I just spent a few days with one of my best friends from college. Her 8-year-old just started participating in swim meets. When they were telling me about the most recent one, I wondered if swim-parents ever get as competitive as parents in other sports and activities. I’m considering it a happy accident that we got this prompt today and I got to put my random thoughts to good use. Don’t play with hair dryers or toasters around water, especially not if they’re plugged in.

This week’s prompts were:

• Character: Swimming Instructor
• Object: Hair Dryer
• Genre/Tone: Crime