Thursday, May 14, 2009

when push comes to shove

As I was walking across the bridge I saw a man on Memorial Drive getting his picture taken in front of the Boston skyline. He was holding both arms out with his hand up, perpendicular to his arms, and his palms facing out. At first I could not figure out what he was doing. I assumed it had something to do with the picture and after walking a little ways across the bridge, I figured it out - he was "pushing on" both the John Hancock tower and the Pru.

As cheesy as it is to take a picture "holding up" the leaning tower of Pisa, it makes sense. It's falling over. It needs to be held up. But do the Hancock and Pru need to be pushed apart? Is there anything special about touching them both at once? There was a group of Asian tourists laughing at him. You know that's a bad sign.

1 comment:

Andrea said...

Actually, that's find of funny. I know pictures where tourists are holding things up are cheesy, but kind of funny at the same time. I would definitely take the leaning tour of pisa picture if I went there.