By Any Other Name

Now that Memorial Day weekend has passed, the pool is open every evening after school.  On Thursday, just as Dad was arriving home from work, Pete and Sam independently decided that they wanted to go to the pool.  So Pete went to the pool with Corey, Sam went with Dad, and Mom went to Anthony's for a leisurely gourmet dinner with Nana and Poppy.

Sam, Dad, Pete, and Corey got the Manhattan Pizza "pool special", which is a large cheese pizza and 2 cans of soda delivered to the pool for $9.99.

Toward the end of the evening, about 1/2 hour before the 8:30 closing time, the remaining kids at the pool decided to play one of their traditional games in the deep end of the pool, over by the diving board.

Several of them shouted out: "Let's play Sharks and Minnows!"

But the lifeguard quickly came over and announced that there is a new rule this year and Sharks and Minnows is no longer permitted.  There was about a 10 second pause of complete silence, after which Pete triumphantly yelled out:

"Let's play Whales and Plankton!"