The swimming trunk discoveries......

As a part of my new endeavour to survive if I was ever stranded in an ocean or a river, also called swimming by most of us (Michael Phelps prefers to call this his livelihood :-)) , I was “exposed” to the world of swimming trunks in order to cover myself up. Now one would like to think that shopping for swimming trunks should be a two minute job. No, its not. There are many choices on offer here. One is what I call the Govinda category with mostly fluorescent colours. Now I wouldn’t want to be caught wearing these either dead or alive. However, a distinct advantage of wearing these is that if you are ever lost in the sea, you would be very easily spotted by the search party in the dark. You can see these fluorescent things miles away. Even satellites can easily spot you.

I was also surprised to see that some swimming trunks are equipped with pockets large enough to hold an ipod or a mobile. Some trunk designer seems to think that it’s not a bad idea to listen to music or talk on the mobile while swimming. I would definitely like to meet this innovative swimming trunk designer.

Lastly, there was this type of trunks with elastic so thin that you needed a microscope to see if it was indeed there. This was a very high risk swimming trunk and it is trunks like this that make a second line of defence a necessity should the elastic give way when in water. Given this wide choice of 3 varieties, the pocket variety is the least risky and I believe that the would be swimmer would definitely be safe in these.

I believe that this will serve to be a very comprehensive guide to swimming trunk shopping for beginners.

On a different note, was most impressed with Aamir. Superb direction and a great soundtrack. Haven’t seen this kind of fast paced no nonsense Hindi movie in a while.

Lastly, Richard Wright, the pianist of the legendary Pink Floyd is no more. May he rest in peace.