I was just asked whether or not I would be interested in playing inner tube water polo as an intramural sport. I immediately said that I wouldn't, mainly because I don't really care for swimming that much. Then it occurred to me that "inner tube" was part of the equation... I asked why there would be inner tubes involved, to which the answer was that some people cannot swim.
I then made my argument that people who cannot swim should not be diving in pools to play a sport that involves swimming. The rebuttal was that the inner tubes were there for that very reason and that there would be a lifeguard as well. I then stated that regardless of the presence of a lifeguard, that people who cannot swim still should not think it a good idea to go traipsing in the very liquid through which they cannot travel without the aid of a rubber tube.
Once again, I was told that it would be safe due to the lifeguard and the added security of an inner tube. I then asked if this person would knowingly engage in sexual acts with a person riddled with various STDs including, but not limited to HIV. The answer, of course, was no. I then asked them if they would do it if I promised that a physician would be present and that a condom would be used... The answer was then. "Well, if you put it that way... I suppose it isn't a very good idea."
I suppose that we will also have contests of marksmanship, William Tell-style, with the security of EMTs and a helmet.
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I would say that maybe it's a good thing that some people are weeding themselves out of the gene pool... Darwin Award? haha