SOMETHING I SAW TODAY

I was driving to work this morning. I was stopped at a red light and I see this truck with a large graphic and the words "The Swimming Man" very professionally painted all along the side of the truck.

Well, it only takes one single little suggestion of something different or weird or funny for me to go off in 50 different directions all at once in my head (doctors have a name for this in children, teachers have a different name). The first thing I did was grab my purse to get my camera. Traffic on a major highway has never stopped me from taking a picture if I want to take a picture.

But, oh no, my camera bit the dust for real last night (RIP - it's been suffering for a while now) so I DIDN'T HAVE A CAMERA. I've pretty much had a camera with me every minute of my waking hours since college days. I was distraught. So was the traffic behind me who wanted me to get on through the red light. They obviously had only ONE thought going on in their heads at the time.

So, anyway, I have had so many ideas about what "The Swimming Man" was about and who he was. And note here, I Google everything - it makes me appear smarter. And I don't believe things are true unless Google says so. I've avoided Google-ing (??) "The Swimming Man" because I don't want to know what he really is.

So here are my thoughts:

I think he was maybe a step above (or below) "The Pool Guy". Although, I didn't get a chance to look at the guy driving "The Swimming Man" truck to see if he was "pool guy" material, thanks to the person full of road rage behind me, but I think he was probably older than the average early 20's "pool guy", probably liked beer and enchiladas more than biceps, a tan, oh, and cleaning pools.

He could have been a swimming instructor - loves kids - or "loves kids" - and wanted you to know it.

Or, he could have been a "think tank" sort of guy. You figure that one out. I don't think I need to explain.

Or maybe it was a woman driving. It would take a strong woman, a woman very secure with herself to drive a truck that said "The Swimming Man" on the side. I would like that woman I think.

If I had paid more attention to the GRAPHIC on the side of the truck it might have explained everything. I was too struck with the words. The Swimming Man. Hum.

So, English teachers out there.... I dare you to use this as a writing prompt for your classes.

There's just a lot of stuff "swimming" around in my head.