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John Wayne
Nuff said.
Sep 22, 2016 4:36 PM
Bonsaipanda
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John Wayne
Nuff said.
SuitedToast
AlphaQueueBeta
BodaciousPony
MethelyneBlue
My dad shook John Wayne's hand when he was young. It's one of his favourite accomplishments.
SabonVous
Live in new zealand, island country and all that. Can't fucking swim.
TwoPlyGaming
I'm John Wayne at the first Thanksgiving pilgrims
SeanConnerysLisp
From Hondo. Don't ask what happens to his dog at the end...
mck60
Hondo, based on a story by Louis L'Amour
Samhain74
In the Seventies, fuckin swimming instructors did that shit!
BloodyPussyFart
This is how I learned.
abacab87
He just did that because he knew the alligators were hungry.
DoneMessedUp
I downvoted because "nuff said". That phrase is so unnecessary.
loungeking1
DUKE SAUCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqqC1uk8KJI
twfeline
He did okay, for a guy who was at one time known as "Singin' Sandy."
REOSpeedWeed
===To be continued ===>
HardOfHearingLeopard
What is this from?
Bonsaipanda
That title though... RIP unicode letter
trunks613
screenshot what it was supposed to be?
syffi
Happy thanksgiving, pilgrims!
SuperPickle17
The Duke is the best western actor.
weedtittiesandkitties
this is the best western actor http://imgur.com/3Huj2o6
SuperPickle17
ultraronbun
I can't swim. I'm ready to die.
DerperDerperBoBerperBananaFanaFoFerper
Dad?
pimpdaddypenguin
John Wayne's not dead he's frozen, and as soon as we find a cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out the duke And hes gonna be pretty pissed off
GladeRunLegend
Thanks, Dennis.
DiabloD3
Jesus, you really are an asshole / Shuddup and sing the song
Teas
I can't see this guy without thinking "Hey, it's Big Jake!"
TheoryOfRelativeTea
onlysmaller
I'm always amazed by people who can't swim, here in the uk anyway. You live on a tiny, wet island what are are you thinking!?
HighwayStar
I don't get it either. It's easy. I've been swimming since I was a toddler. Aren't we born with the ability to swim?
freakinccdubya
I'm more surprised at the people who can't swim and assume its easy then die at sea on a summer break. RESPECT THE WATER, DAMMIT.
LordNegusEternum
Australia here. Everyone can swim. And its 90% outback.
SpeshallKay
Hawaiian here and I'm baffled when I meet someone who can't swim.
ZombieDK
I think the same of people from Jamaica or the DR, or anywhere else in the Caribbean. you live on an island motherfucker! Swim!
hippocampus
Guess how many immigrants drowned this summer in germany.
Mmmurl
When you're working class your parents don't have time to take you swimming as a child...
NoCoconutOnlyPineapple
I live in Hawaii. I've met way too many people here that can't swim, my wife included.
fragmentedfire
Same. Used to live on an island in the Lowcountry. The number of people who couldn't swim there was astounding.
fragmentedfire
I was like, You know there are fucking hurricanes here right?
Sakkura
As a Dane... that, times ten.
UseTheSource
Dutch here.. yeah.
bananacustardpie
Live In S. Korea. No one can swim. For all intents and porpoises it's a goddamn island.
AssWaffle
You missed the chance to say "water you thinking?"
Varenvel
jokes on them , there are people serving in navy , who cant swim
chesspuss
That the water here is awful? Who on earth wants to swim near britain? What do you think I fly for?
curmudgeon91
I'm in AZ, USA, didn't learn to swim til I was 17 and we had our own pool. but I lived in deserts and cold the rest of my life, so no need.
curmudgeon91
Why did someone dv this? Is it wrong of me that no one taught me?
seir
Born in Australia, grew up in a beach city. Can't swim. I learned how, just kind of forgot. I don't have the fat content to float either.
revcleo
Note: even if you can swim do not swim in the canals or in the thames. Both will make you sick.
Xen300
I swam right across the Thames and back once at Hammersmith. Felt fine. Mind you, I was spectacularly drunk.
revcleo
that's also impressive because the Thames has a strong undercurrent which can easily drown people. Now don't do it again.
HatsAreEssential
My girlfriend is one step weirder... She can't float. Like, even dead people float! How can you not know how to float?
Panixs
I'm one of the no floaters. Can't stay still and float for more than about 5 seconds.
valen00
there's 2 parts to it, if she is skinny she may well have more problems than most, the other part is controlling breathing, take a deep 1
valen00
breath, hold it in, then breathe just enough on top of that, don't breathe all the way out or you sink
RincewindTVD
density issues, I can't float either.
RincewindTVD
fuck, I mean buoyancy. Also do American's say "booey yyancy"? to match how they mangle "buoy"?
curmudgeon91
how do you say it?
curmudgeon91
boy-ant-sy
RincewindTVD
Same as me then, so why say booey instead of boy when it's just buoy?
azazyel
Have you seen your beaches?
onlysmaller
Yeah all the more reason to learn to swim. It's not like you can avoid the ocean. You don't not want that shit in your lungs.
MrMince
As british i agree
DruidX
Yes. In Dorset, Devon& Cornwall they are quite lovely.
onlysmaller
Oh yeah I went to Bournemouth uni, perfect beaches.
Raowa
Likewise in Northumberland
HaniiPuppy
The beaches where I live are actually quite nice.
You could almost be fooled into thinking it wasn't baltic.
azazyel
I'm impressed.
DeusExSpockina
That is a nice beach and a fucking freezing looking ocean.
UseTheSource
how many Brits can actually get off that tiny wet island and swim to the mainland?
freakinccdubya
It's about a 1 in 10 chance. Birds pick off most and then the sea creatures take what they can.
silk75
Urggh, your actually advocating swimming to France? We're not that desperate.
NiceTimeIsland
IMakeAKillerMacAndCheese
I'm from Michigan and it always surprises me. All these lakes and you can't swim!?
doczaius
All that air and you can't fly?
TurtlesAreMyFriends
Right? In addition to the giant freshwater seas we're surrounded by, you cant go 5 miles without hitting a lake inland.
dirtbeans
Do you really wanna swim in those lakes, though?
motherwolfgold
Absolutely. Maybe not Lake Erie, and I've never tried Ontario, but the big three are excellent for swimming.
ElTorchola
Erie and Ontario are both fine. Georgian Bay is my fave - freezing cold but crystal clear.
kepler20c
OMG, so fucking clear! I haven't been to Tobermory since a few days before 9/11. I should go next year...
LieutenantGordon
It blew my mind that, when I went to Navy boot camp, people arrived being totally unable to swim.
ashittypuncomment
To be fair, if you really need to swim in the Navy, something has gone terribly wrong.
Seattlite
It used to be really common for sailors to not learn how, as they felt learning to was tempting fate and they were mad superstitious.
SherMattLockSmith
As an army medic we had several people show up deathly afraid of the sight of blood, like passing out at a needle prick ON OTHER PEOPLE.
LieutenantGordon
Incidentally, boot camp turned me into that person. I dunno who pissed in our corpsmans' cheerios during immunizations week, but (1/2)
LieutenantGordon
(2/2) I had to throw away the shirt and skivvies I was wearing that day from all the blood on them. Terrified of needles now :P
Somnophobe
I was born and raised in Alaska; not a whole lot of recreational swimming there. That being said, we were required to learn how to pass H.S.
bsuu
I am also born and raised in alaska, my mom dragged my ass to the chugiak HS pool every summer for lessons, was quite popular as I remember
Brainsplosion
I had to tip a canoe, hang out underneath it awhile while capsized, then flip it back over and get in. That was middle school.
woozle
I did this with my kids. Am I horrible? :/
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Viralregurgitator
This was how I learned. Saved my life at 3y/o when I fell into a frozen river.
Quipman
My grandpa was abit evil ^^ He threw his kids in a box then into the water and told them to get out and learn to swim, 2 things at once ^^
Quipman
My mom hates swimming besides in the pool cause of that ^^ other 2 are macgyvers
Utamey
I once tried out of desperation with my brother when he was about nine. It did not work at all, he still can't really swim.
killscrew
Ya, parents are supposed to be a emotional support system.... not forcing a CHILD into an unexpected life/death situation!
aleister94
Well, yeah this is dangerous
Boogawoog
As a guy who learned to swim this way, no, no you're not
dEXm64
That's literally where the phrase "throw them in the deep end" comes from.
ProbablyHot
I don't think my parents ever taught me to swim. Once i was tall enough to touch the bottom of the pool i just figured it out at like 4-5yo
Arckeiner
Did it worked?
fayseman
66.67% of the time based on his study. The study was cut shirt due to... some bad outcomes
woozle
none of them are ded, so, yes! :)
Arckeiner
Good dad!
YoSoyArmandoAlvarez
My mom did this to me. I had a panick attack and almost drowned. Now I panick at the thought of being in lakes or oceans.
jsuischa
I'm usually panicking because of sharks or other large fish... Me no likey
SexDrugsBirdsandRocknRoll
Former swim teacher - no, if you knew it would actually help. Just know, doing something like that can spook em, and that's hard to fix.
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SexDrugsBirdsandRocknRoll
Like I recommended to another imgurian, look into adult swim lessons. I taught a 60 yr old woman to swim and she loved it! It's not too late
MobileFlowbile
Agreed, I love the ocean and water but find it hard to jump in because of this (also didn't shower for months afterwards, was too scared to)
Aquatomahawk
And that's why my bf is 24 and can't swim
SexDrugsBirdsandRocknRoll
That fear is a pretty powerful thing. If he's interested tell him to look into private adult lessons. Theyre easy and rewarding
DocB630
My favorite students were adults when I taught swimming. I could have someone swimming in a few weeks if they fully trusted me in the water.
Aquatomahawk
That's what we are going to do. I live for the water and I know our children will too so I want him to be prepared for the worst
valen00
good on you both
ummjakefromstatefarm
My kid learned how to swim this way.
woozle
my oldest son fel lin a pond and his mother stood on the bank and showed him how to swim. Moving her arms and all. LOL
aleister94
You understand the action in the above gif is literally attempted murder right?
ummjakefromstatefarm
Well I didn't do it "exactly" like that. But pretty close. Ida never let her sink.
aleister94
Oh that's good, but it's still concerns me how many of these commenter's don't understand how the actions in this gif are unacceptable 1/2
aleister94
2/2 I mean if I were that mom I'd literally shoot that guy in the face
ummjakefromstatefarm
I get it. It's really more less an over exaggeration. You have to treat it as such.