First of all, how does eating and then swimming result in cramps? You know, just don't eat a full on Thanksgiving dinner and you're fine. And how does swimming differ from walking or any other kind of physical activity?
But let's assume that the combination of eating and swimming magically causes cramps (but only if the two occur within an hour of one another, funnily enough). Because even if it did, why would this lead to your demise by drowning?
Picture this: you return to swimming after lunch. You're in the middle of the pool/lake/river when all of a sudden you get a painful stomach cramp. I'm no stranger to cramps like these. They hurt, but not to the point where you give up on life. Like, why would anyone think, well, I could swim to shore, but... what's the point? It's not worth it. I'd rather drown. WHAT?! No! Surely, no cramp is bad enough that a.) you can't swim through the pain or b.) you'd rather succumb to drowning than put in the effort of swimming to shore.
Have there been third graders who, at pool parties, get back in the water too soon after the pizza and just decide that it's too hard to go on? Like, it's been a good nine years... I think I'm done. Surely not!
My parents and I have had a lot of fun pondering this recently.
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