Miscellaneous: Today, my dad taught me how to swim. I had to keep doing a lot...

By Anonymous - 26/08/2011 04:55 - United States

Today, my dad taught me how to swim. I had to keep doing a lot of strange movements to keep my body floating. While doing that, two 8-year-old girls came and asked me if i needed help getting out of the water. I'm a 20 year old guy. FML

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Friday 26 August 2011 12:04

Get yourself some arm floaties! Or next time don't try to practice swimming in a public pool.

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Friday 26 August 2011 12:17

Totally reminds me of Dr.Sheldon Cooper who taught himself to swim with the Internet and practiced on the floor in his apartment.

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WhackTheJackal 22

Sunday 5 October 2014 11:03

Learning to swim at 20? That's ******* weird.

thatfangirl 8

Wednesday 10 December 2014 5:40

why did you wait so long to learn how to swim?

dhpk 14

Sunday 16 August 2015 16:47

If you're twenty and can't swim you might need to rethink your life

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