Is it true that you have to wait a half hour after eating to go swimming?
December 7, 2009 at 11:31 pm | Posted in Unanswered questions | Leave a commentAs a child, no time seemed longer than the time spent waiting to jump back in the water after a meal. This half hour in hell is not based on science but rather on the minds of nervous parents. There is absolutely no medical evidence that supports waiting thirty minutes before
getting back in the pool. Digestion begins immediately when you put food in your mouth, but once the food arrives in your stomach it takes about four hours to process there completely.
Food then passes into the small intestine, where it spends another two hours, and then on to the large intestine for another fourteen. These times vary widely depending on what you eat, so don’t set your watch by it.
This doesn’t mean that it is safe to eat twelve hamburgers and then try to swim the English Channel. Use your head and listen to signals from your body. If you feel pain, cramping, or severe fatigue when swimming, get out, and please don’t puke in the pool.
Honeymoon.
December 7, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Posted in Jokes | Leave a commentThe reception had ended and the newlyweds had just sneaked off to the honeymoon resort. After supper and champagne, the groom retired to the bedroom. But Julie pulled a chair up to the balcony doors and sat there, gazing at the stars.
“Dear,” asked the somewhat impatient husband. “Aren’t you coming to bed?”
“No,” Julie announced. “My mother told me this was going to be the most beautiful night of my life, and I don’t want to miss a single minute of it.”
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