Dear Associated Press:
Are you effing kidding me? Did this guy send out press releases or something? The only thing that is unusual is that he's calculating the money he will save and then sending it to Africa (which you don't find out until the end of the article). While LaFave sounds like a great guy who has made a smart decision, please do some research. Thousands of people have given up their cars...not just for thirty-one days, but for life.SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
"The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days," LaFave said, calling it his personal stand against the oil companies.
Now LaFave, 31, is riding his bicycle or walking everywhere he goes. He won't even let friends pick him up unless they already planned on being in the neighborhood.
Brian LaFave, 1; AP, 0.
I'll be quiet now, I guess. Maybe this will inspire more people to do the same. Maybe they can get famous too!
Heck, maybe I should send out press releases about my personal life...I bet it works for Paris Hilton.
(I swear I think about other things than biking, but I haven't had a chance to write about them.)
Comments
It's called fishing for a human interest story. It's got even more props than a bikeless dancer because he sounds like a normal guy with a truck.
Pretty much the reporter had the story already written except for the name and bio details and maybe the ending and was just trying to find somebody to shoehorn into the story.