I like to walk on a sidewalk. It’s better than walking on the interstate. If I fall on the sidewalk I get back up. If I fall on the interstate I die. Don’t fall on the interstate. I love lamp.
holycrapthatsfunny.com
there was a square of sidewalk just steps away from my driveway growing up, and it was freshly poured with wet concrete. i couldn’t resist. i stuck my hands in it, hard, and left them there for a good 20 seconds just to be sure. and then i traced my initials below the prints. and stepped back to view my handywork. it was the proudest moment of my life. i had done something. i loved it.
kim m.
i was waling down the side walk and i saw a car go by i tried to have it stop so it could give me a ride but it just ignored me and kept going, i was frustrated and kicked the side walk it was raining to, so i was already not in the best mood, ugh. I screamed but te
Kita
Normally I write something deep..
But I’m not in the mood.
Remember that book of witty poems, ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’?
Or that old saying, ‘step on a crack and break your mother’s back?’
That’s what I thought of when I saw ‘sidewalk’.
chryste.
The sidewalks here are for dog walking.. and walking to school. Otherwise no one seems to use them .. they need not be shoveled or cleared of leaves. They just sit there waiting .. waiting for life to pass them by. It isn’t often that children play on them or animals skip over
Starbuck
I love to walk on sidewalks. I really believe that the months of the year are in a sidewalk formation in the bigger scheme of things. Its like that Shel Silversten book: Where the Sidewalk Ends. The sidewalk ends at the end of a year. She knew. I know.
Rachel S
Cracks stripe my back from the stress of a too late night and semi-inspirational but cynical day intermingled with your nightmares, my tears, our passion- wet, intense and controversial
Simply Fabulous
it was a hot summer day as i sat on the sidewalk and watched the tired ghosts roam by.
it was a hot summers night as i laid on the sidewalk and let the heavens pass by.
it was a cold winters afternoon as i sat on the sidewalk dying from love.
The wordsmith Beaulieu
Sidewalk. You walk along the side. Of the road? No, because then it would be the sideroad. Then you’re walking along the side of the walk. You don’t walk on the road, but drive on it. It should be called the sideroad, if anything. And what if you walk along the side of the sidewalk? There should be another side sidewalk. What is this discrimination? I am offended on an indescribably personal level.
Baron Von Zeppelin
THE SIDEWALK WAS HERE I BROKE HIS HEART, WITH THAT FIRST KISS. THE PASSION WAS THERE, THE LOVE WAS THERE. THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS HIM.
LILLIAN SKYE
hahahhahahhahahahahahhahah SIDEWALK??? are you for real?? okay here goes, cindy was so drunk that she threw up at the side walk and spent the night there on her birthday. ah stories in the sidewalk. good times, good times :)
lanny
In Australia we call it pavement. I don’t see many people walking on it around my house but when you get closer to shopping centers and the like there are lots of people walking around on them.
Matthew G aka 007bond
I walk on the side of the road and make with the feet dancihng Oh yeah! I am a walking machine. Fuck, I struct mother fuckha.
I like to walk both on the side *and8 the other side. I walk llike a monkey and by that I mean like an ape, in that I am an ape,
cause I’m human and humans are apes (scientists say so).
I belive I am a man, but a man is just as human as a yeah..
James T. Johnson
A sidewalk (chiefly North American English), pavement (British English and Philadelphia dialect), footpath (Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and New Zealand English) or footway (Engineering term) is a path for pedestrians that is situated alongside a road or formed like sidewalks that are alongside roads (such as a concrete footpath through a park). A sidewalk may accommodate moderate changes in grade. However, “walkway” is a more complete term for support of walking, and includes stairs, ramps, paseos (passageways) and related off-street tools that provide for a developed pathway.
Contents
Construction of sidewalks
4 types of brick-laying for sidewalks
In the 19th century and early 20th century, sidewalks of wood were common in some locations. They may still be found at historic beach locations and in conservation areas to protect the land beneath and around, called boardwalks. Contemporary sidewalks are most often made of concrete (particularly in the United States and Canada), tarmac, asphalt, brick (particularly in Europe), stone, slab or (increasingly) rubber[1]. Multi-use paths alongside roads are sometimes made of materials that are softer than concrete, such as asphalt.
A vibrator is often used to prepare the soil before laying the bricks
In the United States, the most common type of sidewalk consists of a poured concrete ribbon with cross-lying strain relief grooves at intervals of ~1 m; this is intended to minimize visible damage from tectonic and temperature fluctuations, both of which can crack longer segments. However, freeze-thaw cycles (in cold-weather regions) and tree root growth can eventually result in damage which requires repair. Brick sidewalks are found in some urban areas, usually for aesthetic purposes. Brick sidewalk construction usually involves the usage of a mechanical vibrator to lock the bricks in place after they have been laid (and/or to prepare the soil before laying). Although this might also be done by other tools (as regular hammers and heavy rolls), a vibrator is often used to speed up the process.
In other countries, suburban pavements are most commonly used. This kind of approach (using pavements) is more economical and sometimes more environmentally-friendly, depending on what material is used (e.g. trass instead of energy intensive Portland cement concrete or petroleum-based materials as asphalt or tar-penetration macadam). In the United Kingdom the suburban pavements are most commonly constructed of tarmac, which is however not more environmentally-friendly. In urban or inner-city areas pavements are most commonly constructed of slabs, stone, or brick depending upon the surrounding street architecture and furniture.
Stone slabs called flagstones or flags are sometimes used where an attractive appearance is required, as in historic town centres. In other places, pre-cast concrete slabs (called paving slabs or, less correctly, paving stones) are used. These may be coloured or textured to resemble stone.
Effects of sidewalks
The Crash Reduction Factor (used to estimate the expected reduction of crashes during a given period) for the installation of sidewalks averages 74%.[1] Note that, compared to sidewalks, the maximum speed limit is a much more significant factor in the likelihood of a vehicle/pedestrian crash. Sidewalk presence has a risk ratio of 0.118, which means that the likelihood of a site with a paved sidewalk being a crash site is 88.2 percent lower than a site without a sidewalk. The speed limit risk ratio is 1.116, which means that a 16.1-km/h (10-mi/h) increase in the limit yields a factor of (1.116)10 or 3.[2]
James Amos
the sidewalk was a blur of colour as the rain washed the chalk into the cracks of the pavement and down the storm drain. the children went inside.
lynds
its tempting to say the sidewalk you speak of is not even there
as if it were really just flat steps for you to climb
but the sidewalk is hard and the sidewalk is sturdy you say – not if you stop walking
eti
laughing out loud yonder beyond father my lover sits on golden ponds yesterday morning the spider in my bedroom snowflake whispering in the air shadow tree underneath beyond the wall father I can’t stake the curve in the mirror violin women’s body the mistake is underlined, it annoys me. Period, dot, cruve, circle.
Noel-michele
footpath :) is the sidewalk of the Indian street and hope to always walk on it.
sadhana
gravel made into i don’t know i feel silly this is ridiculous and blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah im really tired and should now go sleep. tomorrow i have to walk down a sidewalk for forty minutes to get to a school i dislike and i don’t know mrrrrrrrrrrrrr this iss silly and ew but i guess it’s a good exercize
mercury
as i walked on the foot path, i was thinking to myself, ‘is this a footpath, or a sidewalk?’ you see, it was a rather confusing thought that i found myself thinking. which was it?
bearrrrrrrrr
The sidewalk was so hot my shoes melted. I felt that this day was going to be different than all the others. I already hated hot summer days like this and to have my brand new shoes messed up because of the heat from the sidewalk was not cool. The best thing for me to do was head for the local public pool.
ChocXTC
The cracks on the sidewalk slowly faded as the sun went down and we walked back to you’re apartment. I saw the “you 2” written inside of a heart in grafftii on the sidewalk and wish that it was something that I would someday be able to tell you.
merritt
where i walk to get to where i need to go. to the store, to my friends, to my love.
where the sidewalk ends?
where my heart ends
where my love ends
jacqui zebraskiin
everything was dim, and it was the wet sidewalk beneath my very feet – that began to bleed.
evan viola
walking down the sidewalk, noticing a breeze, maybe the smell of fresh cut grass. A spring or summer day. Dogs barking nearby, children playing, running through the sprinkler. Cars driving by lazily…ice cream man bells chiming on the next street. the sound of my footsteps hitting with each step until I stumble on a crack…
Briget
I walk down the sidewalk admiring all of the sidewalk chalk drawings. I think they’re lovely despite being little children’s dreams. Or maybe because of it. I trip over a pile of dog poo. Why? I don’t know. But it smells and I didn’t wish for my foot to be covered in a foul smelling substance. I miss the chalk drawings.
Jase Dakota
Sidewalks where my feet stomp line after line they carry chalk that washes with rain. I wish on cooler days that sidewalks reflected the warmth of the sun, but no they ignore my plea. They simply exist.
Job White
the sidewalk is a porno.
like interpol sung.
i walked home late one night in the snow
and realized i was walking on earth
not touching pavement or the concrete
that reason has cemented in us.
i felt ethereal in that moment and liberated.
eta
to get to my house i will need to go on a sidewalk.if i dont go to the sidewlk and walk in the middle of the street i might get runned over or i will probaly get a ticket.
elmer asencio
I was walking on the sidewalk to come to school this morning.I saw a big crack on it.I steped over it.I wondered why and how it was there.
Grigor Nargizyan
the sidewalk runs along the street, like a little child, forbidden to go in the street. getting to a corner the painted crosswalk outlines its desire to leave its path.
hippe
sidewalks are gray and dirtty.
a oath to new things.
the road to tomorrow.
a brighter tomorrow.
a stronger tomorrow.
a better tomorrow.
sidewalks are thin and fat,
short and long
the possiblities are endless.
walking home from school,
riding your bikes.
delivering a letter,
alii
I walked on the sidewalk to get to school. I took long, but I liked doing it. I got on time. At school I had a great day.
Matthew.Hallada
i stared at the side walk as i walked. i could hear the foot steps beside me but i pretended not to notice. i just counted every crack and foucsed my left over attention on the dying leaves littering the walk. soon the steps were right behind me and then that cold hand grabed my shoulder.
kat the greats
The sidewalk turned yellow as if I was in search of the land called oz. Yet beneath the pavement grew a flower which snipped at the wind. All along I felt that this was the path that was necessary for my fulfillment. However sometimes you just have to be able to look and you will see that flower growing.
Jayden
One the sidewalk there was a small child looking at the cracks. Each of the cracks was growing small amounts of weeds up from the bottom to the top. After the child examined the cracks, she began to pull the weeds up and
Lisa Howard
a place where people walk
asam3
As i walk on the side walk i wonder why? Why am i limited to such a small place. How come i have to walk on a small ugly path, i want to explore. See new things, but instead i walk on this ugly sidewalk.
c8
When we walked over the tresspassing, onto the sidewalk I tough about life and love, and about how everything is unfair in this world. I tripped over an treestump and realized I loved this world no matter how unfair.
Niandy
The sidewalk went to nowhere, but he kept following it, wishing, hoping, believing it would reach a final destination. As he stared into the wilderness glimmers of firelight shown on the horizon. Would he stay on the sidewalk, or make his own path?
I like to walk on a sidewalk. It’s better than walking on the interstate. If I fall on the sidewalk I get back up. If I fall on the interstate I die. Don’t fall on the interstate. I love lamp.
there was a square of sidewalk just steps away from my driveway growing up, and it was freshly poured with wet concrete. i couldn’t resist. i stuck my hands in it, hard, and left them there for a good 20 seconds just to be sure. and then i traced my initials below the prints. and stepped back to view my handywork. it was the proudest moment of my life. i had done something. i loved it.
i was waling down the side walk and i saw a car go by i tried to have it stop so it could give me a ride but it just ignored me and kept going, i was frustrated and kicked the side walk it was raining to, so i was already not in the best mood, ugh. I screamed but te
Normally I write something deep..
But I’m not in the mood.
Remember that book of witty poems, ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’?
Or that old saying, ‘step on a crack and break your mother’s back?’
That’s what I thought of when I saw ‘sidewalk’.
The sidewalks here are for dog walking.. and walking to school. Otherwise no one seems to use them .. they need not be shoveled or cleared of leaves. They just sit there waiting .. waiting for life to pass them by. It isn’t often that children play on them or animals skip over
I love to walk on sidewalks. I really believe that the months of the year are in a sidewalk formation in the bigger scheme of things. Its like that Shel Silversten book: Where the Sidewalk Ends. The sidewalk ends at the end of a year. She knew. I know.
Cracks stripe my back from the stress of a too late night and semi-inspirational but cynical day intermingled with your nightmares, my tears, our passion- wet, intense and controversial
it was a hot summer day as i sat on the sidewalk and watched the tired ghosts roam by.
it was a hot summers night as i laid on the sidewalk and let the heavens pass by.
it was a cold winters afternoon as i sat on the sidewalk dying from love.
Sidewalk. You walk along the side. Of the road? No, because then it would be the sideroad. Then you’re walking along the side of the walk. You don’t walk on the road, but drive on it. It should be called the sideroad, if anything. And what if you walk along the side of the sidewalk? There should be another side sidewalk. What is this discrimination? I am offended on an indescribably personal level.
THE SIDEWALK WAS HERE I BROKE HIS HEART, WITH THAT FIRST KISS. THE PASSION WAS THERE, THE LOVE WAS THERE. THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS HIM.
hahahhahahhahahahahahhahah SIDEWALK??? are you for real?? okay here goes, cindy was so drunk that she threw up at the side walk and spent the night there on her birthday. ah stories in the sidewalk. good times, good times :)
In Australia we call it pavement. I don’t see many people walking on it around my house but when you get closer to shopping centers and the like there are lots of people walking around on them.
I walk on the side of the road and make with the feet dancihng Oh yeah! I am a walking machine. Fuck, I struct mother fuckha.
I like to walk both on the side *and8 the other side. I walk llike a monkey and by that I mean like an ape, in that I am an ape,
cause I’m human and humans are apes (scientists say so).
I belive I am a man, but a man is just as human as a yeah..
A sidewalk (chiefly North American English), pavement (British English and Philadelphia dialect), footpath (Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and New Zealand English) or footway (Engineering term) is a path for pedestrians that is situated alongside a road or formed like sidewalks that are alongside roads (such as a concrete footpath through a park). A sidewalk may accommodate moderate changes in grade. However, “walkway” is a more complete term for support of walking, and includes stairs, ramps, paseos (passageways) and related off-street tools that provide for a developed pathway.
Contents
Construction of sidewalks
4 types of brick-laying for sidewalks
In the 19th century and early 20th century, sidewalks of wood were common in some locations. They may still be found at historic beach locations and in conservation areas to protect the land beneath and around, called boardwalks. Contemporary sidewalks are most often made of concrete (particularly in the United States and Canada), tarmac, asphalt, brick (particularly in Europe), stone, slab or (increasingly) rubber[1]. Multi-use paths alongside roads are sometimes made of materials that are softer than concrete, such as asphalt.
A vibrator is often used to prepare the soil before laying the bricks
In the United States, the most common type of sidewalk consists of a poured concrete ribbon with cross-lying strain relief grooves at intervals of ~1 m; this is intended to minimize visible damage from tectonic and temperature fluctuations, both of which can crack longer segments. However, freeze-thaw cycles (in cold-weather regions) and tree root growth can eventually result in damage which requires repair. Brick sidewalks are found in some urban areas, usually for aesthetic purposes. Brick sidewalk construction usually involves the usage of a mechanical vibrator to lock the bricks in place after they have been laid (and/or to prepare the soil before laying). Although this might also be done by other tools (as regular hammers and heavy rolls), a vibrator is often used to speed up the process.
In other countries, suburban pavements are most commonly used. This kind of approach (using pavements) is more economical and sometimes more environmentally-friendly, depending on what material is used (e.g. trass instead of energy intensive Portland cement concrete or petroleum-based materials as asphalt or tar-penetration macadam). In the United Kingdom the suburban pavements are most commonly constructed of tarmac, which is however not more environmentally-friendly. In urban or inner-city areas pavements are most commonly constructed of slabs, stone, or brick depending upon the surrounding street architecture and furniture.
Stone slabs called flagstones or flags are sometimes used where an attractive appearance is required, as in historic town centres. In other places, pre-cast concrete slabs (called paving slabs or, less correctly, paving stones) are used. These may be coloured or textured to resemble stone.
Effects of sidewalks
The Crash Reduction Factor (used to estimate the expected reduction of crashes during a given period) for the installation of sidewalks averages 74%.[1] Note that, compared to sidewalks, the maximum speed limit is a much more significant factor in the likelihood of a vehicle/pedestrian crash. Sidewalk presence has a risk ratio of 0.118, which means that the likelihood of a site with a paved sidewalk being a crash site is 88.2 percent lower than a site without a sidewalk. The speed limit risk ratio is 1.116, which means that a 16.1-km/h (10-mi/h) increase in the limit yields a factor of (1.116)10 or 3.[2]
the sidewalk was a blur of colour as the rain washed the chalk into the cracks of the pavement and down the storm drain. the children went inside.
its tempting to say the sidewalk you speak of is not even there
as if it were really just flat steps for you to climb
but the sidewalk is hard and the sidewalk is sturdy you say – not if you stop walking
laughing out loud yonder beyond father my lover sits on golden ponds yesterday morning the spider in my bedroom snowflake whispering in the air shadow tree underneath beyond the wall father I can’t stake the curve in the mirror violin women’s body the mistake is underlined, it annoys me. Period, dot, cruve, circle.
footpath :) is the sidewalk of the Indian street and hope to always walk on it.
gravel made into i don’t know i feel silly this is ridiculous and blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah im really tired and should now go sleep. tomorrow i have to walk down a sidewalk for forty minutes to get to a school i dislike and i don’t know mrrrrrrrrrrrrr this iss silly and ew but i guess it’s a good exercize
as i walked on the foot path, i was thinking to myself, ‘is this a footpath, or a sidewalk?’ you see, it was a rather confusing thought that i found myself thinking. which was it?
The sidewalk was so hot my shoes melted. I felt that this day was going to be different than all the others. I already hated hot summer days like this and to have my brand new shoes messed up because of the heat from the sidewalk was not cool. The best thing for me to do was head for the local public pool.
The cracks on the sidewalk slowly faded as the sun went down and we walked back to you’re apartment. I saw the “you 2” written inside of a heart in grafftii on the sidewalk and wish that it was something that I would someday be able to tell you.
where i walk to get to where i need to go. to the store, to my friends, to my love.
where the sidewalk ends?
where my heart ends
where my love ends
everything was dim, and it was the wet sidewalk beneath my very feet – that began to bleed.
walking down the sidewalk, noticing a breeze, maybe the smell of fresh cut grass. A spring or summer day. Dogs barking nearby, children playing, running through the sprinkler. Cars driving by lazily…ice cream man bells chiming on the next street. the sound of my footsteps hitting with each step until I stumble on a crack…
I walk down the sidewalk admiring all of the sidewalk chalk drawings. I think they’re lovely despite being little children’s dreams. Or maybe because of it. I trip over a pile of dog poo. Why? I don’t know. But it smells and I didn’t wish for my foot to be covered in a foul smelling substance. I miss the chalk drawings.
Sidewalks where my feet stomp line after line they carry chalk that washes with rain. I wish on cooler days that sidewalks reflected the warmth of the sun, but no they ignore my plea. They simply exist.
the sidewalk is a porno.
like interpol sung.
i walked home late one night in the snow
and realized i was walking on earth
not touching pavement or the concrete
that reason has cemented in us.
i felt ethereal in that moment and liberated.
to get to my house i will need to go on a sidewalk.if i dont go to the sidewlk and walk in the middle of the street i might get runned over or i will probaly get a ticket.
I was walking on the sidewalk to come to school this morning.I saw a big crack on it.I steped over it.I wondered why and how it was there.
the sidewalk runs along the street, like a little child, forbidden to go in the street. getting to a corner the painted crosswalk outlines its desire to leave its path.
sidewalks are gray and dirtty.
a oath to new things.
the road to tomorrow.
a brighter tomorrow.
a stronger tomorrow.
a better tomorrow.
sidewalks are thin and fat,
short and long
the possiblities are endless.
walking home from school,
riding your bikes.
delivering a letter,
I walked on the sidewalk to get to school. I took long, but I liked doing it. I got on time. At school I had a great day.
i stared at the side walk as i walked. i could hear the foot steps beside me but i pretended not to notice. i just counted every crack and foucsed my left over attention on the dying leaves littering the walk. soon the steps were right behind me and then that cold hand grabed my shoulder.
The sidewalk turned yellow as if I was in search of the land called oz. Yet beneath the pavement grew a flower which snipped at the wind. All along I felt that this was the path that was necessary for my fulfillment. However sometimes you just have to be able to look and you will see that flower growing.
One the sidewalk there was a small child looking at the cracks. Each of the cracks was growing small amounts of weeds up from the bottom to the top. After the child examined the cracks, she began to pull the weeds up and
a place where people walk
As i walk on the side walk i wonder why? Why am i limited to such a small place. How come i have to walk on a small ugly path, i want to explore. See new things, but instead i walk on this ugly sidewalk.
When we walked over the tresspassing, onto the sidewalk I tough about life and love, and about how everything is unfair in this world. I tripped over an treestump and realized I loved this world no matter how unfair.
The sidewalk went to nowhere, but he kept following it, wishing, hoping, believing it would reach a final destination. As he stared into the wilderness glimmers of firelight shown on the horizon. Would he stay on the sidewalk, or make his own path?