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Snoop

I hustled over to the quad leg extension machine at Lifetime Fitness, trying to wrap (rap?) up my workout as quickly as possible. That’s when I looked in the mirror in front of me, and spotted Snoop Dogg walking on a treadmill just behind me. He wasn’t sweating. He wasn’t really dressed for working out. But I mean, if it really were Snoop Dogg, I am confident that he would be way too cool to do something like run. That’s not his style. He’s going to stroll … and look cool doing it.

Mr. Dogg.

Complete with sunglasses, gangster baggy-fit, moustache, long hair … this guy was channeling the spirit of Mr. Dogg, right here in Minnesota. And let me tell you, channeling the spirit of a super-star, inner city, hard core, straight up rapper is not at all an easy thing to do in the frozen tundra, predominantly Lutheran, Scandanavian-descended stereotype of Minnesota. For extra points, this man was performing his Snoop a good distance from South Minneapolis, the closest thing we even have to an inner city. Stunning!

Snapping out of my reverie, I did a quick leg set, but couldn’t help marveling that this was the closest I would ever be to experiencing Snoop’ness. I returned a short while later thinking I might discern more about this strange man, but alas, our hero had vanished in a puff of marijuana smoke to roll away on his dubs and spread gangster rap to another part of the country.

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Mykala

"..couldn’t help marveling that this was the closest I would ever be to experiencing Snoop’ness."

Ah, you couldn't be more white.

Good post, though. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!

Markoe

Sometimes I wish I could vanish into a "puff of marijuana smoke".

They call me the "Stoned Ninja"

Poof!

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