Eddie the Emu’s strange animal facts
Did you know… Sea Snakes are bum breathers. When sea-snakes go for a swim (that’s because they’re called sea-snakes…durgh), they hold their breath…but if they need to breath they take air from their bottom to stay underwater longer. by Eddie the Emu
Aussie Olympian suffered from asthma
Pam Sullivan is the mum of an unlikely Olympian, who originally enrolled her son Eamon in swim classes to help him overcome asthma. In a funny story they will re-tell, Pam started to notice Eamon’s hair wasn’t wet after his lessons. Eamon was frequently distracted with other things and often skipped his lessons to horse … [Read the full story]
Those pissing swimmers are killing all the fish
Pissing swimmers have killed about 500 fish in a northern Germany lake, with their urine causing algae that poisons marine life. The mass death in the past two weeks has occurred in Eichbaum lake, in the port city of Hamburg. “Swimmers who urinate in the lake are introducing a lot of phosphate,” fishermen’s spokesman Manfred … [Read the full story]
Let’s get Pippa and Kerry in a PROPER fight
An Olympic rower threatened to abandon ship and swim to shore during the fierce argument that prompted the shock sacking of Pippa Savage. The volatile Savage has returned to Melbourne after being sacked from the women’s quad scull to compete at the London Olympics.The four were training in Lucerne before last week’s World Cup regatta … [Read the full story]
James Magnussen can lift the Dolphins
James Magnussen is the alpha male the Australian swim team needs, capable of lifting spirits like Ian Thorpe or Grant Hackett, according to head coach Leigh Nugent. Magnussen has further asserted himself as the genuine star of the Dolphins squad at London Olympic trials in Adelaide, as he claimed the 100m and 50m freestyle double … [Read the full story]
Harpo had the biggest bra I’d ever seen!
Yeeeehaaaaaaa! How are ya? It’s me, Buford Balony. My ex-girlfriend, Harpo is comin’ to Australia very soon. Now the name Harpo might not sound like a feminine name, but let me tell ya, she was very, very feminine. She sure is a wonderful person. Hell, she used to work in the grocer shop in Nashville … [Read the full story]
Perth oldie swims English Channel
Sue Oldham, 64, from Carine in Perth’s north, who had first claimed the record in 2006 in a swim of 16 hours and three minutes, completed the swim the English Channel, from Dover to France on August 9. I mean, how fantastic is that! She would put most of us to shame. “When you start … [Read the full story]
