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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I was sad to see that no more stories were posted since my last one!!! I thought this forum would have tons of posts! Anyways, I have another one that makes me laugh.
I always make fun of my friend b/c of this... she is NOT a backstroker and here is the story.
We were at an invitational in Tennessee and there was a 15 min. pause for warm-ups... and my friend got in again to work on her back flip turn (she was so cute in her swim cap b/c she had so much hair and it made her look like a conehead). I was sitting with my parents and I just looked at the pool for a moment and noticed that she was about to try another turn. She was a few feet away from the flags when she started (good backstrokers take about 2 or 3 strokes after you hit the flags for the flip turn)... I started counting her strokes... she took 4, then 5... (at this point I knew she went too far), then she took anohter one (6!), she turned onto her stomach and immediately smashed her face into the gutter! I almost peed my pants, she looked so funny... she looked up at me because she heard me laughing and she started to crack up... amazingly, she didn't hurt herself or get a concussion... maybe it was the conehead that hit and cushioned the blow.
To this day I still tease her by counting from 1 to 6.
I was sad to see that no more stories were posted since my last one!!! I thought this forum would have tons of posts! Anyways, I have another one that makes me laugh.
I always make fun of my friend b/c of this... she is NOT a backstroker and here is the story.
We were at an invitational in Tennessee and there was a 15 min. pause for warm-ups... and my friend got in again to work on her back flip turn (she was so cute in her swim cap b/c she had so much hair and it made her look like a conehead). I was sitting with my parents and I just looked at the pool for a moment and noticed that she was about to try another turn. She was a few feet away from the flags when she started (good backstrokers take about 2 or 3 strokes after you hit the flags for the flip turn)... I started counting her strokes... she took 4, then 5... (at this point I knew she went too far), then she took anohter one (6!), she turned onto her stomach and immediately smashed her face into the gutter! I almost peed my pants, she looked so funny... she looked up at me because she heard me laughing and she started to crack up... amazingly, she didn't hurt herself or get a concussion... maybe it was the conehead that hit and cushioned the blow.
To this day I still tease her by counting from 1 to 6.
