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...
Not a Masters story, but it was funny. I was teaching swimming lessons at a pool that would put in tables for the young kids to stand on because the shallowest part of the pool was four feet deep. Anyway, the tables had square openings in the middle of them and these openings were covered with a lid. One of the instructors decided to see if he could fit through the opening and swim out the other side. He did this during a break between lessons, but he got stuck around his shoulders. We all thought is was goofing around and didn't go help him. It was pretty funny to see his hairy legs swinging around as he frantically tried to unstick himself. We realized he was in trouble when he stopped moving, but is took all four of us to flip him and the table upside down for him to breathe. He is ok, although I don't think he will ever do anything like that again. I will never get the image of his legs flailing around with his head under the table. It was really funny! Good breath control excerise.
Not a Masters story, but it was funny. I was teaching swimming lessons at a pool that would put in tables for the young kids to stand on because the shallowest part of the pool was four feet deep. Anyway, the tables had square openings in the middle of them and these openings were covered with a lid. One of the instructors decided to see if he could fit through the opening and swim out the other side. He did this during a break between lessons, but he got stuck around his shoulders. We all thought is was goofing around and didn't go help him. It was pretty funny to see his hairy legs swinging around as he frantically tried to unstick himself. We realized he was in trouble when he stopped moving, but is took all four of us to flip him and the table upside down for him to breathe. He is ok, although I don't think he will ever do anything like that again. I will never get the image of his legs flailing around with his head under the table. It was really funny! Good breath control excerise.
