I’ve Insulted My Neighbor
It was a beautiful and sunny day outside today. I was cutting the grass for the first time and all the neighbors were out working in their yards.
While taking a break, one of my neighbors called over to me and within a few moments my neighbor and I were into a discussion about another neighbors new SUV. See, the guy I was talking to is a big “green” guy. He is into driving a Prius, uses Compact Fluorescent Lights throughout his house, composts, recycles, etc…
In the middle of our conversation and his bashing of this other neighbor buying a big gas wasting, heavily polluting SUV he pulls out a cigerette and lights up. I found the moment very funny and ironic and I made the faux pas of speaking before thinking and said that new SUV buyer was just as bad for the environment as a smoker. It was kinda like the pot calling the kettle black.
With that, I got the look, and he and his lit cigarette walked away.
That’s actually pretty funny. Didn’t you think so? Not only is smoking bad for the environment, but it expressly contributes to ill health. Not only that, an SUV can be serve a purpose, which may justify it’s use. Smoking is simply selfish. In any case, I hope you and your neighbor patch things up. Thanks for sharing.
I bet he’s over at the SUV guy making stuff up about you
That is really funny. You know, it is ironic how many people (including myself) start learning more about the environment and what you can do to that will be more eco-friendly, yet still do things that are not environmentally friendly (and many times because we do stuff out of habit or we don’t realize what we did until later). Case in point–I bought plastic-ware for our kids birthday party today and when I was cleaning up I thought to myself “wow…I should never have bought that–not only did cost us more money, they are just adding waste to the environment.” Why did I buy it? Mainly because I always have–I just had never thought about it.
That was definitely the pot calling the kettle black. Sheesh. And I used to smoke. LOL.
Hah I usually stereotyped ‘greenies’ as non-smokers… Learn something new every day I do
All the best dude!