Today is the 4th of July - Independence Day. Back in The Great State of Illinois, we used to say that the corn should be knee high by the 4th of July (we used to grow it along the alley fence in the backyard of our house in the South Side Brainerd neighborhood of Chicago). However, although the corn may be knee high by now back in Illinois, the pool at my condo building is still closed. Of course, in the 28 years I have lived in this building, I have never actually been in the pool, but my balcony is right over it, and it makes a good backdrop for photographs. The HOA has not said why the pool is not open. I don't know if it is because they can't afford to open it, or they are afraid more University of Denver students might jump off the balconies into it and injure themselves. The last time a DU student did that - showing off for the sunbathing coeds (alcohol may have been involved) - he hit the bottom of the pool, broke his collarbone, and wandered around the yard in a daze until the ambulance arrived to take him away. It would be a shame if the pool didn't open this year because some of the residents are too stupid not to jump off the balcony. Perhaps they could just put up signs to the effect that jumping off the balcony could be dangerous to your health. I'm sure that would work.
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