The @#!$% Basketball Guy!

Tonight I swam right before the pool closed again. Except this time it was packed. I asked a man if I could join him in a narrow lane, with me swimming by the wall. He unhappily agreed because he had no choice due to the rules. He was doing all backstroke, so I couldn't do any backstroke...for obvious reasons. I tried very hard to stay by the wall, even scraping my knuckles once. My only hope was that he would get out before I was done. This wishing is a game in itself. Unfortunately he got out quietly and before I knew it a swimmer we call the Basketball guy had swooped under the rope (he had been circling with others) and taken the side by the rope! We call this "swimmer" the Basketball Guy because he swims with a basketball! He clutches it to him, sometimes swimming with it and other times waterwalking with it. At the end of the lane he pretends to slam dunk and stuff. It seems to be an extravagant fantasy and is frankly an embarrassment to the swimming community. Despite these distractions, the swim felt great, and I left feeling refreshed.
Cliche of the day:
A: "I can't believe the pool is so crowded at 10pm."
B: "I know. I waited to swim just so that it wouldn't be crowded."
A: "Ya just never know..."
B: "That's for sure!"