hurtling water bottle

hurtling water bottle

… with a water bottle. A plastic water bottle, full, possibly unopened. On the green lawn in the evening, outside the patio of R1,

CERN’s pre-eminent cafeteria. Three summer students, with earnest demeanor, spent their evening hours dramatically cocking back their throwing arms as if pitching baseballs, and throwing a water bottle to each other, 50 meters apart, back and forth.

Not laughing. Not joking. Just throwing and catching. As professional athletes do.

where it happened

where it happened

Back and forth.

Back and forth.

Catch this plastic water bottle, intercept its hard corners. Touch its pregnant belly so full of water, as it hurtles towards your face. It is not a baseball; it is a water bottle.

Dan Brown, you know nothing of CERN. We don’t need frisbees; we have water bottles.