Yesterday on the way home we were stopped at a corner stop and this guy came walking/strutting by. He looked like he was sort of bouncing up every time his right foot would make a step. He also looked like he was extending his stride to the maximum his legs could reach. His shoulders did an exaggerated swing every time the right foot bounced him up. It really didn't look comfortable.
I see people in this city doing the 'cool walk' thing all the time. This wasn't one of them. He just looked like he was working out as he walked. But some people have it down. Sometimes a cool walker will come by and I'll think, "Hey, that dude is soo cool". Then when no one is looking, I'll give it a try. Afterward, I'll have a good laugh at even thinking about it.
How does anyone decide they need a cool walk? Most people just push their feet ahead to get where they are going without doing a semi-dance thing and they get there just fine. And how come you rarely, if ever, see a woman doing the cool walking? I remember when Grease first came out and all the guys in my old neighborhood would try walking like John Travolta did in the movie. We all looked ridiculous!
But it does make you feel like you're different somehow. You feel like you are the coolest thing happening at that spot you're walking in. Kind of like when you feel for sure when you're 'cool walking' all the babes are checking you out. They just know there's more to you than the semi-pretty face and cute buns they've been checking out. You know when you go by a hot babe they are thinking, "That dude has it all. Cute buns, a semi-pretty face and he works out as he walks. How cool he must be!"
If I thought this would work, I'd figure out how to walk cool. I'd develop the Yankeebob strut. Then I would go to Yankee Stadium and get all the babes to want me. Then when they were sure they had to have me (thanks to the cool Yankeebob strut) I'd be forced to leave some of them all alone, broken hearted. Non-Yankee girls, sorry, but cool walking Yankeebob is a purist and can't be swinging with someone who isn't a Yankee.
So if the Yankeebob strut gets you going, and you aren't a Yankee, at least lie to me for a little while. I'm a forgiving guy.
Yeah, I need a 'cool walk.'
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I don't so much notice the "cool walk" as much as I notice a "lame walk". Although recently I've noticed my walk is pretty cool. Except down stairs, I've been told I look funny when I walk down stairs. That hurts a little....*sniff*.
CL, I bet your walk is cooler wearing those boots you mentioned you wore to the concert. I would love to see you walking down the stairs in those. I'm sure you don't look funny. Of course, walking up the stairs would be pretty sweet to watch too.
Yankee Bob! You're so bad! (keep it up)
When I was 7 years old I was in 2nd grade and moving to a new city. I wanted a 'cool' walk and look for my new school so everyone would like me. I decided one night, after watching Happy Days that Leather Tuscadero was the epitomy of "cool" so I started walk like her and then did the ultimate 'cool' thing: Slap your hip twice, raise your arm with a fake 'gun' made out of your fingers, and point to the person you are with. I begged my Mom to make me a white leather jacket with fringe. She wouldn't. And the Leather Tuscadero stage was short lived. The kids at the new school liked me anyway. :)
I have never earned for a cool walk since then.
Can't honestly say I've ever really noticed a cool walk. Then again, the walk is generally not the first thing to grab my attention. Should I be admitting this?
I'm not a Yankee (shhhh!), but you get that strut going and I'll be glad to lie.
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