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RE: NANFA-- humor



By the way, what I meant to say (I don't know if I said it well) was
that I heard from the Red Cross that you CAN'T drown from eating before
swimming.  It's mainly because I heard it from them that I believe it.
The Canadian Red Cross cautions against eating while swimming to prevent
choking.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: raywolff at juno_com [mailto:raywolff at juno_com]
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 1998 5:19 PM
> To: nfc at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- humor 
> 
> On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:05:16 -0700  Jay DeLong <jdelong at nwifc_wa.gov>
> writes:
> >
> >  But the funny thing is that eating then swimming won't cause you to
drown.
> >  I remember hearing
> > that unless you've digested your food you can develop cramps and
drown
> > in 6 inches of water. 
>   
> I remember that baloney too!
> 
> >  But it's just another one of those things that
> > got passed down and people believed it.  I have read and 
> > heard this inseveral places, such as the Red Cross.  
>       
>  Someone was just always trying to spoil someone else's fun.  :-) (-:

> Ray  Wolff