Stuff that grinds your gears

[Happyhonkaman]

people in swimming pools that refuse to observe lane etiquette.. its really fucking simple, go in the lane with the pace that suits your level of swimming, and then just follow the arrows on that sign that tell you which side you should swim up and down on to avoid swimming into other people

2 rules, thats it.. for some reason it is an issue almost every time and the lifeguards are young so they dont do anything about it

We had a dope today who joined the lane, and decided she would swim down the opposite side she should have, on her back, and at about 1/4 the pace of everyone else in the lane. Causes the whole lane to have to stop, and then kicks off on the same side again so everyone else had no choice but to swim the wrong way, and constantly having to work around the lump

 

[Pooman]

We had a dope today who joined the lane, and decided she would swim down the opposite side she should have, on her back, and at about 1/4 the pace of everyone else in the lane. Causes the whole lane to have to stop, and then kicks off on the same side again so everyone else had no choice but to swim the wrong way, and constantly having to work around the lump

Haven't heard anyone called a lump in years. You can take the man out of Cork.....

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Haven't heard anyone called a lump in years. You can take the man out of Cork.....

it was an accurate descriptive term

The lack of awareness was spectacular

 

[sigourney's knickers]

people in swimming pools that refuse to observe lane etiquette.. its really fucking simple, go in the lane with the pace that suits your level of swimming, and then just follow the arrows on that sign that tell you which side you should swim up and down on to avoid swimming into other people

2 rules, thats it.. for some reason it is an issue almost every time and the lifeguards are young so they dont do anything about it

We had a dope today who joined the lane, and decided she would swim down the opposite side she should have, on her back, and at about 1/4 the pace of everyone else in the lane. Causes the whole lane to have to stop, and then kicks off on the same side again so everyone else had no choice but to swim the wrong way, and constantly having to work around the lump

Ah.

Seed yourself honestly.

Had a brief conversation with young lady pre mass treading swim start.

Ironman Bolton fado fado.

Bobbing about in neoprene and pissing ourselves to keep warm before the off.

In the middle of 2500 people or there abouts.

'Prepared for the swim'?

Oh yes. I can swim 50 lengths.

How long is the pool?

13 metres.

This is a 2.4 mile open water swim with fists, legs and partial drowning moments.

Oh... I should be fine.

Later I heard that racer 252 was pulled out because of a dislocated shoulder.

Never mind yer man that shat himself at the start. He swam back to shore under a thunder of abuse from one of the organizers on a loud speaker.

'You should be ashamed of yourself. Why did you bother getting out of bed this morning'!

 

[The High King]

If God wanted me to swim, he would have given me gills.

 

[sigourney's knickers]

If God wanted me to swim, he would have given me gills.

Chatgpt would say we originated from the sea.

Or maybe not.

What does Grok tell us to think?

 

[sigourney's knickers]

Chatgpt said if God wanted me to smoke.. I'd have a chimberly on my head.

Yaweh Sabaoth smites AI by feathering it's testicles.

 

[The High King]

Chatgpt would say we originated from the sea.

Or maybe not.

What does Grok tell us to think?

I dont know m8. Unlike you I havent checked or feel a need to check. Maybe computers was a poor career choice for you since its development seems to upset you?
I couldn't give two fucks like.
Im ready to welcome our new Pluribus or whoever overlords.

Just as an aside all life originated from the sea. That info predates any LLM and is not speculative.
I still dont have gills though.

 

[sigourney's knickers]

I dont know m8. Unlike you I havent checked or feel a need to check. Maybe computers was a poor career choice for you since its development seems to upset you?
I couldn't give two fucks like.
Im ready to welcome our new Pluribus or whoever overlords.

A qubit.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Ah.

Seed yourself honestly.

Had a brief conversation with young lady pre mass treading swim start.

Ironman Bolton fado fado.

Bobbing about in neoprene and pissing ourselves to keep warm before the off.

In the middle of 2500 people or there abouts.

'Prepared for the swim'?

Oh yes. I can swim 50 lengths.

How long is the pool?

13 metres.

This is a 2.4 mile open water swim with fists, legs and partial drowning moments.

Oh... I should be fine.

Later I heard that racer 252 was pulled out because of a dislocated shoulder.

Never mind yer man that shat himself at the start. He swam back to shore under a thunder of abuse from one of the organizers on a loud speaker.

'You should be ashamed of yourself. Why did you bother getting out of bed this morning'!

TBF they announced it at the start of any race Ive done - if your training has all been in a pool you should not attempt this. They're like 2 different sports, especially if you've been in a 13 m pool talking 2 strokes between each time you push off the wall!