[SolutionsOnly]

I wonder how many taxpayer dollars are involved in this.

[corkoman]

I love being a scientist - you get to goof off and no one really knows what I am up to.

[ctlpdad]

I can tell them from when i was a kid swimming in a swamp makes ya stronger and faster. noone could beat me at swamp swimming. never had any challengers, though.

I did pretty well on a real swim team in clean (relatively) water after the years of practice in the swamp.

Also helps build a hell of an imune system.

[joesnuffy]

hmm wouldnt the same law apply to a very small propelled floating object in a tank of guar and then time in the same tank of high quality H2O?
Naw...not when a whole swimming pool would do...imagine the expense of cleaning it and the filter system after...
What we learned in school today....how to scam a taxpayer or two

[ClearCase_guy]

Each swimmer swam through 25 yards of the guar-thickened water, then took a break and swam the same distance in another pool

One swimmer said, "Swimming through that guar was exhausting! By the time they put me in the clear water I could barely move my arms and legs. I'm amazed that my times were even close -- If I'd swum in the water first, I would have gone 10 times as fast! But hey, I guess that's science."