Drabble by Kevin Fagan for April 08, 2021

Shake it…..but don’t break it.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

You mean a shape other than round?

I may have actually done this a couple times when I had 9978 steps and am plugging it in to recharge for the night.

Like father, like son.

There was one of those sidebar articles in a recent Discover magazine that pointed out that the 10,000step thingy was invented for advertising purposes by Nike manufacturers. . .THANK GAWD , it’s not for real. . .

My phone said I had thousands of steps when I cut the grass, on a riding mower.

I was sitting down for close to 45 minutes inflating the balls we use in the exercise class. When I finished I checked to see how many steps I needed for the hour (my watch is set for 250 steps each hour from 7am to 3pm as well as the 7000 steps for my daily total). I found out I had “walked” over 2000 steps!. It counted the motion of inflating as steps.

It counts pushups as steps, but those are worse than steps.

Did you know the 10,000 steps was an ad campaign for a pedometer and has zero science behind it?

Try using a watch to count steps – it’s less likely to break when you stick it in the clothes dryer for 15 minutes to get your 10,000 steps

It didn’t fall, it just weakly rolled down the trunk!

Put it on Wally’s tail.

I was trying out various apps to measure the distance I walked during the day. I settled for the one that also included the bus ride.

It’s excersise for his arm

Bob could show Ralph how to waddle. It’s an art form. Few and far between are waddlers with an artistic flair. Bob shows his true panache with his sophisticated waddle. We could all learn a lot from Bob — if only he were given a chance to share with us. Bob has much to offer. He is an untapped treasure from the wilds of Uruguay. “Attention must be paid.”

I do that with my pedometer from work. We get paid for reaching certain goals.

Put it on Wally and make him think someone is at the door.