>>> I was wet, smelling of chlorine.
A reporter talks about the news. A journalist talks about himself with the news as backdrop.
" I was wet, smelling of chlorine. "
- You may not have caught the real reason for this opening line. It's intent is to impress upon you that, even after all this time, Cooper still has the memory of an elephant. You have now been set up to swallow any BS which might follow as the gospel truth, since how could a guy with a memory for detail like that possibly get his version of events wrong?
All I can visualize it the Seinfeld episode about George's "shrinkage" after being caught naked just after swimming. The whole article is self-serving and TMI (Too Much Info). Now, can someone give me instructions on how to pluck out my mind's eye?