can u swim like a fish or are u like a cow all feet on the ground?? (how many, kids)

[cruxan]

well i am a barracuda and i've been swimming since i was like 2 years old!! but i grew up here in the us vi surrounded by the ocean... but u would not beleave how many people that live down here in the islands that won't go in water over 3 feet or less

[Whyte Byrd]

This isn't good but true. I've never been able to swim--until--one day I had a few drinks. I wasn't drunk but relaxed. I swam the entire length of the pool at our apartment complex--it was a good sized pool. I attribute it to being relaxed. I know that could've been dangerous. I tried it again after not drinking and I couldn't do it.

[Roaddog]

I can swim but not like a fish, you would think I could being we have a pool but then agian you got to get in it to swim and that doesn't happen to often and then I'm just floating around like a dead whale.

[GloryB]

I grew up in Florida. We can swim in creeks, lakes, rivers, springs, pools and the beach.



I do not, however, know how to make a snowball.

[Whyte Byrd]

Originally Posted by GloryB

I grew up in Florida. We can swim in creeks, lakes, rivers, springs, pools and the beach.



I do not, however, know how to make a snowball.

I grew up in Alaska and I don't know how to make a snowball either. I just threw wads of snow.

[BlueWillowPlate]

I swim just about every day.
Laps on weekdays, year-round.
Beach on the weekend, during the summer.
I don't know how true this is, it might be acropyphal, but I've heard that many fishermen types deliberately don't know how to swim because in the event of a boating disaster it would just prolong the inevitable.

Hmm, maybe there is *some* truth to it.
Link (http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hs913a,0,7548405.story - broken link)
Do most of the fishermen know how to swim?

Swim? My God, I can swim. Yeah, I lived in the water. Some of them don't. You would be surprised how many of them live on the water and work on the water and don't swim. Yep. They should, they should take swimming lessons . . . I have got into some awful, awful tight jams. God, I got in some tight jams, but I come out of it. I don't know why. The good Lord was with me, I guess.

[TNGal78]

I can swim enough to hopefully save myself if soemthing happened.

I havent been underwater in years. Did it all the time as a kid, even loved doign headstands and going in the really deep water.

Most of the time now I just doggy paddle around so I don't mess up my hair. LOL. I have turned into my mom ! Its just that we don't have a pool at home and if I use another pool I have to contend with getting both kids out and fixing their hair, putting clothes on them...easier if I don't get mine wet.

[Twinkle Toes]

While I can't say I drink like a fish ... I certainly SWIM like a fish!

[Alaskan Mutt]

I swim like a fish...out of water that is.

[Lady Ice]

Swimming is a huge part of Australian life. I've known very few people who can't swim. I am a good swimmer and competed in races when I was at school.