#mall walker

sports/athletic (3/8)

Walking is this centenarian’s ‘business’

Indiana resident Ernie Whaley, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, is a World War II veteran. He worked for 44 years as a machinist at the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Co., and for the past three decades he has walked the interior of the shopping mall in Muncie, Ind.

Weather permitting, Whaley completes about 5 miles lapping the tiled floors of the mall each day.

my grandfather was a mall walker

Have you ever been an early bird shopper? You know, one of those people who head out to the malls early enough in the summer to beat the traffic, get a good parking spot, then relax for awhile – sipping a cup of something warm and comforting until the stores actually open, only to witness the people who got there aheadof you, marching around the inside or outside of the mall racking up their…

It's a pith helmet!

This may be one of my favorite viral videos of all time. I've never been so in awe of someone's spirit and yet totally uncomfortable and concerned about their mental health.

Yet, three and half years since this video was uploaded and made the initial rounds it has less than 250,000 views. You'd think something like this would have at least 20 times the hits, and blown into full on memedom. Maybe it makes people too uncomfortable. Maybe its so bizarre that people doubt its authenticity (but even still that would mean this woman is some great undiscovered Melissa McCartney-level comedy genius who deserves to have her work seen).