School Sports DayAt some point in the distant past, someone at my school had built a large concrete tank behind the sheds and called it a swimming pool. Proud of this, they had a "Swimming Sports Day" in which everyone had to participate, even those who couldn't swim (they got to walk across the shallow end of the tank).
This would probably have been OK if the pool hadn't turned a deep opaque green the night before due to lack of maintainance. Even the school sports stars didn't want to go near the gloopy mess in the pool. We were practically pushed in. I'm sure some of the younger kids never surfaced again and the non-swimmers looked petrified.
Tell us your sports day horrors.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 11:13)
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Being Picked....I was always of decent sporting ability - I could play rugby, football, cricket, etc to a decent standard without being outstanding - I was, however accident prone and always picked up some injury or other - aaaanyhoo I digress.
I think it's safe to say that we most of us (unless you were one of them) hated those who were the pickers - who were usually the "jocks" (vile americanism I know) with no brain, personality and in my school's case the year bully.
I was rarely the picker, but when I was, I picked the decent players and/or my mates so it'd at least be a good laugh playing.
Most of those "jocks" ended up in the army from what I recall as that was the only place that would take them due to their virtual lobotomy.... I, however, play sport cos I enjoy it (when I can be arsed) and I'm a highly paid technical consultant. Ha ha ha.
Erm - I'll get off my soapbox now.
/quit
(, Wed 5 Apr 2006, 12:06, Reply)
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