I thought I'd start a new thread and see what gives.
This is about funny moments when swimming practice or in a race. I have one that comes to mind.
I was swimming a 400 IM (years ago), and was starting the breaststroke leg of it. Right after I made my first turn and surfaced, there was a gal swimming breastrstroke in my lane coming right for me. I thought I had somehow changed lanes on the turn, so I went under the lane lines and got in the empty lane.
She had made the mistake, not me, but I ended up getting her time and she got mine. But it made no difference; they DQd both of us.
Moral of story: swim in your own lane at all times.
Donna
1981 playing water polo for UCSB at home against USC with the stands full......3rd Q had my entire suit torn off :mad: ....the coach.....and apparently the ref thought it was "funny" :thhbbb: , never stopped the game, never called a time out....played for 3 more minutes until the quarter ends....somehow all my teamates can't "find" my towel, sweats, etc. etc :dunno: .....long walk. :groovy: ....in front of the stands....to the locker room for a new suit to say the least.....but we won! :banana:
Justin,
I am doing this :rofl:after reading your reply. You know why they DQd you, don't you? It was considered a "swim device".
Donna
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I seem to be forever destined to the "slow lane." A lot of the new swimmers start out in my lane, then graduate as they get faster.
Some years ago there was a new guy who had been coming to swim practice fairly regularly. One day after work I stopped at the grocery store near the pool where we swam. I was in the produce section when I saw a guy who looked somewhat familiar. He was looking at me, too, as if to try to place me.
Finally I realized it was the new guy from the pool. I said, "Oh, hi. I didn't recognize you with your clothes on."
There was a woman standing nearby, close enough to hear what I said. She gave us a strange look.
The guy never came to the pool again.
Anna Lea
This happened to me at a summer rec meet. There is a regular guy who swims the same time I do. He has a son my son's age, and he is nice looking!
I was running the computer, my husband running the timing console. This guy comes up to say hi, and says, I didn't recognize you with your clothes on! Um, my husband does not swim and had never met this guy. I had some splaining to do.
I bumped my head to the pool wall while swimming backstroke during a workout. They took the flags away to take a picture. Interestingly, there were flags on the side I started swimming. Sometimes it is good not to be Lenny Krayzelburg.
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In HS, I put a banana in my speedo for the 400 free relay. The relay got DQed because of it, and caused us to lose to a HS team we never had lost to before, but it did get a lot of laughs. The ref said that you couldn't have any foreign objects in your lane or something like that.
..."I didn't recognize you with your clothes on" ...
I'll bet a lot of us have said this without thinking about what we were saying. I know I have. The reactions of others who "aren't in the know" is priceless.
In HS, I put a banana in my speedo for the 400 free relay. The relay got DQed because of it, and caused us to lose to a HS team we never had lost to before, but it did get a lot of laughs. The ref said that you couldn't have any foreign objects in your lane or something like that.
That is hilarious! :rofl: :bow:
Donna,
I know that you wanted to keep this light but you actually only need to start and end the race in your assigned lane. You can leave and come back if you need to as long as you don't interfere with another swimmer.
Leo
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Now we know why Speedos are called "Banana Hammocks" :joker:
Although I prefer the term "Grape Smugglers" :rofl:
