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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About 25 years ago I was part of the Cederdale Swim Team along with a big handfull of other year round swimmers. It was a cold miserable summer day with ominous clouds looming above. We were all fully decked out in our sweats, under towels and none of us wanted to strip down or get wet. We knew we'd kill the other team because we had more "ringers" than they did and the other team knew it too. The people were standing around trying to figure out what to do when myself and a few friends decided to take matters into our own hands. We reached up and rattled the plastic corrugated roof of the shelter we were under. The other coach heard the noise and said to the officials, "I heard thunder and I don't want to risk the safety of my team so I forfeit." My friends and I and all our team mates in the area looked at each other in horror which quickly turned to knowing smirks. We had just won the meet without getting cold. :D
About 25 years ago I was part of the Cederdale Swim Team along with a big handfull of other year round swimmers. It was a cold miserable summer day with ominous clouds looming above. We were all fully decked out in our sweats, under towels and none of us wanted to strip down or get wet. We knew we'd kill the other team because we had more "ringers" than they did and the other team knew it too. The people were standing around trying to figure out what to do when myself and a few friends decided to take matters into our own hands. We reached up and rattled the plastic corrugated roof of the shelter we were under. The other coach heard the noise and said to the officials, "I heard thunder and I don't want to risk the safety of my team so I forfeit." My friends and I and all our team mates in the area looked at each other in horror which quickly turned to knowing smirks. We had just won the meet without getting cold. :D
