CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
A man who knows for a fact that he doesn’t have his iPhone in his pocket, has still checked his pockets after diving into the pool.
Despite never having actually unwittingly jumped into a pool with his phone since the Snake II days, local man Bretty Johnson (30) says it is now human nature to check his pockets after a pencil dive.
“It’s instinct mate” he says with a sigh.
“Gone are the days where I can just jump into a pool without a care in the world. Those things [iPhone] cost more than my first car did”
Bretty says that even after watching himself put his phone on charge minutes ago, he still doesn’t trust his own eyeballs, and cannot help but check his pockets both before and after jumping in the pool.
“I reckon I would still do it even if I jumped in naked” he says.
“I triple checked my pockets and actively made the decision to go in the pool in my smugglers so I wouldn’t have to worry – but I did it anyway. It feels a lot like paranoia”
“so effectively all I’ve done is run my hands over the bare skin where my pockets usually are”
“And what’s the point of checking after anyway”
