Everybody Was KungFu Fighting
Right now the LeeLander is landed at my sister’s house in Arlington, TX. I took the dogs for a walk the other day and discovered a little playground nearby. What was even nicer is that it was gated so I could let the dogs off their leashes. As we neared the combination slide/junglejimmy thing I saw something hanging underneath.
What could that be? I continued to walk closer to the junglejimmy thing.
It was some sort of bag hanging there. I looked around for an owner and saw no one. So closer I drew still.
It was a Nintendo bag. Ahh some kid had been forced by their parents to go outside and play and had smuggled their Nintendo Switch out of the house and played it here at the playground. Well, to be fair it is a PLAYground. Wonder what was inside? I reached for the bag and then drew my hand back. What had all that security training I’d done working for the government taught me about opening unattended bags? Then I thought again. Who would want to bomb a small playground? I guess there could be some really cruel terrorist that might want to target kids. I put my ear up to the bag and didn’t hear any ticking. Of course in this day and age who is going to use an analog clock on a bomb? They would probably just wire up a trigger to the flap on the bag that detonated when you opened it.
OK, I’m getting ridiculously paranoid here. It’s just a bag that a kid accidently left here. I grabbed the bag. Squinted my eyes closed and unzipped the flap expecting to be blown to kingdom come. I wasn’t, obviously. No bomb in there. Also, no Nintendo Switch or any other type of game in there. This was in there…
What the dealio? The Ninja Handbook? I leafed through it and saw all kinds of information on the Ninjas and how to be one. Were there Ninjas about? I surveyed the area again and saw no one. Of course, if there were Ninjas around I probably wouldn’t see them would I? Staying hidden is kind of a Ninja mainstay. Maybe this was a test for recruitment? I didn’t know they would initiate 52 year old dudes into their order but who knows? In the end I probably failed the test because I just zipped it back up and left it there. Or maybe that’s what they wanted me to do and I passed? Maybe one night soon I’ll get a midnight visit from a Ninja presenting me with a black suit and a sword. That would be cool. More than likely though I’ll get a Ninja Star in the heart for making this post.
24 thoughts on “Everybody Was KungFu Fighting”
I must say I’m extremely disappointed you won’t be a Ninja in training.
That’s blog fodder gold right there.
IKR? This reminds me about the time my sister got stopped at the airport for having a Ninja throwing star in her purse. This was when she was a teenager, so Pre 9/11. Her BF gave it to her when we moved to Germany. She still has it. I saw it just yesterday in a shadow box on her wall.
See? You have access to the weaponry as well!
Maybe I should bring the star back to the playground and see what happens?
With you RVing all over the place, how would they even find you? Of course, now your fingerprints are all over the thing so they know who you are. Did you wash your hands after touching.Geez, now I sound like your mother!
Are you putting a Texas sticker on your map?
Ninjas can find anybody! I did put a Texas sticker on my map. I let my sister do it. One day when I finally get all this video edited you’ll be able to see it.
Were you anywhere near Hanna? That was a surprise storm you wouldn’t want to be caught in. They showed t.v. footage of a semi being blown over.
Thankfully no. We are up in NE Texas.
Dammit, Lee! You’re pretty close to where I live but I’m not getting out. So we can’t even meet up and say howdy face-to-face! Maybe by the time you make it back through this neck of the woods, all of this pandemic crap will be over or I’ll have at least gotten a vaccination. Until then, Coronavirus is just waiting for me like the Ninja it is. I can feel it. Ooh, I hope you do get your Ninja badge. Then I can tell people they shouldn’t mess with me because I got a friend. Who’s a real Ninja. I might say that anyway. You don’t mind, do you? Hope all is well in Arlington even though there’s no real sports events you can attend. I dunno. Is Six Flags open? I think the water parks are shut down, too. Also, can you believe that the temps are in the low 90’s right now? In July? You must have brought some cooler weather along with you. Thanks for that! Hope you have a great time here! Mona
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I understand. We are keeping a pretty low profile ourselves. We are not really here to sightsee anyway. We have business at Baylor Medical. It’s funny when you say low 90’s is cooler weather. I can take it but my Canadian wife is dying!
Blessings and may all go well with your medical journey, my friend!
Hard to be a stealthy Ninja driving a giant RV anyway.
That’s a good point, unless I make the RV stealthy! Maybe that’s what they are waiting on?
I remember when right after 9/11, you saw a box left outside B1387 and called security and caught shit for it.
I did catch shit for following proper protocol! It took me a minute to figure out who this is.
Golly gosh, awfully brave of you to open the random package in a deserted playground. Screams danger to me! You must have nerves of steel.
Nerves of stupid is more like it. 🙂
I’m glad it didn’t blow up, but must admit I’m a bit disappointed you missed the opportunity to become a ninja.
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IKR? I guess I blew it. Oh well, I doubt they had a seniors program anyway.
I’m late to the party but glad to be here. Actually I was here all along–it was my ninja skills that kept me hidden!
Anyway I hope the LeeLander is still rolling along and making new and exciting discoveries. It’s good that you didn’t keep the book but I bet you’re still putting your own ninja skills to good use.
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That was an amazing find and, having seen Kung Fu Panda, I think you were right to put the book back. Okay, you leafed through it so you know it wasn’t blank like the dragon scroll (spoiler alert, sorry!) but you put it back because you know the wisdom of ninjas must be passed on to all those daring enough to open the knapsack.
That’s kind of a metaphor for what you’re doing: traveling the country, sharing wisdom. Sort of like Samuel L. Jackson at the end of Pulp Fiction.
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I’m trying Ringo. I’m trying real hard to be the Shepard.
Be afraid. Be very afraid…
Oh, I am!