Look
Who's Running
9
May 2007
A Chinese lady is
eighty-year old, but shows little sign of
aging. A few years ago, she joined China's
ever expanding army of peasant workers and
went to the provincial capital city Nanjing to find a job. If
you think she's too old to do anything, you
wrong for that, 'cause she can do many
things, for example, climbing a high wall or
lifting a heavy load.
The result of her job
hunting endeavour is unclear, but the local
media did report that a few days ago she
decided to start her own business that
requires a lot of climbing and lifting and
running.
Her first project was
to transport a large quantity of hard cokes
from a heavily guarded waterfront dock to her
own home - without the knowledge of those who
own the materials, of course.
She conducted a
covert survey of the site beforehand, then
carrying a snake-skin bulk bag, set off to
mount a 3 metre high enclosure wall with
barehandeds. Once entered the premise, she
quickly filled her bag with about 30
kilograms of the goods.
The business went
well initially until the moment when she
moved back to the wall with her trophy. A
police patrolling the site spotted her and
immediately determined that she didn't look
like a usual wharfer, so ordered her to halt
her movement.
But it couldn't stop
the lady from doing what she loves to do
most: high climbing and heavy lifting. She
raised the fully loaded bulk bag, tossed it
over the wall, then ascended with barehands
onto the top of the enclosure and jumped down
on the ground. Once landed, she carried the
heavy load over her shoulder and ran.
The police also
climbed over the wall and chased after her.
But the old lady ran so fast, the young man
only caught her after a good hundred metres
fierce dash. It was by then he realised that
his rival sprinter was in such a formidable
age. He was stunned.
Wonder if Sean
Connery in the fictional circumstance of The Emtrapment could do much better
than that.
