Overheard

So I was on a cardio machine at the gym.  I overhear an old fart to my right mutter “asshole…”  I immediately glance over to make sure the codger wasn’t trying to start something with me.  He is looking at the one tv that has CNN on.  Obama is speaking.  From behind me I heard another old fart say “Bullshit…..”  

The old guy to my right immediately reacts to “me too” and gets off his machine to collaborate with old fart number two.  They immediately go into a diatribe about Obama trading barbs.  I actually heard one of them say “He’s like Hitler, he keeps saying something enough until he believes it…” 

Hearing that immediately let me know I was listening to two idiots.  Anyone that would compare Obama to Hitler is an idiot, point blank.  I was very tempted to break my cardio session short and engage these old men, asking them to explain exactly what they meant and what exactly their issues were.  After doing some mental calculations I decided that it would accomplish nothing to do so except make a big scene, as things would surely escalate on both sides of the argument.  I decided to just keep plugging along after looking over my shoulder to get a better look at what these old men looked like.

I listened to them continue the bitch session with it finally winding up with “God help us…”  I can’t help but to assume that these men have no problem using the N word in familiar circles.  I just got that feeling.