I had a shoestring wrap itself around the kickstand somehow as I put it up. I didn't notice it while riding the next block or so. As I put my foot down at a stop sign I couldn't get my foot to the ground as it was tied to the bike. Adrenalin kicked in and I forced my foot to the ground. I didn't break the shoestring, I tore all the eyes out of the shoe I was wearing. Still, a lot better than falling over with the bike on me.

Why do the idiots who choose shoestrings for sneakers all think they have to be so long?

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.