“Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown” is a saying that was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on December 5, 2016. The saying was posted again on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on September 4, 2017.
“Swimming isn’t a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning” is a similar saying.
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown.
submitted December 5, 2016 by TheRealBig_D
Twitter
Mikey
@swikkz
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown
4:05 AM - 5 Dec 2016
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@Thoughts4Shower
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown.
#showerthoughts
6:39 AM - 5 Dec 2016
Twitter
Home&GardenListings
@homegardenlist
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown. [via http://reddit.com ]
4:09 AM - 25 Jun 2017
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown.
submitted September 4, 2017 by sleepy_tinkle01
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@TheWeirdWorld
Swimming is basically having fun trying not to drown.
8:33 PM - 3 Sep 2017 (This was posted after the above.—ed.)
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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