On Tuesday Heather and I went to the lake with Gavin and Liz. The weather was amazing and the water was warm. And because it was Tuesday, we were the only people on the lake. It was a blast.
While Gavin and I were swimming around, Heather and Liz were sitting on the boat getting some sun. Although the boat was about 15 feet away I noticed something floating in the water next to it. I asked Heather to confirm if the object was what I thought it was since she was right next to it.
Sure enough, I was right. It was a hypodermic needle floating in the water right where we had decided to swim. 
Disgusted, we decided to treat the needle like a bee and not bother it and hope it wouldn’t bother us. Of course since we needed to be aware of this disease spreading contraption floating around us, the concept of naming it seemed funny to me. So for the rest of the day I referred to it as “Sticky the hypodermic needle” and had the idea of what its Muppet character would look like in my head.
June 29, 2006
Awesome story- thanks for the laugh!