He's especially good at expectorating!

[andygates]

Nobody else remembers that song from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, do they?  Just me?  Good, good.

I have discovered how to get a clear lane at a crowded pool at lunchtime: get a cold; recover apart from a pound of lungbutter; take a strong expectorant cough medicine; swim.  Every hundred metres or so, enough gack becomes sufficinetly loosened that you have to stop to hack and gark for a moment.  After a few repetitions of this performance, the medium lane is empty, the slow lane is crammed and the fast lane has near-Parisian traffic problems.  Heh.

Found a new sweet spot today, synchronising the hip roll with the recovery arm's lift from the water.  All very rolly.  I think its a sustainable, hit-your-rhythm thing, but since my secret identity is Captain Catarrh, I can't confirm that just yet.

Comments

Re: "Ptui! Ten points for Gaston!"

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

I came looking at your old entries because I felt I might have stuck my foot in my mouth. Basically, a memory of your cat-bringing-deadthings entry having the words "bachelor flat" in it collided with what I'd asked you here, and I suddenly felt terrible.

Also, I didn't see this reply when you made it, and just found it now.

The point, though, is that I'm sorry if I hit a sensitive spot. I'm not certain, either, that I did, but if "bachelor flat" means you're not married any longer, I'm sorry about that, too, no matter why.

Probably best to shut up now, before I end up with my toes down my throat. Seems to be my greatest talent.

Re: "Ptui! Ten points for Gaston!"

[andygates.livejournal.com]

You carry on gargling :) No harm, no foul.

Re: "Ptui! Ten points for Gaston!"

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Always good to have my gargling tolerated. :)