I’m going to pose some hypothetical situations that can be answered by a yes/no. As much as I’m going to try to make these questions as fun as possible, what I think would be even better is the participation aspect. It would be an indicator that LIVE people are reading this blog and even if they usually don’t comment, they can if I beg. Last night Alex said that he considers commenting sometimes and than doesn’t because he expects ridicule. I’m not sure if this is a common fear but ridicule from viewers is what makes blogs tick. All answers to questions come in as guest unless you are logged in so anonymity is guaranteed (even though I’m not sure what you’d be scared to admit with these questions.
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Do you think you’d be able to see the shore from 10 miles out, knowing that your head will barely be sticking out of the water while looking? Also, does this assume that no piece of the boat is salvagable as a flotation device for when you get tired? I think if my life depended on it, I could swim the 10 miles (although not sure), but the tough part would be knowing which direction to swim. The question also doesn’t stipulate that you have to swim (although I think that’s the idea). There’s a chance someone else on a boat will find you.
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me = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qOKybOKXs
Since i’m a commenter now, i thought of this when u talked about Huey Lewis earlier. you won’t like it unless you’ve seen American psycho tho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk15H6PjBis
Would your answer change if it was 20 miles? A decent swimmer can finish a mile in 30 minutes. If you assume 10 miles would keep you away from shore for 5 hours, I figured that would be a reasonable amount of time to see if a person’s willpower would keep them afloat. I’m not shore if you can see the sure 10 miles out. I didn’t really think about a directional element, I assumed you’d know where you were going and you didn’t have any flotsam to float on.
Alex, nice comment. Gob’s chicken dance pretty much makes me laugh every time and I’ve never seen that clip before. It was an unbelievably accurate replication of that scene in American Psycho (with Weird Al and a much older Huey Lewis than I’d ever guess).
I botched the first question and should’ve switched actively to “feel guilty”. It’s been altered.
Since I’ve never tried to swim more than the length of a pool, my answer should not change if you go from 10-20. The numbers are kind of arbitrary here since I have absolutely no clue how far I can swim. Maybe I wouldn’t even make a mile. However, I’m going to forego logic and say my answer would change if you go from 10-20, cause it just feels that way. I would say I can make 10, assuming I know the direction, but could not make 20.
I was thinking of it in terms of running. Most people could probably force out 5 hours of jogging/walking but the recovery is obviously way different. Standing still versus treading water. I’ve never tried to swim far and I’m not very good at it so 10 miles seems extremely excessive (although I did vote Yes) but I’ve also never been in a life or death situation.
My final answer now would be that the tide/current of the ocean would take a lot more out of you than you realize and you may be able to tread water/stay afloat for 5 hours but I don’t think you’d be able to cover 10 miles in any realistic amount of time before you passed out from exhaustion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwSKkKrUzUk