Category: Fun
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Danish reporter tries to re-read story about ‘dry swimming’ without laughing (and fails)
Sorry for those of you that don’t understand Danish, but this is hilarious. Anders Breinholt host of the comedy show ‘Natholdet‘ watches a news segment about ‘dry swimming’ together with Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, where the reporter cracks up when realizing what he is reading from the teleprompter (that some Danish schools are…
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How to look hot when you get out of the ocean
Interesting, I have the lip gloss, the waterproof mascara and the vaseline, but don’t know about that one piece bathing suit.
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The London 2012 Aquatics Centre is (almost) ready
The Brits celebrated the completion of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre already in July, with one year to go until til London 2012 Olympics. The pictures are certainly impressive, but I won’t rest easy until there are some Omega OSB11 starting blocks at each end :-) Here is Tom Daley performing the first official dive.…
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Killer whale has had enough with those noisy motor boats
Luna the orca certainly seems to know how to imitate an outboard motor engine. Or as someone comments on YouTube: “I can make horribly – annoying sounds too!”
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A.M. Swim Workout – Kettle bell
Quillan Oak and Carter Krengel demonstrating an interesting underwater kettle bell strength/hypoxic set. I like the ‘if you want air you have to kick’, bit :-) Via swimcanoe.tumblr.com
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Danish comedian explains Norwegian swimming safety rules
Danish comedian Anders Lund Madsen doing a funny routine here about the swimming safety rules posted on Norwegian beaches. Via boingboing.
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Monster in my swimming pool
Funny little story, cute little girl :-) Monster in my swimming pool from brent bokovoy on Vimeo.
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Dionne Bromfield & Tinchy Stryder – Spinnin for 2012
Official song of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, released 25th September 2011. It’s getting closer! Here is another video from the organizers, “1 year to go to London 2012 – the story so far”
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#SwimmerProblems trending on Twitter
Funny phenomena, including several big names in swimming, #swimmerproblems on Twitter. Some additions these last 12 hours … Jessica Hardy, Oussama Mellouli and Sarah Sjöström: “Hungry, all day long.” Natalie Coughlin: “when water (built up from underwater repeats) uncontrollably pours out of your nose at awkward times.” Natalie Coughlin: “smelling like bleach no matter how…