John Y’s Musings from the Middle: The Limitation of Body Language

Whenever I am driving our minivan and pass by a motorcycle gang I try to make eye contact as if to say to them, “Hey, I ‘get’ you guys. I was just listening the other day to Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” and I really enjoyed the movie “Easy Rider.”

But the way they look back at me makes me wonder sometimes if they really understand what I am trying to communicate.

I guess sometimes that body language alone isn’t enough.

Or maybe they read my additional body language which says to them, “I’d probably join you guys except I am afraid of motorcycles” and then wondering to myself “If you ride a motorcycle for a long time in khakis, would it start to burn the inside of your legs?”