How Do You Mow?
So it’s the long weekend (Woo Hoo!!!) and that means it’s summer! Well, not officially, but after the winter we had, it might as well be. This is the weekend that most Ontarians are opening up the cottage or doing some spring cleaning around the yard at home. The lawn mower will emerge from hibernation - if not this weekend, then sometime very soon.
A recent consumer survey determined what people like to do while mowing the lawn. Here are the results:
- Nothing - just mow the lawn (79%)
- Listen to music (38%)
- Drink beer (12%)
How do you drink beer while mowing? I guess you mow with one hand or you need to wear the hat above. You can’t ride and drink if you have a riding mower. Wouldn’t that be like drinking and driving? 
And as tedious a chore as mowing can be, I wouldn’t recommend putting on earphones or buds anywhere near a mower. It could be dangerous, especially for men!
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I’d love to listen to music while mowing the lawn, but I ain’t got one of those Ipod thingies just yet. I would think that with the mower I have now, it wouldn’t be that dangerous to listen to music unless the Ipod gets stuck in it, since my mower is the type that when I let go of it, the mower stops. It’s a good safety feature to have. I just wish the thing was electric so that I wouldn’t have to buy gas for it and pollute the environment too.
Carly’s Note: But what if someone is calling to you to warn you of some other danger, e.g. if you’re mowing too close to something or someone?
May 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Carly see if can recognize who using the lawnmover and drinking beer.
I think you will have a good laugh.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Carly’s Note: LOL! Thanks, Lori.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I have no idea, but like everything nowadays, a riding mower has cupholders. My brother, the 2nd official King of Beer, a few years back declared “I bought a riding mower/snow blower, and guess what, it has a cup holder, YESSSSSSSSSS, I’ve got somewhere to put my beer (eh?)”…oh lord…not long after he told me he also bought a chainsaw. This from the same man who in high school left a rather ominous looking blood trail down the hallway after a mysterious pocket knife incident - he discovered you have to get your finger out of the way whilst closing the blade back into it’s wee housing. He’s the proverbial cat with 9 lives I’ll tell you
Creepy…
I suppose it would be drinking and driving IF you left your property. In the town of Woodstock, we - my friend Shelley and I who lives there now - saw some dude driving his riding mower around town. Flash forward to recent times, and one of my co-workers that was relocated to Woodstock following the opening of a branch of our company, took pictures of this fellow and forwarded them to all at my office. I replied saying that’s old news. We, my friend and I, also saw this rather odd fellow driving around with the missus. She was in the back, riding in the attached trailer. Apparently they’re related, but that’s just speculation.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Lee Ann
Carly’s Note: There’s a guy in the farming community where some of my relatives reside who drives his tractor around town. He lost his driver’s licence, but is permitted to “drive” his tractor because it pertains to his livelihood, so he goes everywhere by tractor now. Maybe it’s the same for this guy?