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Quick quiz: If you plan to beat the heat by going to a public swimming pool, be aware of the serious danger of….
a) crushing human stampedes
b) dehydration
c) toxic exposure to cheap plastic inflatables
d) drowning
Sorry, this was kind of a trick question. I’ll accept any answer except drowning, which obviously is impossible as you can see in this photo of 146,000 frolicking people displacing about two quarts of water.
“Jeez Lamar, wouldn’t you think they could spring for an extra gallon? We’ve been in here four hours.”
“I dunno, Earl, I think it’s getting a little better. I can feel water up to my knees now, and it’s nice and warm… Uh-oh….”
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Residents crowd in a swimming pool to escape the summer heat during a hot weather spell in Daying county of Suining, Sichuan province, China, July 4, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer
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That ending was.. just… gross…
Though I was actually wondering about this the other day, funnily enough… that if people really do you-know-what in public pools?
This is my nightmare! I hate crowds of people with no easy way out. The guy in the water wings is smiling for some reason. He must enjoy being kicked repeatedly.
Or he could have done you-know-what on his friend…. who is actually his arch enemy coz his girlfriend fancies him….
Honestly I’m a bit disappointed in you, Shra. I mentioned yesterday that just for you I would be using a couple of pix of guys in swimsuits, and here they are, but I don’t even get a thank you.
I’m not sure about her, Spin, but I think I spotted Eugene “Toilethead” Johnson….
How could a lifeguard even tell if someone was drowning? And that many people would overwhelm the chlorine, I would think.
You could play Marco Polo all day without ever finding each other.
::insert obligatory Archimedes pun here::
Blog guy… if I could see their swimsuits, I would definitely say thank you….
And by the way, I’m surprised nobody said anything about that headline. You think that stuff just grows on trees? Never mind, CrowGirl or Knit_Nurse will say something nice about it.
Somebody yelled, “Shark!”
The pool though, that’s scary.
You see everybody, I told you CrowGirl would love it. She told me privately that she thought it worthy of Oscar Wilde. So did Nurse. She said that, too.
In bars, I tell people my name is Oscar Wilde, that and Bob Basler.
Headline a stroke of genius. BG. All those people and their plastic make my head swim!
Thanks, Doc. That explains why things seem to be looking up for me….
Ofcourse…. and they also think you are 22 years old….
Thanks, Onedoor. Genius. I like that. I can work with that.
@69 … Just doin my job, mam.
@RB: LOL yeah that is just crazy
Scenes like that are the reason I prefer to swim outdoors.
I really don’t care to swim in public pools, either, KN. I prefer a lake or pond.
This isn’t a swimming pool, it’s a very large bowl of soup.
‘Cause those guys are all crackers.
Anywhere without people and chemicals is good, anywhere with scenery and a waterfall is better.
I think that summarises everything quite well, CG..