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Just watching Bitain On Film. The jolly hockey stick presenter said that the featured channel swimmer weighed 15 1/2 stone when he left and 14 stone when he arrived. Is this possible?


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:27 pm
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I don't think so. You probably lose some weight through dehydration but nothing more I would have thought.


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:31 pm
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Perhaps he/she dropped off a few hefty Mersey Trout en route.


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:33 pm
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Posted : 10/06/2013 7:34 pm
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Cfh - I'd have thought they'd accumulate as much of that as they lost! 😆


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:34 pm
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Does osmosis come into play at all?


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:36 pm
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How dense is your average Channel swimmer?


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:49 pm
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I channel surf but only seem to put weight on 🙄


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 7:56 pm
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metric v imperial conflict?


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 8:12 pm
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Shark attack?


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 8:31 pm
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France has less gravity than the UK.


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 10:50 pm
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Import duty at Calais was pretty harsh in those days, to keep the rosbif at bay


 
Posted : 10/06/2013 11:10 pm
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Could they metabolise that much fat into energy while swimming?

They had ferries, and even a hovercraft service then...


 
Posted : 11/06/2013 1:14 am
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Import duty at Calais was pretty harsh in those days, to keep the rosbif at bay

Even in Venice it was only one pound of flesh...


 
Posted : 11/06/2013 1:41 am