Keepin' it real--Inda 'Hood

Yesterday’s Netflix movie greeted us with Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G Indahouse. I enjoyed Borat, so I figured we’d try this 2002 alter ego of Cohen. The DVD slip informed us this was a movie that lasted 1 hour, 28 minutes, so at 6:00 pm, while outside it stormed, we popped the movie into the DVD player.

Forty-five minutes later the doorbell rang. It was Roger from next door—Can Ted come out and help me with something real quick? The rain had stopped, and Roger asked if we had gone out for our run yet. We shamefully admitted that no, we hadn’t…and Roger responded with maybe I’ll run with you when you go later.

We stared at him—he had been talking about running before but was never serious. This is the guy that said running hurt his knees, and then later confessed he had been running in hiking boots. He then purchased a pair of running shoes and said it made a big difference, but hadn’t been out that much.

Ted helped him with whatever it was he needed help with, and came back over and we started Ali G back up again. Twenty minutes later the doorbell rang again. Ted answered, and all I heard was Roger’s in running shoes.

I have a thirty minute window, Roger informed us. So Ted and I changed and we headed out. It started off very slow. I was unsure of Roger’s fitness level—he works construction and looks like a very fit guy, but looking fit and having the ability to run for 30 minutes can be two different things. I did not want to get at the farthest point possible and have Roger decide he just couldn’t go any more. But he did good, and we all stayed together. The pace was slower than Ted or I probably would have done, but it was still comfortable, which was probably good since this was Ted’s first real run since Broad Street.

So that is how Ali G, which was supposed to last 1:28 according to the DVD sleeve, ended up lasting three hours. And I wonder if Roger is sore today.