The grandkids got their Paw Paw James a pair of orange swimming trunks. They were so proud of their gift that they insisted that he take a picture wearing them. After much debate, over whether Paw Paw would prefer a shark or banana pattern; Harper’s choice of fruit won out.
James kept waiting for an opportunity to go swimming in his new shorts when the girls would be present. It seemed that something was always going on, and he finally decided to just wear them, and let me video the event. He wanted to make sure that the girls knew, that he was enjoying their sweet gift.
So off to the pool we went. I had the camera ready as he dove in first. Not two minutes had passed before he felt the bottom fall out of his new short britches. The sides of them followed. Then the waistband. At the end, only the string survived.
And there he was; stuck in the pool in his birthday suit. After grabbing him a towel, so he could exit without mooning anybody, a new dilemma ensued.
How does he tell the girls that their gift for him was ruined? He was so perturbed about it that I had no choice but to tell him the truth. The grands had gotten him the perfect gag gift: a pair of dissolvable swim trunks! No wonder that they kept coming up with excuses to not come swimming with him!
Only a few days before we had tackled a huge wasp nest, which hung above the pool area, in a tall pine tree. I found some wasp spray at Ace Hardware that would reach twenty feet and foam on contact. As it turned out, the nest was a good thirty feet away. So, we did what we had to do.
As I was on the tractor, James stood in the bucket, and I slowly lifted him up ten feet. He must trust me a little, huh? He sprayed the nest, and thankfully, it worked on contact. Within minutes, the ground was covered with dead red wasps.
I have to say, though; that the swim trunks were far easier to destroy than that wasp nest. And a lot funnier too.
