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Started by merithyn, August 09, 2009, 01:41:56 PM

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merithyn

August 09, 2009, 01:41:56 PM
Recently I've met several people who do not know how to swim. Their argument is that they grew up in the midwest, so they never had the chance to learn. I cry bullshit, since I grew up in Des Moines, IA, and swim like a fish. (Okay, more like a whale lately, but I still don't drown.)

So it got me wondering. How many of you guys know how to swim?
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Tamas

#1
August 09, 2009, 01:44:37 PM
Nopey-dope

Mr.Penguin

#2
August 09, 2009, 01:59:52 PM
Swim like a fish, taught as part of my upbringing...
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Darth Wagtaros

#3
August 09, 2009, 02:01:39 PM
They don't have swimmin' pools in the Midwest?
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merithyn

#4
August 09, 2009, 02:02:33 PM
Yeah, same here. Mom insisted that we learn to swim despite (because of?) Dad's near total fear of water. We spent every summer in the pool, and while we had formal lessons, most of what we learned came from just playing around in the pool or at the beach.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

merithyn

#5
August 09, 2009, 02:02:59 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on August 09, 2009, 02:01:39 PM
They don't have swimmin' pools in the Midwest?

Yes, we do. People are just stoopid.  <_<
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I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Razgovory

#6
August 09, 2009, 02:05:55 PM
Maybe not sure.
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Grey Fox

#7
August 09, 2009, 02:07:03 PM
Of course I do.

Quebecers are big on pools.
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DisturbedPervert

#8
August 09, 2009, 02:22:16 PM
Yes, I can swim.  It seems weird that some people can't.  Like not knowing how to walk or ride a bike.

Caliga

#9
August 09, 2009, 02:24:27 PM
 :huh: Yes, I learned to swim when I was a little kid at the shore, but they made everyone take swim classes in school, so I didn't know anyone at all growing up who didn't know how.  I guess I kinda assumed everyone did, really.
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merithyn

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August 09, 2009, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2009, 02:24:27 PM
:huh: Yes, I learned to swim when I was a little kid at the shore, but they made everyone take swim classes in school, so I didn't know anyone at all growing up who didn't know how.  I guess I kinda assumed everyone did, really.

That's kind of what I thought, too. But apparently we were both mistaken.

Quote from: DisturbedPervert on August 09, 2009, 02:22:16 PM
Yes, I can swim.  It seems weird that some people can't.  Like not knowing how to walk or ride a bike.

I've met a quite a few people who don't know how to ride a bike, too. This was up in Chicago, though, not down here.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

PDH

#11
August 09, 2009, 02:30:31 PM
In water?
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merithyn

#12
August 09, 2009, 02:31:01 PM
No, quicksand.

<_<
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Josquius

#13
August 09, 2009, 02:52:01 PM
I can a bit but I tend to swim underwater. 'tis better.
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Zanza

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August 09, 2009, 02:53:17 PM Last Edit: August 09, 2009, 02:57:14 PM by Zanza
Not particularly fast (anymore  :cry:), but I can swim.

Never figured out that dolphin style though.
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