Dallas PD Ridin' Nerdy

The Dallas/Fort Worth area  is the forth largest metropolitan region in the nation. As such, it's no stranger to crime and general malicious mischief. The answer--Segways. 

DISCLAIMER: If you're over the age

 of 40 or, for personal reasons, choose not to be a fan of Weird Al Yankovich (seriously though, what is wrong with you?) I'm not sure you'll follow the remainder of this blog.   

During my visits to El Centro Community College in downtown Dallas, just a block from where JFK was shot from the sixth floor textbook depository, I often encounter police offers on Segways. As you see above, these officers take their personal walking device patroling seriously.  I'm not joking, they will roll you down.

But, oh, hahaha, I can barely contain myself as I share this with you---how many of you are familiar with Weird Al's spin off of the song "Ridin' Dirty", known as "White n' Nerdy?"

There is a lyric in Yankovich's version that goes something like, "they see my roll on my Segway, I know in my heart they think I'm White and nerdy."

So, you can imagine how often I find myself chuckling, audibly, and then spending the remainder of my day singing "White n' Nerdy" and thinking of those adorable, helmet clad, badge baring officers, with their holstered weapons and latent community authority, rendered completely useless by how ridiculously silly they look! 

If this image and my confession have motivated you to watch the Weird Al video again, or for the first time, you can find it on www.youtube.com.  The way I see it, if I'm going to slip further into comedic  anarchy, I might as well take one or two of you with me...