Then I got this scar sneaking under the door of a pay toilet
Yesterday in a stunning display of grace, athleticism, hand-eye coordination, and good old fashioned boneritis, I somehow managed to hit myself directly in the face with a grocery hand basket. (Fortunately, most of the groceries were out of it at the time.) I can't even explain how I did it; I don't think the three other people in line with me
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Actually, that's long been a question I've meant to ask the xkcd question blog-- that if a normal and healthy Olympic swimmer (let's call him I. Thorpe-- no, too obvious. We'll call him Ian T.) pees into a standard Olympic sized pool twice a day, what is the actual proportion of urine to water. And then I would hammer people who get all shirty with me with the miniscule number.
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I think I made some kind of comment about it was even better when you were cold, because they you could make your own warm spot, guaranteed to make other commenters look at me funny (LOOK, after they turn the winter pool heating off but before it gets really hot outside the water is COLD okay :< these are not generally indoor pools).
And that pool water is filtered and tested every day, and also that urine is sterile so what is their problem.
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Oh God, yeah. I remember so many early morning practices when it was freezing, and dealing with that.
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non-swimmers just don't think like we do
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...Just wait until they get stung by a jellyfish and require your peeing then!
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