Walking on Water

The day was warm... for Canada. Sam and Simmy decided to explore The Forks and go for a walk on the river trail. It was a surprise to see so much open water on the river.
"If the river doesn't freeze, the project that Noa and Roy want to build on the river won't even be possible," Simmy said to Sam.
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Two elderly ladies passed them on the path and Simmy greeted them happily. They responded in kind.
There weren't any other people out at all... until... a slim man walked speedily toward them but then he turned sharply and started walking on a footpath that had been made across the river.
"Really?" Simmy asked begrudgingly. "There is no one else around to rescue you... except us... and you're going to endanger your life and try to cross the river on...

very thin ice.
Simmy blew out her lips in exasperation, "This is how all those incidents happen. There is open water on both sides of this little path and off he goes, trying to walk lightly and hurriedly...
Oh! Did you see his hand go out in a fan shape... I think it may have been trembling."
"Well, he'll be sorry when he finds out the only rope we have handy is in the hood of our jackets and, Oh no!, an 18 inch shoelace type of twine will not be very helpful," Sam said.
"Lord Jesus, I pray that water doesn't open up before he gets across," Simmy said, kind of mad that she had to ask for this,... for a guy who, obviously, was playing with fire and wasn't very concerned about his life.
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Later in the evening... Simmy relayed the story to construction son, who mumbled,... "Haven't you heard, Mom? It's Darwinism,... not so much that it is survival of the fittest... as... the stupid ones tend to off themselves."
"Oy! Dr. L used to say that all the time," Simmy recalled.