Holding your nose... |
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| *IVIike* |
 Jun 29 2007, 08:53 PM
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Today when i was at work [lifeguarding] i noticed a lot of people who held their nose when they went under the water.
Do you hold your nose when you go under... i never have, but maybe i'm weird 
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Jun 29 2007, 08:56 PM
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I did when I first learned how to swim, so that was when I was seven. Haven't done it since then. Besides, I can't swim properly if I have one hand pinching my nose shut.
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| *IVIike* |
Jun 29 2007, 08:57 PM
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^-- that might be a little hard
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Jun 29 2007, 08:59 PM
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 ;) Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,573 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,124 |
No, I don't do that. I actually think it's pretty dumb. It makes you look like you don't know what you're doing.
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Jun 29 2007, 09:02 PM
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I used to as a kid, until one day I realised how stupid it looked and stopped.
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| *IVIike* |
Jun 29 2007, 09:04 PM
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Agreed like today i saw a 15 year old girl do it and i was like "WTF don't you realize you look like a dumb ass?"
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| *SinfullySweet* |
Jun 29 2007, 09:40 PM
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I dont. Why do people even hold their noses? According to the laws of physics, water wont go up into your nose.
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Jun 29 2007, 09:53 PM
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 i'm maggie =] Group: Member Posts: 3,607 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 361,616 |
i only do if im jumping off the high diving board backwards. otherwise, water shoots up there even if im breathing out.
otherwise, no. |
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Jun 29 2007, 09:55 PM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
I did that HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHCKA. I just noticed that I haven't done that in a loooong time, but when I was small, my friends and I used to use one hand to hold our nose, and then we'd stick up our other arm way in the air and wave it as we went down.
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Jun 29 2007, 10:14 PM
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QUOTE(voguelove @ Jun 29 2007, 10:53 PM)  i only do if im jumping off the high diving board backwards. otherwise, water shoots up there even if im breathing out. otherwise, no. Same. Only... I don't jump backwards... I'm not that talented :[ Haha.. more like when I pencil jump... I don't really react fast enough to hitting the water I suppose. I'll have too must water in my nose if I don't hold it. But I don't really pencil jump into a pool anymore since I don't go to a community pool and my pool is above ground... I guess I don't hold my nose anymore. Haha. |
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Jun 29 2007, 10:47 PM
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t-t-t-toyaaa Group: Official Member Posts: 19,821 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,270 |
Well as you know I can't swim but when I do just go underwater and pop up I held my nose because it was the trend in elementary school.
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Jun 29 2007, 10:55 PM
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Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
YAY A FELLOW NON-SWIMMER!
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Jun 29 2007, 11:09 PM
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 High Voltage!∞ Group: Official Member Posts: 4,728 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,157 |
I don't know how to swim either.
 But, when I've put my head underwater I hold my nose. Only because I've seen it in like, movies and stuff though.
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| *stephinika* |
Jun 29 2007, 11:09 PM
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Sometimes, it depends really. Most of the time I don't though.
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