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[Kadzar]

I'm gonna say a wizard did it.

[Knit tie]

So yesterday, as I was coming back home from a lesson on how to storm rooms properly (either very fast so you take them by surprise, or realllllly reallllly slowly so you see them and shoot first), I had the most extreme burger of my life. A mad, dilapidated-looking woman entered the cafe I was sitting in and started mumbling and gesticulating wildly, obviously trying to communicate but failing to do so. Of course, I tried to help and offered her my food, money and my phone, in this order. All were refused, and the woman then pulled out her own money to show me that she didn't need it. By this point the staff arrived, and the woman took her phone out as well, and showed us that it was missing a SIM card and a battery, which only confused us further - she wasn't robbed, because who the hell steals the SIM card and the battery out of a phone, but leaves the appliance itself? - so we gave her a pencil and a piece of paper. The semi-gibberish she wrote was indicative of either brain damage or a serious mental disorder, and I've decided to call an ambulance. The woman got infuriated at that, imitated spitting on the floor and left while I wasn't looking, leaving me to explain to the ambulance that it was essentially a false alarm, but they turned out to be cool with that.

But I still don't know where the poor woman is and what's happened with her and it's making me sad.

[Descan]

Turns out she was speaking Kazakh and her phone battery exploded, and she was in a bit of a daze from... you know, exploding electronics.

[SalmonGod]

Sad:  Taking my kids to the pool.  I find pools incredibly boring.  It's like "Ok.... so I'm in water now.... *shrug*"  Going down the big slide or whatever is exciting maybe twice.  Otherwise there's nothing to do but... move around for no reason... except in water... I could move around for no reason whenever/wherever I want, without having to go through the uncomfortable ordeal of acclimating to the water temperature and risking horrible sunburns...

But kids.

Pools are exercise for me, with the chance of oogling cute guys in nothing but their skivvies. Going to to the pool just to go to the pool is a little weird, but to do laps? Sure.

For kids, I think it's a mixture of "bath-time but you can mess around?!"* and "this water stuff is so weird!" You never see a kid just move their hands around under water and stare at it, or wave them back and forth on the surface? The resistance is new, especially if they're something like 5-10.

This one I'm not so sure of, it may be a little patronizing.

Not meant to be patronizing.  I can understand why kids enjoy it.  I did too.  And the social aspects for other people.  I was just complaining on my own behalf.

Also:  pool water always feels gross and I don't like the crowded atmosphere and my eyes hurt from exposure to the sun for so long.

But it's over now.  Bleh.

[hops]

I like swimming. It's the only repetitive task that I don't find mind-numbingly boring. It's sort of like meditation, I don't find it fun, but I find it relaxing. I don't like seeing myself in swimming trunks though.

[LordSlowpoke]

what if we put you in one of these one piece costumes that are like spandex except with holes in it

[hops]

I would likely make children cry.

[LordSlowpoke]

well i heard saltwater's easier to swim in

[Sergarr]

well i heard saltwater's easier to swim in

you instantly regret swimming in salt water after accidentally swallowing it

so salty

[hops]

well i heard saltwater's easier to swim in

you instantly regret swimming in salt water after accidentally swallowing it

so salty

Being made out of tears doesn't help, either.

[LordSlowpoke]

well i heard saltwater's easier to swim in

you instantly regret swimming in salt water after accidentally swallowing it

so salty

Being made out of tears doesn't help, either.

so you guys are saying you don't want to swim in children's tears.

* LordSlowpoke checks url

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[SalmonGod]

I got to swim in the ocean once.  That was fun.

[Graknorke]

what if we put you in one of these one piece costumes that are like spandex except with holes in it

Those aren't for swimming in, LSP.

[LordSlowpoke]

what if we put you in one of these one piece costumes that are like spandex except with holes in it

Those aren't for swimming in, LSP.

you may now proceed to explaining the purpose of the one piece holed spandex it's not like i don't expect you to do that when you say things are not for things that they are for

[Graknorke]

what if we put you in one of these one piece costumes that are like spandex except with holes in it

Those aren't for swimming in, LSP.

you may now proceed to explaining the purpose of the one piece holed spandex it's not like i don't expect you to do that when you say things are not for things that they are for

Are we thinking of the same thing when you say, "Spandex except with holes in it," because I don't think we are.