I overheard some ladies talking yesterday and instructing their kids not to get in the ocean. Here are two of their reasons: 1) they just had lunch and lady said you'll get cramps, you can't swim for an hour, and 2) your face will turn to scales while food is in your stomach.
Later, a young woman was advising me on my newest problem, leg cramps, and she told me it was impossible for me to get leg cramps because I wasn't sprinting. She said that leg cramping is caused from dehydration and only a person who sprints will get dehydrated; not distance people, so she suggested I see a doctor.
We all know these are pretty ridiculous, have you overheard anyone advising others about "their myths?" The people making these comments were from England.
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What is that supposed to mean exactly? LOL
Well the don't swim for and hour is what I grew up with that it can cause cramps but I thought it was stomach cramps...never heard the scales thing. Were they from Northern England?
Myth #4 Breaststroke is slow.
I like your Myth #4, hilarious. The reason I mentioned they were from England was because this would normally be something a Honduran would say, they have a thousand old wives' tales, some you just can't believe; I could write a book on their tall tales.
What is that supposed to mean exactly? LOL
Well the don't swim for and hour is what I grew up with that it can cause cramps but I thought it was stomach cramps...never heard the scales thing. Were they from Northern England?
Myth #4 Breaststroke is slow.
I like your Myth #4, hilarious. The reason I mentioned they were from England was because this would normally be something a Honduran would say, they have a thousand old wives' tales, some you just can't believe; I could write a book on their tall tales.
