Swimming23 Mar 2006 05:52 pm
Things I recently learned at the pool
- It takes about two days to fix a chemical imbalance of the water in the pool. It takes an infinite amount of time to fix the chemical imbalance of MIT as a whole or that of a notoriously pugnatious masters swimmer.
- I was told the other day that “somebody who sends out this many emails to the masters list must be able to swim stroke”. Great, now that I know there might be a correlation, I’ll send out more emails in an effort to improve my “feels like I’m moving backwards” breaststroke.
- In case you were wondering - and I’m sure you were - there is absolutely positively no way to swim while laughing. In fact, it could be hazardous to your health.
Coughing, however, is entirely possible; indeed, for the mucusy swimmer, regular planned coughing becomes a scheduled event rather than a reflexive problem.
How this sounds to someone poolside one can’t begin to imagine - perhaps like a doggenspiel with some of the dogs missing.