Weirdness of the Week - Dogs and the Ropa Americana

Walking home from the high school, I see a lot of things.  I guess for that matter, walking anywhere I see a lot of things. 

Yesterday there was a dog laying in the middle of a major road as if it was in its bed.  It had no concern of being run over.  The most unusual part, though, was that I stood there and watched at least ten cars drive by.  Each one of them calmly drove around the dog.  Only the ninth car beeped, to which the dog had no reply. 

You can also see the scary homeless guy in the background - he's the only one who scares me.

Then, later in the day, I was on the bus when a woman and her kids got on.  Apparently, their dog would have also liked to come.  She started telling it to go home as she climbed the stairs of the bus.  It didn't leave.  Then, she proceeded to yell out the window that the dog needed to go home.  It is still odd to me that dogs have the independence to go wherever they want during the day.  I've always had this image in my head of dogs getting together and going to the beach, returning to their houses for dinner. 

Another funny occurrence on the bus yesterday was that a woman was wearing a UofA t-shirt.  I'm sure that she bought it at the Ropa Americana - a second hand clothing store that comes from donations out of the US, I believe.  Anyway, I decided to tell her that her shirt was from my university.  I mean, if I had a shirt from someone's university, I'd think it was cool if they told me.  I don't think she seemed that excited, but who knows.... maybe it was the story of the day when she ate dinner with her family that night. 

My sketchy spy picture of the lady in the UA shirt.... and my banana