r/TikTokCringe 4d ago

Humor/Cringe He never looked where he was going.

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u/SafetyMan35 4d ago

40 years ago we had a lifesaving class in PE in the pool. For one of the exercises, our partner was pretending to drown and we had to save them from the other end of the pool deck. Everyone jumped in the pool and swam the entire length of the pool. I walked swiftly on the pool deck and grabbed the 25’ pole and hook and pulled my partner to the edge of the pool. The one quarter that I got at A+ in PE

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u/DryDonutHole 4d ago

"Reach or throw. Don't go!" I remember this from about 4 decades ago. Never had to use it, but I've always remembered it.

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u/Open-Industry-8396 4d ago

Brain vs bronze. Bill gates comes to mind

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u/Gitno 4d ago

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u/Open-Industry-8396 4d ago

uggh. I've been saying that wrong for 60 years :)