After the great wheel barrow crash of Summer 2006, Mrs LS has been
advised not to play volleyball for the time being due to her knee
injury. Missing her regular physical excerise we have started swimming
(twice a week) at the most disciplinarian swimming pool I have ever
seen.
You walk into the changing rooms and are faced by a corridor with toilet
cubicle style doors on either side. The cubicles are in fact changing
areas which lead over to the 'No Shoes Area', where you are instructed
to make use of one of the lockers for your belongings.
After changing you progress towards the shower area where a sign says
'Bring your towel to here'. The next instruction is 'No entry to pool
without naked shower first' acompanied by a 'No swimming trunks beyond
this pont' on the entry to the shower/sauna area. As a final emphises on
the importance of cleanliness there is a drawing illustrating the areas
of the body one should wash with soap before considering entry to the
pool.
After observing the 'No wash, No Entry' policy, things are more relaxed
as I feel very unfit during my 30 min, 850m swim. After this, the
military changing rooms instruct you to 'sit on your towel' in the sauna
and to 'dry yourself before going past this point'.
Everyone does, more or less, what they are supposed to and it is not
before you get dressed that you notice that your feet are on clean dry
ground and your socks don't get wet, removing one of swimmings big
irritaions.
7 comments:
i thought the Norwegians as a race were laid back and easy going, but is there another side? Was there a large and stern Brunhilde at every concievable point, to ensure compliance?!!! Could you elucidate in more exact detail on the bodily areas considered unclean......
Regarding the wheelbarrow crash, did you have to call in the accident investigators, and measure skidmarks (no, not that sort!) etc. or was it a clear case of 'no fault, no compo'. And did she get points on the licence?
Thats proper order that is....
With regards to body parts to wash, it's pretty much everything with a significant quantity of hair plus your feet (which may or may not be included in the fore mentioned).
The wheel barrow crash didn't involve any third parties and the wheel barrow was a write off (even before the crash!!!) so we didn't bother claiming on insurance
I thought also that one of swimmings biggest irritations (or irrational fears?) was the pool scene in 'Caddyshack' - what was it floating in the water?
Just a small query. Is it a typo?
or who is Mrs LS? Has Mrs VS been re-named?
Sorry, confusing myself, It should be Mrs VL.
Glad we sorted that out, you had me worried, memories of your wedding night are pretty hazy at the best of times.
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