While the days slipped by

Funny story from my co-worker Colin after his trip to see relatives and friends that are here from Canada for le Tour de France and to travel around this part of Europe.

Where he was staying up in St. Saturnin near Luberon, there is a very
nice public pool, and one of his friends decided to go there for a swim.
He got changed, and went out and jumped into the pool to cool off,
only to have the life guard start yelling at him. He didn't know what
the problem was (he's from BC, no French), so he kind of moved to the
shallow area, but the guy still was yelling at him. Finally, he
figured out what it was, he was being told to get out. The life guard
was able to speak a bit of English, and it turns out that he was not
wearing the proper swim wear, because surf shorts aren't allowed, and
he was told that he would only be allowed back in if he was wearing
Speedos! It turns out that it is not considered "sanitary" to wear
anything other than a Speedo, even though the swim shorts are meant
for just that! Even funnier, to be "sanitary", he was told to RENT
some Speedo's!!! Oh ya, that is sanitary! He decided to forget about
going swimming and left instead of going the "sanitary" route of a
rental suit.

I am glad that the pool here at the hotel is private, I would rather suffer in the heat than show up in a Speedo!