Spouting Water Breaks

"Grandpa,
check it out
...I'm with
mommy in
Waikiki....
took a walk
in front of
the Duke
statue.....
They got
these walls
in the water
...what's up
with that?"
"Well my
little pie....
those are
breaks....
they come
in handy
when you
want to
keep the
waves out
so that the
keikis can
swim in a
pool....and
the bigger
kids can go
outside the
break and
catch some
waves......
pretty good
idea, yeah?"
"Grandpa,
where did
they get
Waikiki....
I mean.....
how did
they come
up with the
name?"
"Well, the
Hawaiian
word 'wai'
is 'water'...
and 'kiki'
is....well....
ummm....
Hawaiian
word for
'spouting'..
which is
way way way different than the Tagalog word. And so the
good thing about the beach, especially for, but not limited
to little girls, is that if you gotta go...and there's no bathrooms
close by...you just gotta say, 'Oh, I feel like going for a swim.'
Or you could say, 'Oh, I feel like going for a little spout.'
And then you just do what most people do and walk into the
water and just sit there with a happy look on your face as
you turn on your faucet. Then the water gets a little warmer
as 98.6 meets 75.4....and we're not talking FM. Hey! How
many times I gotta tell you....Don't drink the yellow water!"