we were stopped at a red light and this little dude tried to cross the street on his bike. while he was trying to get onto the seat of his bike, he lost his balance and fell down with no force at all onto the ground -- barely in a place where he could have hurt himself (we had a pretty good angle).
anyhow, he didn't know how to react, so while he was still holding onto his bike, he started squirming. however, that didn't work so well, so he started rolling into the gutter so that he'd pretend that he REALLY got hurt, since the little spectacle brought enough attention on him at that point that people were approaching him to see if he was okay. since he's male, i guess he wanted to look macho enough to feign pain in order to be "well respected" among a bunch of pedestrians to make it appear that he really got into a serious accident. he was even playing dead there for a moment. :roll:
it was an odd story that i thought i'd share.
anyhow, he didn't know how to react, so while he was still holding onto his bike, he started squirming. however, that didn't work so well, so he started rolling into the gutter so that he'd pretend that he REALLY got hurt, since the little spectacle brought enough attention on him at that point that people were approaching him to see if he was okay. since he's male, i guess he wanted to look macho enough to feign pain in order to be "well respected" among a bunch of pedestrians to make it appear that he really got into a serious accident. he was even playing dead there for a moment. :roll:
it was an odd story that i thought i'd share.