Ipanema Flash Dance
The things I see on my way to work! Nowadays my route takes me through Praça General Osorio in Ipanema. This large square is located close to the border with Copacabana and is the last stop on the Metro. At this point I transfer from the Metro onto a bus and on most mornings I’m in a big rush.
This morning was typical – I was walking double-fast speed, weaving in and out of my fellow travellers who were casually strolling along as if it were Sunday morning. As I came out of the Metro system and into the open square, a girl seemed to nearly fall over, right in front of me, then throw her arms up in a rather dramatic gesture. “Weirdo…” I muttered to myself and kept walking.
I hurried along to my bus and managed to secure myself a seat. I glanced out of the window and noticed the crazy girl again. Then I saw this!
Rather nice don’t you think? And it was great timing – it looked like they just finished as my bus was pulling away. I wonder whether this was like a 2-person flash mob, or they were dance students who didn’t have a proper rehearsal space. Or maybe they are just being ‘creative’. Whatever the reason, I’m glad I saw it – it was a nice start to the day.
Every Thursday should start like this...
They almost knocked out the suitcase dude in the end. And he is actually a hitman, hired by me, to perform “Operation End Puns”. The thing is the target was already in the bus, even before the girls almost neutralizing the hitman – maybe I should have hired them instead.
An assassin that is unable to show up on time, a target that not only escapes but is afforded enough time to record a dance rehearsal, in which the subjects seem more competent at destruction than the hitman: nothing works in Rio.
And the puns will live on.
That was well spotted Gritty – she almost PUNched him in the face… [boom!]