Sunday, January 15, 2012  Top 10 Most Curious Reactions to the
Wind-Scooter  10.         While breezing past some pedestrians,
there comes the curious question from some spectator, “Hey, does
that thing actually work?!”  9.        Someone always volunteers
the great insight, “Hey, you should patent that! You could make
lots of money!”  8. There’s always some trace of arrogance in
the comment,”Hey, you’ve got a hole in your sail, ha ha ha.
You’ll never get anywhere with that!”  7. There’s the odd
question, “Hey, are you actually trying to fly?!”  6. Some
people may think they’re actually offering constructive
criticism by suggesting that the Esplanade or Castle Island
would be a better place to “do that!”  5. Certain security
guards, park rangers or other uninformed (did I mean
‘uniformed’? don’t think so.) personnel will, on surprisingly
infrequent occasion, give chase and insist that “There’s no
skateboarding, roller-blading, or bike-riding here! Go and take
that somewhere else!” (Wind-scootering too?)  4. T