Hydroplane

Ben, Sunil, Rob, Jill, and I all went to bear’s den at midnight. The food eating was rather uneventful, but as we were leaving I ran into an old friend, Shira Sacks. She was wearing a green hoodie and some rainboots, as well as carrying a green umbrella. Having not seen her in some time I commented on her awesome boots, to which she replied “I sloshed through a puddle on my way here.”

My instantaneous response was “DID YOU HYDROPLANE?”

But I couldn’t even finish the sentence, as tiny as it is, before I started laughing. I had accidentally conjured an absurdly powerful mental image of this tiny cute rainbooted woman walking across a puddle and suddenly veering out of control, only to find her face planted into a green railing. The image was so vivid that I couldn’t stop laughing, even when Shira replied with “Fuck you!” and returned to her spot in line.

As we walked out I tried to explain it but found that I couldn’t because I was literally crying. Once I finally got the words out I found that no one else thought it was even remotely funny, but that my crying and poor explanation was mildly entertaining. When we neared home Sunny and Jill split to take a different path, and Ben nearly ran into a green railing.

Rob really wanted to beat Jill and Sunny home, so we started running. As we neared the stairs of our rescollege Rob said “Oh shit, slippers…HYDROPLANE!”

We giggled.