From October 4, 2017
The Accidental Bodybuilder
Several years ago I worked at a Key West real estate office with a young
lady whose boyfriend was a house painter and a semi-professional
bodybuilder. I remember meeting him for the first time: the guy was
massive. He had shocking red hair and a surprisingly tanned body. I
guess when you work outside most of the day with your shirt off, you can
get pretty tanned. Nobody could could overlook his amazing body. All
people might not admire his physique, but nobody could miss seeing it.
One of my favorite true stories about life in Key West involves this
bodybuilder boyfriend. One day he was standing on extension ladder at
the corner of Simonton at Fleming Streets were he was painting the
exterior of the Marquesa Hotel. That particular corner has a stop light.
We all know that drivers are supposed to stop to allow traffic from the
alternate street to pass through the controlled intersection.
On that particular day the boyfriend was wearing only a pair of fairly
short shorts and shoes. His massive body loomed large seemingly
suspended in air exposing his huge back, arms, and legs. The inevitable
happened: some driver paid too much attention to the big muscular guy on
the ladder and not enough attention to the stop light. Two vehicles
collided.
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