My friend Eydie sent me this clever little short message to my phone the other day. Welcome to the strange world of old men in China.
As I walked to work just now, I saw a man open a bag of dirt and pour it in a fat stream along the sidewalk. He was adding dirt to the street. Adding it! Like the roads and walkways of Beijing aren’t dusty enough. Then I got to thinking, maybe this is the secret behind the city’s grime-enrobed thoroughfares. That in fact there are many men who stealthily coat the highways and byways for reasons unknown but no doubt nefarious. Makes me almost want to be an investigative reporter again. Though I’d probably be thrown in jail and sentenced to work on a road gang—spreading the dirt!