so one day back in... july? june? one day way back when, a friend of mine had a party. and molly comes up to me and says, hey steve, i had an idea for a list the other day. so i gave her my notebook, and she began to write it down. she got about halfway done before i had to leave, but with the summer heat and the notebook constantly being in my shorts, my sweat washed out everything she had written within two days. my bad on that one.
sometime a month or two after that, she said she wrote it all down again... then lost it. her bad on that one.
but then last week, she came up to me in school and handed me a piece of paper... the list was finally done. and here is it.
25 ways to tell you're bored while lifeguarding at the ymcaby molly1. you sing all of the jazz band and marching band music that you know
2. you sing your madrigals and a cappella music and you sing all of the parts
3. after singingall of the songs you find that only 10 minutes have passed
4. you count the number of bubbles hanging on the wall (53)
5. you count the number of kickboards on the wall (25 yellow, 27 blue)
6. you count the white sound absorbers on the walls (73)
7. you re-count the number of people in the pool (6)
8. you count the number of metal boards on the bleachers (35)
9. you count the number of buoys thathold the blue and white line afloat (16)
10. you count the number of bandages on the bottom of the pool (7)
11. you count the number of times the 12-year-old girl gets out of the pool to deliver gossip to her friends (31)
12. you tally the number of times you blow your whistle (23)
13. you count things in general
14. you make up a song about the things you've counted
15. you laugh at inside jokes that are so inside only you know about them
16. you invent a new language
17. you write a play
18. you organize the pool deck and sort by colour and design
(yes, she spelled it with a U)19. you learn morse code and are only able to entertain yourself for 7 minutes and 13 seconds
20. you recite the entire musical of "oklahoma!" and sing all the songs then sing the entire show "a christmas carol"... in 20 minutes flat
21. you start hearing voices and know them by name... not now ralph, i'm concentrating.
22. you write a list of 25 (DUH!!!)
23. you figure out the secret to life, solve world hunger, figure out the ultimate question, and find a cure for cancer
24. you've decided to tell no one of the previous discoveries
25. you use the timers on the wall, rather than the clock, to count down until when you can go home
questions? comments? insults? lists or ideas for lists? what happened to the red kickboards? send them all to twentyfivethings@hotmail.com!
so one day back in... july? june? one day way back when, a friend of mine had a party. and molly comes up to me and says, hey steve, i had an idea for a list the other day. so i gave her my notebook, and she began to write it down. she got about halfway done before i had to leave, but with the summer heat and the notebook constantly being in my shorts, my sweat washed out everything she had written within two days. my bad on that one.
sometime a month or two after that, she said she wrote it all down again... then lost it. her bad on that one.
but then last week, she came up to me in school and handed me a piece of paper... the list was finally done. and here is it.
25 ways to tell you're bored while lifeguarding at the ymcaby molly1. you sing all of the jazz band and marching band music that you know
2. you sing your madrigals and a cappella music and you sing all of the parts
3. after singingall of the songs you find that only 10 minutes have passed
4. you count the number of bubbles hanging on the wall (53)
5. you count the number of kickboards on the wall (25 yellow, 27 blue)
6. you count the white sound absorbers on the walls (73)
7. you re-count the number of people in the pool (6)
8. you count the number of metal boards on the bleachers (35)
9. you count the number of buoys thathold the blue and white line afloat (16)
10. you count the number of bandages on the bottom of the pool (7)
11. you count the number of times the 12-year-old girl gets out of the pool to deliver gossip to her friends (31)
12. you tally the number of times you blow your whistle (23)
13. you count things in general
14. you make up a song about the things you've counted
15. you laugh at inside jokes that are so inside only you know about them
16. you invent a new language
17. you write a play
18. you organize the pool deck and sort by colour and design
(yes, she spelled it with a U)19. you learn morse code and are only able to entertain yourself for 7 minutes and 13 seconds
20. you recite the entire musical of "oklahoma!" and sing all the songs then sing the entire show "a christmas carol"... in 20 minutes flat
21. you start hearing voices and know them by name... not now ralph, i'm concentrating.
22. you write a list of 25 (DUH!!!)
23. you figure out the secret to life, solve world hunger, figure out the ultimate question, and find a cure for cancer
24. you've decided to tell no one of the previous discoveries
25. you use the timers on the wall, rather than the clock, to count down until when you can go home
questions? comments? insults? lists or ideas for lists? what happened to the red kickboards? send them all to twentyfivethings@hotmail.com!
