I was surfing the web for my swimming class to find a couple of articles on swimming, when I came across an anecdote that was so funny I almost died laughing:
I teach group and private swim lessons at our local Y and am constantly amazed and entertained by the comments from the kids. Last year, little Ben, 5 years old, was swimming backstroke, eyes to the ceiling, goggles bigger than his head, blonde hair falling in his face. I'm watching from the side, signaling to kick and streamline. All of a sudden he yells out "Miss Barbara!""What Ben?" I reply, still making kicking motions with my arms. And loudly comes this little voice echoing throughout the pool "I want to eat you like a strawberry!". I thought the lifeguards were going to fall out of their chairs. What could I say? "Keep kicking Ben, just keep kicking!"
I didn't use this for my class (it's not copyrighted by the way, and it's not my personal story), but it made me realize that there's got to be a lot more swimming humour out there.
(Of course I could mention the time where I smashed my head twice in one lap swimming backstroke. They moved the backstroke flags!)
I'm interested to hear more...
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when I was about 12 or 13 years old I arrived at early morning practice one day in my sweats ready to go (and half asleep) ....so I took my sweats off as usual and got up on the blocks to dive in when one of the girls on our team said..."Don't you think you forgot something Jim?"....I looked down and I was standing on the blocks in my tighty whities....I'm glad she said something before I dove in ...b/c those things would have flown right off of me when I hit the water!!.....I probably turned 5 shades of red and then I calmy went back to put my sweats back on......I think I just skipped practice that morning...It's all a blurr after the initial embarressment!
newmastersswimmer
when I was about 12 or 13 years old I arrived at early morning practice one day in my sweats ready to go (and half asleep) ....so I took my sweats off as usual and got up on the blocks to dive in when one of the girls on our team said..."Don't you think you forgot something Jim?"....I looked down and I was standing on the blocks in my tighty whities....I'm glad she said something before I dove in ...b/c those things would have flown right off of me when I hit the water!!.....I probably turned 5 shades of red and then I calmy went back to put my sweats back on......I think I just skipped practice that morning...It's all a blurr after the initial embarressment!
newmastersswimmer
