Beau tells me that, too! He wants to go on cruises, and I’m kind of coming around to the River Cruise idea. I could PROBABLY swim to shore if I had to...
He also tells me that if I slip and fall correctly I can ‘drown’ in the toilet at home!
Yeah. Neither of you are of ANY help to me, LOL! ;)
Living near the Lower Ohio River, I’d MUCH rather fall into a deep lake than that river. The whirlpools and current of a medium or large river can overcome even powerful swimmers. Plus you can get bonked by debris. Biggest one I ever swam across was the Current River in MO, at moderate flow, in some fairly fast water, but no whirlpools. I was young and stupid, but not so stupid as to not learn never to try that again. I ended up about 40 yards downstream from the point I thought I could make on the opposite bank, and I was a fairly good swimmer.
As for the toilet, geez, even I’m not that mean! ;-)