How plausible is this?

[petridish]

I know this is GD, but wut?

Did you ever have swimming lessons as a kid? There was always a day where you jump in in your pyjamas and try not to drown to simulate falling in a canal.

The survivors were then advanced to the next level; picking up a brick from the bottom of the shallow end to simulate... I'm not sure what.

 

[tom_e]

The survivors were then advanced to the next level; picking up a brick from the bottom of the shallow end to simulate... I'm not sure what.

Clearing out said canal.

 

[BeeP]

Did you ever have swimming lessons as a kid? There was always a day where you jump in in your pyjamas and try not to drown to simulate falling in a canal.

The survivors were then advanced to the next level; picking up a brick from the bottom of the shallow end to simulate... I'm not sure what.

Haha yep I remember doing that in primary school, it was to save your brick from drowning.

 

[bainbridge]

Fall into canal
Swim to edge
Climb out

Not sure what all this standing business is about. You're not at a pool bar.

 

[Jokester]

Canals are dangerous places, so Rolf Harris told us as he watched over us down at the swimming pool. Heart of gold that guy keeping an eye on us like that.

 

[DJMK4]

Who invented the word canal and why

now that is a question

 

[Armageus]

Who invented the word canal and why

now that is a question

No idea but somewhat related, last week I learnt what a Navigation is.

 

[a-Wonderous-Cheese]

Fall into canal
Swim to edge
Climb out

Not sure what all this standing business is about. You're not at a pool bar.

Someone told me that unless you're standing up it'd be very difficult to nearly impossible to get up onto the edge since the edge is a foot or two above the water so from a horizontal position you wouldn't get leverage easily.

The tall edges were in part blamed for the drowning of a lad in a canal in Chester: https://www.judiciary.uk/prevention...liam-webb-prevention-of-future-deaths-report/

"Once in the water, there is currently no safety equipment which could assist someone in getting out, whether they are in accidentally or intentionally, and the distance between the water level and the ground edge (the freeboard) is, in my view, such that it would be difficult to get out without assistance. There is also no signage nearby which alerts people to the potential risks. I heard varying evidence as to the depth of the water, with the police describing it as around 5ft, and the Canal and River Trust indicating it was around 1 metre."

 

[Mobius 1]

If you were to get plonked in the mud upright like an arrow you’d basically

You’d basically what. Think you hit post too soon.

 

[a-Wonderous-Cheese]

You’d basically what. Think you hit post too soon.

Looks like the canal silt did him in mid-post. Tragic. Don't drink and text, people.

 

[Mr Badger]

Haha yep I remember doing that in primary school, it was to save your brick from drowning.

 

[a-Wonderous-Cheese]

I know some might say "you can drown in a puddle" and I'm not saying you can't. my question was if it's plausible that the canal bed could be so slippery that a person would find it impossible to stand up even if it's shallow

I'd guess you'd need to be in a standing position to get enough leverage to get onto the edge, which is a foot or more taller than the water. If the canal bed is actually so slippery you couldn't stand then I could see that leading to drowning.

 

[Zefan]

You’d basically what. Think you hit post too soon.

It's pretty obvious I think? He's saying if you fell directly down you'd

 

[Sinbad2000]

Who invented the word canal and why

now that is a question

A man with a plan

 

[a-Wonderous-Cheese]

It's pretty obvious I think? He's saying if you fell directly down you'd

The canal silt claims another unfortunate fellow who is typing on their phone near the towpath

 

[Zefan]

A man with a plan

¿¡A man with a plan a canal pa htiw nama?!

 

[Begbie]

When I was in high school we done a cycling trip down the canal. The chemistry teacher clipped a hose and fell in, he survived. Did have to cycle back to school soaking. We obviously took it very serious, helped him and in no way laughed at all

 

[Mr Badger]

When I was in high school we done a cycling trip down the canal. The chemistry teacher clipped a hose and fell in

It's sad how they gather on canal paths looking for trade. I do hope she wasn't hurt.

 

[a-Wonderous-Cheese]

When I was in high school we done a cycling trip down the canal. The chemistry teacher clipped a hose and fell in, he survived. Did have to cycle back to school soaking. We obviously took it very serious, helped him and in no way laughed at all

Was he able to stand up on the canal bottom?

 

[Zefan]

Was he able to stand up on the canal bottom?

He was on a bike, so probably not, unless of course I'm reading it wrong and