[2489] in Humor
interesting athletic challenge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert L. Rucinski)
Fri Oct 9 19:05:51 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 18:56:48 -0400
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: "Robert L. Rucinski" <rob99@MIT.EDU>
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9810/09/fringe/australia.crocs/index.html
DARWIN, Australia (CNN) -- If you're hoping to make record time doing
laps in the pool, perhaps you should consider employing a training
technique that one swim instructor in Australia's Northern Territory
claims yields record-breaking results: a crocodile.
Swimming coach Mark Davies says his young swimmers are beating the
clock, now that they're being chased by a hungry "croc."
Davies says he lets his swimmers dive into the pool first. Then, he
tosses in the crocodile.
One young girl described the experience as "absolutely terrifying."
Davies says he checks the croc's swimming speed first, and makes sure
the swimmer has enough of a head start that the crocodile can't really
catch up.
