have way more sense than those humans!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Likely he has not learned his lesson at all. But he will in hospital one day!
ReplyDeleteyou are right Nerissa....my pawrents NEVER wear those thingies over their ears...it is so dangerous!
ReplyDeleteHe probably didn't learn his lesson, sadly. Those humans...
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The man in the hat was lucky this time.
ReplyDeleteMy hoomin owns some hats. :)
ReplyDeleteMe thinks he was probably just mad at the guy driving and did not think he was bat at all!
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You know what, Nerissa? Sometimes the Humans with the thingies in their earsies ALSO have their EYES buried in some little machine they carry around with them and about a month ago a 30-something Human with her earsies plugged and her eyes fixed on her little machine stepped off a curb RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HUMAN'S CAR. Thanksfully, the Human was paying good attention and her car had good brakes but she wanted to get out of the car and grab that Human lady and scream at her DO YOU WANT TO DIE?
ReplyDeleteMy mummy doesn't use those ear thingys unless she is on a bus or at the airport to but she only keeps one in her ear so she can still hear whats going on to amuse her self while she's waiting around, but she never walks around with them in
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's just stubborn, Nerissa. I stopped by to bring you The Shine On Award, hope you'll accept :)
ReplyDeleteHow very very true, and you are so right about the can opener!! pfft I do hope he has learned something! You are very wise!
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ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
Humans are pretty stupid at times. My mummy left the house for our walk without her gloves!
ReplyDeleteThose ear thingies are stoopid and the people that wear them in the street are stoopid!!!! That's all I'm saying!! You are very wise Nissy!!!
ReplyDeleteJust goes ta show how stooopid the hoomans can be at times. We cats will stay as the most intelligent creature in the universe thank you.
ReplyDeleteMousies what a dumb human !
ReplyDeleteMy humans never wear any ear thingies when they are out walking , it´s soo dangerous not to her car´s or other things !!
Mouses! It's wonder their species hasn't died out, eh? Maybe the next Apple product will do the trick? We better learn to open the cans quick.
ReplyDeleteYou are soo right Nerissa. Humans can be so "not intelligent" some times. If you are going to be in the street, you need all your senses to stay safe. It seems like the man in the hat is missing his common sense.
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I was about to say the same thing as Spitty: they also have this little machine from which sometimes the ear things are connected... and they don't look what's in front of them!
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