To Stand in a Wheelbarrow

It is not a simple matter, to stand in a wheelbarrow. It is a tricky lever, with possibly two fulcrums. (One of the most dreaded labeling questions in early science tests, for those who were tormented, you surely remember too?) If you stand too near to the wheel, it may tip towards the wheel. If you stand too far from the wheel, it may tip towards the hind legs. Maybe, it is like standing on two seesaws at the same time? Something like standing in between two seesaws at the same time?

It is quite peculiar to see the world while standing in a wheelbarrow. For one, your height is instantly elevated and your perspective changes helplessly immediately.

So I urge you to try it for yourself or even sit down in a wheelbarrow should you ever be lucky enough to have the chance. I have personally tried it only once, albeit briefly, and I will definitely do it again.

Maybe I should buy one for my home, and then I will invite you to come over to try it, and we can have tea. Yes, yes, what a good idea! But first, let me decide on the color of the wheelbarrow, red or green or blue, or if I should paint it later and not decide too hard on anything now. Also, if I can frustrate you more with strong, cheap western tea without sugar or strong, cheap tie guan yin (a type of Chinese tea, if you didn't know). If the tea should be annoyingly lukewarm or scalding hot if it is a warm day or ice cold if it is a cold day.

What a lovely way to spend any time together!

Maybe you should buy one for your home too, and invite me to go over. We can cart each other around the neighborhood and not worry about finding a place to sit for two people. We can also throw some picnic food into the wheelbarrow. We can also go to the supermarket, if your home is out of picnic food.

But, all these are to be done, of course, only after we quite perfect our skills in standing in a wheelbarrow up to some standard. I don’t want us to hurt ourselves, and I repeat in stress, it is not a simple matter to stand in a wheelbarrow.

So, let me know, if you do buy a wheelbarrow, so that I will bring my toilet paper's cardboard centre cylindrical thing to put to my right eye with as I stand in your wheelbarrow and to shout "Land Ahoy!" with much more style than I will if I have to shout without the toilet paper thing.

When we’re bored, we can go back to your place to bathe your baby or terrapin in it. By that, I mean, you can do the bathing, I watch and pass you the towel. Or, we can always go have bad tea at my place.