are they supermen?
People around here have a very high opinion of the physical capacities of their garbage men. Yesterday was trash day, and along with a wide variety of other random furniture and big snarls of metal adorning the sidewalks (spring cleaning in many households, no doubt) someone was throwing away an entire full-size basketball hoop. And not just the hoop! Backboard, pole, that thing on the base that holds it up (in theory, anyways; everyone with such a hoop found it knocked over after the storm last weekend). What did they expect the trash pickup personnel to do with it?! Even assuming it would fit in the truck, which I doubt, it's not like the one guy who usually handles the trash could just pick it up and toss it into the back after he does the cans. I pictured the homeowner and maybe a couple friends struggling to haul this gigantic thing out to the curb, letting it fall with a crash, and straightening up to dust off their hands proudly.
Of course... it's gone today, so maybe the garbage man really can perform feats of superhuman strength. That's pretty awesome!