Sunday, May 28, 2006

unrequitable love

There's a poem in this, somewhere:

A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said Friday...

"It seems like he's fallen in love," said Overschmidt. "He protects it, sits next to it all the time and chases away any sail boats that get anywhere nearby. He thinks the boat is a strong and attractive swan."


Sounds like he's a bit out of his league.

2 comments:

Napkin Artist said...

The swan story combined with the photo looks like something that would make an inspirational photo and caption for a very dysfunctional school.

Follow your dreams--even if it is a plastic floater rather than true love.

Anonymous said...

This swan story reminds me of the time that Willy Nelson fell in love with a giant plastic model of Mt. Ranier.