# I Can't Swim, Make Me Feel Better.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-swim-make-me-feel-better/311567>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-swim-make-me-feel-better/311567 "2005-07-08T06:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-swim-make-me-feel-better/311567/101 "2005-07-12T20:04:42Z")

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I can swim for quite a distance but I’m incredible slow! I think this comes from not using my legs properly.

I’ve not been swimming for a while. Actually, I’ve not done anything remotely healthy for a while and as a result I’ve gone from around 130 pounds to ~160 (I’m 5’6). I had no idea, until this thread, that the more body fat the better you float! I’ve also started wearing glasses and can’t imagine swimming in them… Do you short-sighted dopers wear your glasses while swimming? What about in the sea? I can’t imagine _not_ wearing them any more, which is the main reason I’ve been avoiding swimming recently (along with becoming lazy and overweight). I’m contemplating moving over to contacts, i assume they’re perfectly safe underwater?

I can’t dive to save my life, which isn’t a huge problem as i can’t imagine ever being in a life threatening position which can only be escaped through a skilfully executed inward pike. But i digress… I also can’t see those magic eye pictures, though I’ve yet to try the glass trick. Sounds promising. I can whistle, however not the two fingered kind.

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