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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The kind of people best suited for swimming are human beings, with red blood flowing in their veins.
So how do you account for Jim Borkowski?
I'd also heard the body density myth. I didn't think anything of it either way. I guess preference and availability count for sporting choices more than ethnicity. Then again "white men can't jump" is BS too...individuals of all creeds and colours can do all sorts of things.
There are not too many black ice-hockey players either (that I know of; please correct me if I'm wrong--I don't mean anything by it)...anyone have a myth for that?
Athletes are athletes...
The kind of people best suited for swimming are human beings, with red blood flowing in their veins.
So how do you account for Jim Borkowski?
I'd also heard the body density myth. I didn't think anything of it either way. I guess preference and availability count for sporting choices more than ethnicity. Then again "white men can't jump" is BS too...individuals of all creeds and colours can do all sorts of things.
There are not too many black ice-hockey players either (that I know of; please correct me if I'm wrong--I don't mean anything by it)...anyone have a myth for that?
Athletes are athletes...
