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Originally Posted by Rochard
When I was in the Marines in boot camp at Paris Island.... It was surprising how many of the black recruits could not swim. Drill Instructors stood around the pool with long poles with hooks on the end to pull people out.
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You know, I was in Barbados eating fried bananas in a little beach bar and next to me was this black granny scraping callus off her feet. So to keep myself from puking I asked her if she was local .. dahhh. I got her to talk and in between I said how come your kids don't know how to swim. And she said, on the island they tell kids that if they skip school or go to ocean side without permission, there is a monster that will swallow them in. True story.