An American asked why Australians are so good at swimming and this brutal comeback went straight off the deep end
Inspired, no doubt, by their success at the Olympics, people have been wondering why the Australians are so good at swimming.
Well, when we say people, we mean this one particular person, American writer, producer and much else besides Franklin Leonard who was thinking about it so much they went on Twitter to ask this.
Why is Australia so good at swimming?
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 28, 2024
And it prompted no end of replies, a mixture of the enlightening and entertaining, you might say …
We're literally girt by sea. https://t.co/fUUncA5VrY
— Loz (@Lozzemarine) July 28, 2024
In Australia it’s considered a moral failing not to teach your children to swim https://t.co/0O2Rpgxx19
— Asher Wolf (@Asher_Wolf) July 29, 2024
Nothing does more for a nation’s speed in the water than a coastline filled with sharks https://t.co/aJiCLGufF2
— Tom Jamieson (@jamiesont) July 28, 2024
No other way to get to school. https://t.co/JqnTfpToC5
— Kirsty Webeck (@KirstyWebeck) July 29, 2024
one of our prime ministers drowned and now everyone’s paranoid https://t.co/rud8YtjhaT
— cathy (@catherinebouris) July 28, 2024
That’s Harold Holt, just in case you were wondering.
But this response, in contrast, went straight off the deep end.
In school we have swimming lessons instead of active shooter drills. https://t.co/VQb8xjuEDZ
— Tina’s Hair Eisteddfod ️ (@Fabbz3182) July 28, 2024
Steady on, Australia.
Source @franklinleonard
