Just standing there...

Yesterday I spotted an old man standing on the corner of a busy crossing, just standing there. While I was waiting for the light to turn green, I tried to understand just WHAT this man was doing...

Was he just tired from having taken a long walk? Hmm, he didn't seem to be very put out... Was he glued to the pavement by terrorists (or, more likely, by naughty teenagers)? Hmm, well, he did not look like he was in pain or anything...

Still watching the man smoke his pipe and scratching his long beard, I was startled by the horn of the car behind me: the light had finally turned green.

While driving home, I started thinking: this wasn't the first time I had seen such a man. Actually, it struck me, there seemed to be such a man on EVERY crossroad I've ever passed! And not just the crossings: they popped up everywhere along the road, just standing there idly, watching the cars.

Or do they just SEEM idle? An eloborate scheme unveiled itself in my mind: those men have been put there by the governement to keep an eye out for...well, just about anything! Carcrashes obviously, but also any social happenstance that might or might not occur... They might not even really be old men! Problaby they're just wearing masks and beards, moustaches and carry around smoking-attributes just to blend in...

Now that I think about it: they're problaby not from the governement: they're ALIENS! They're sent out from the evil planet Blargon 6 to keep an eye out on us and inform their superiors when the time is ripe for an invasion! Waaaah! Hide!