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The Pool Challenge

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1440ski
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Is it safe to stay in a pool for 24 hours straight? my friend got betted that he couldnt do it and he wants to try today but we dont know if its dangerous. i know its probably a shitty idea but he got betted 50 bucks.
Aug 4 2009 11:46AM
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Get.Kronk
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i dunno if i got bet i might do it, but betted? sounds dangerous
Aug 4 2009 11:47AM
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I_Am_Mod
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he wont last 24hours in water below body temperature...
i counter that bett with 50 NS rupies.....
Aug 4 2009 11:47AM
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1440ski
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Ya my bad bet not betted
Aug 4 2009 11:48AM
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OhMyBosh
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Your friend is a pussy if he doesn't do it.
Aug 4 2009 11:56AM
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7-3instacall
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i doubt anything is dangerous in that, except falling asleep

Aug 4 2009 11:58AM
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stairmaster
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Aug 4 2009 12:00PM
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Slinger1x1
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who saw that david blain thing where he stayed in a big bowl of water for like a week, then tried to hold his breath for 9 minutes or something?
he skin was so waterlogged, it literally ripped when it was pulled on.
Aug 4 2009 12:02PM
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1440ski
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so we dont need to worry about the chemicals in the pool damaging your skin, and his skin wont like shed off after 24 hours right?
Aug 4 2009 12:05PM
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I_Am_Mod
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he'll be fine, just look at shipwreck survivors, they often survived more then a day in the cold salt ocean water, i just dont think he'll keep it up voluntarily.....
Aug 4 2009 12:08PM
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Abc567def
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It could happen, cuz chlorine has acidic properties to it, like how it will bleach a black pair of shorts. Who knows maybe this is how michael jackson turned white?
Aug 4 2009 12:09PM
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artfullydodged
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cant he just chill on a raft in the pool for 24 hours
Aug 4 2009 12:11PM
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bobo25
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The key word there being salt water ( i.e saline) without the salt content his skin will probably dehydrate pretty bad, plus he should make sure to  move every once and a while so that blood doesn't pool in his limbs. other than that, he should be good
Aug 4 2009 12:13PM
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Malcolm
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make sure he takes a massive dump before he starts. and hes going to have to pee in the pool. also, if i were him, id find a way to plastify my gameboy or something so id have something to do when i got super fucking bored haha
Aug 4 2009 12:13PM
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Abc567def
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lawls plastify, it sounds like something an angry wife would do to her husbands dick
Aug 4 2009 12:15PM
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JakeC
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does he get food or drinks? and i hope whos ever pool it is they dont care if there is piss or shit in it lol
Aug 4 2009 12:29PM
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1440ski
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ya he gets both, and he can piss in the pool but shitting is not allowed
Aug 4 2009 12:33PM
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I_Am_Mod
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salt water has a higher osmotic value and will drain fluid through his skin faster then fresh water, i think you just meant the opposite of what you just said, but the idea was good....

thus to come back on my previous statement, he'll be just fine!
Aug 4 2009 12:35PM
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Slinger1x1
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wait, so hes going to stay awake for 24 hours?
i hope someones watching him to make sure he doesnt fall asleep and drown

make him do it in the deep end
Aug 4 2009 12:42PM
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fujarome
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yea i'd keep watch over him. he should be alright if he just sits in the shallow end and moves around every now and then.

ha, and if he did it in the deep end, i bet he'd make it a little over an hour. I tried just jumping in fully clothed into the deep end of our pool, and was able to tread water for about 90 minutes. In a bathing suit it was about 2 hrs, and it gets really really tiring very quickly.
Aug 4 2009 12:50PM
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I_Am_Mod
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normally if you float on your back and inhale deeply your mouth should just be able to stay above water, so ne water treading needed in fact....
Aug 4 2009 12:53PM
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1440ski
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no he can do it in the shallow end
Aug 4 2009 12:56PM
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fujarome
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true, but that would be an uncomfortable position for 24 hrs. He'd have to watch his breathing and not move around too much
Aug 4 2009 1:04PM
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QPower
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fer fitty bucks, f that
Aug 4 2009 1:06PM
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I_Am_Mod
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beats water treading imho, but hey, you can switch between those things...
or you can give him a snorkel :D
Aug 4 2009 1:11PM
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ski_DC
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comedic gold right there hahahah
Aug 4 2009 1:19PM
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Thrash
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he should have to tread water in the deep end and stay at least 5 feet away from any walls.
Aug 4 2009 4:47PM
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