Poll: Can you swim?

[Mordwyl]

I'm Mediterranean. Guess.

 

[tjarne]

Yeah I can swim, albeit really slow. Guess I was about 7-8 years old when I learned.

 

[mchoueiri]

learned to swim when I was younger now I teach it at MIT.

 

[Feste the Jester]

When I was 4, we moved to a new house with a pool, so my parents gave me swimming lessons and I'd say I'm fairly proficient at swimming now.

 

[Ophiuchus]

I can, to an extent. Took lessons as a kid. Haven't been swimming in as long as I can remember (thinking at least 15 years) and I was never exactly the strongest swimmer in the world but, having lived in a seaside town at one point, it was sensible to learn at least enough to get myself out of trouble.

EDIT:

If by "swim" you mean "stay afloat and move in a direction of my choice", then yes.

...basically this.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Nope, and it stops me from learning to drive too...what if I crashed into a lake?

(Somehow)Use the air-bag to float to safety.
And don't worry, usually people die of the impact of the car crash rather than drowning
So I would say, go for it. Learn how to swim and drive. I mean how do you expect to survive the zombie apocalypse, without these essential skills?

I'm not worried, I can actually drive, just not legally. I'm guessing that in the event of the apocalypse(zombie, or anything else)the rules of the road are no longer going to be applicable. In such circumstances, I will also assign myself judge, jury and executioner on any matter I see fit, and become a practicing surgeon.

 

[Lacsapix]

Yes, But if you toss me in the open sea I'll problably die.....

 

[SirDerick]

Used to be on a swim team.

And yeah, I love swimming.

 

[noodlestreet]

the only way I keep in shape is through swimming. and climbing trees, I guess.

 

[John Hero]

Yes, I can.

 

[Kitteh]

started round 7, still love it. but heating the pool every summer is pricy.

 

[Hashime]

I started lessons earlier than I can remember, I'm getting my scuba license this summer.

 

[fat american]

My mom took me to the local pool when I was just 3. Our old house had river side property on the Missouri which is extremely deadly where I live, I don't know about other places. She kept taking me until I was in the seventh grade. I've had multiple comments on how strong of a swimmer I am. I was on the city's swim team but I wasn't very fast so I decided to quit.

 

[Plinglebob]

I've been teaching since I was a baby (the local pool used to have a photo they took when I was 1 as part of their publicity). I've also been a lifeguard since I was 14 and a teacher since I wsa 16. I've always loved swimming. Being heavy, I was crap at most sports, but I always had the endurance for simming with a record of 3000meters non stop.

 

[AWAR]

I can float.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I live in Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico is only about an hour drive from my house. Every year for as long as i can remember, my family has gone to the beach for three days to a week in the Summer. I can't really remember a time when I couldn't swim, although if I had to guess the age where I learned, I'd say 3. I do remember that it was my Dad who taught me how, though. I never joined a swim team, but I go skin diving whenever I get the chance, so oddly enough, I'm better at swimming underwater than I am above.

I took swimming lessons when I was a kid, but I only learned how to do the crawl and the doggie paddle. Most of my swimming is done in pools or lakes and I usually have no endurance, so when I went swimming in the ocean during a vacation I was amazed how much easier it was to stay afloat (because for some odd reason I sink in freshwater).

Ah, the wonders of salt water; The salt makes you more buoyant. If you ever get a chance to swim in the (can't remember if it's the dead sea or the red sea), try it. I hear that it's so salty that it's impossible for a human being to sink in it.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Yes, and I'm a stronger swimmer than most of my friends. I used to have lessons at school and apparently my Dad and Grandad are (and were) very good swimmers.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Yeah, I can swim. Not very good or anything, I'm not sportsman, but when I fall in the water I can get to shore. That's enough for me. I do like swimming. Kind of relaxing.

 

[Sougo]

I can paddle around enough in a pool.

Toss me into a sea (or anyplace where the water isn't stagnant) and I'll sink like a tombstone.

 

[asinann]

I know how to swim, but my body is too dense to even float (between low fat content and metals in my body.) Before I had the parts added I was good enough to save my life, but other than that, not so good.