Something You Should Know About Bikers

Today we did a toy ride. Toy rides are great fun. There were something like a million bikes in this giant parade line.  I know some of you don't know anything about bikers or what you should do when confronted with a 15 minute long parade that is interrupting your trip to wally world.  So I will provide you with a few pointers.
1. If you see one of the parades headed your way, go ahead and put your car in park. It will take awhile for us to all go by. Some things you can do while waiting are: wave at the passing bikes, admire all the shiny chrome, enjoy the rolling thunder, call your mom, whatever.
2. If a biker pulls in to block your intersection, have mercy.  I can guarantee you that the biker wants to go as bad as you do. Bikers like motion. They like to be on their bikes not beside their bikes.  While you are staring eagerly at the road, praying to see the end of the line, the biker in front of you is imagining how good it will feel to hop on the bike and go really fast. Standing in intersections isn't our idea of a good time either.
3. If you decide you want to zoom around the biker blocking your way, don't. We are standing there because there a bunch of other bikers headed your way. It really hurts when bikes and cars collide. (Remember what I said earlier about bikers wanting to be on their bikes, not beside them? It applies here too)
4. Bikers really like it if you wave back when they honk or wave. They probably won't smile though. Every time I start to smile on the bike I hear my dad tell that joke "How do you know a happy biker? The bugs in his teeth". That's nothing to smile about.
5. Bikers are well aware that their mode of transportation is dangerous. We sit around and tell horror stories every time we get together. My faith has grown tremendously on the back of the bike.  I invite to meet the author and creator of my faith. His name is Jesus. We like to say He would have been a biker.
6. Those bikers you're cussing because the parade has gone on forever are raising money for kids. Bikers like kids. When you face danger on a regular basis, you find yourself treasuring the good things in life.
Those are some things you might want to know about bikers. The point of all this is to say "be nice". All we want to do is have fun and do something good for someone else.