Get that Joe out of my Lane!

Sep
9

Get that Joe out of my Lane!

Posted by Kevin Doak on Friday at: 11:05pm (September 9th, 2011)

There are two groups in the pool when I'm with the team.  The Joe's, and the Pro's

Understand that it's almost entirely joking when it's even mentioned.  The Post Grads at some point determined that due to the fact that we have a handful of Olympians in the group, we can consider the group "Pro's".  Everybody else in the pool, specifically the college guys are "Joe's" as in "Regular Joe's".  Anytime it's mentioned, it's guaranteed to squeak a smile from either group since we all know it's said in a joking manner.

On Friday afternoon, the college team had cleared a lane for the Post Grads to use, yet one person remained.  All I saw was that he had a white CW cap.  I turn to the coach and a few guys and with a smile on my face blurted out "Can we get this Joe out of of my lane or what?".  The guys laughed as usual and the coach snickered, only to follow up with, "Sure, let me get Peter Vanderkay, Olympic Gold Medalist out of your lane Doak".  It was among the most epic "open mouth, insert foot" moment of my life, good thing I was joking. 

It was worth a laugh from the group and yes, he got out of my lane.

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