A Friend Of A Friend........

[Blib]

...suffered a mild stroke last week.

Unfortunately, she was swimming at the time. So, she drowned.

What are the odds of that?

[Landlord]

Is this a joke along the lines of "what, breast stroke/back stroke?" etc?

If not. Sorry to hear that. Tragic really.

[Blib]

No, not a joke. It's just that apparently, had she suffered it in the normal course of things, she would have survived. The fact that she was swimming was what ultimately did for her.

I suppose, it's the random nature of the event that is of note. It's sad.

[Mr Trophy]

And no one helped?

[Blib]

Mr Trophy said:

And no one helped?

She was swimming in the sea. No-one noticed.

[soad]

Unfortunate and sad.

It appears dead bloke was floating in the local hotel's swimming pool for a while until staff noticed it.

[Cara van Man]

Blib said:

Mr Trophy said:

And no one helped?

She was swimming in the sea. No-one noticed.

The poem "Not waving but drowning" springs to mind.

[al1991]

How unfortunate. It's odd how events fall into place.

[Ayahuasca]

Blib said:

...suffered a mild stroke last week.

Unfortunately, she was swimming at the time. So, she drowned.

What are the odds of that?

Probablility of a stroke in the next year for someone aged 55 = 0.3%.

Probability of swimming in the sea = 2 weeks holiday x 2 hours a day = 28 hours a year out of 8760 hours available so 0.3%

Multiplying both factors = odds of roughly 10,000:1

Much better than playing the lottery.

[sneijder]

Blib said:

What are the odds of that?

Ayahuasca said:

Multiplying both factors = odds of roughly 10,000:1

I love PH, and at the same time, sorry for your loss.

[Blib]

sneijder said:

Blib said:

What are the odds of that?

Ayahuasca said:

Multiplying both factors = odds of roughly 10,000:1

I love PH, and at the same time, sorry for your loss.

It's O.K. I didn't know her from Adam!

Edited by Blib on Wednesday 2nd June 18:32

[GTIR]

Blib said:

sneijder said:

Blib said:

What are the odds of that?

Ayahuasca said:

Multiplying both factors = odds of roughly 10,000:1

I love PH, and at the same time, sorry for your loss.

It's O.K. I didn't know her from Adam!

Edited by Blib on Wednesday 2nd June 18:32

[Blib]

GTIR said:

Blib said:

sneijder said:

Blib said:

What are the odds of that?

Ayahuasca said:

Multiplying both factors = odds of roughly 10,000:1

I love PH, and at the same time, sorry for your loss.

It's O.K. I didn't know her from Adam!

Edited by Blib on Wednesday 2nd June 18:32

[ferkle]

not that uncommon, my grandfather went the same way.

[Jasandjules]

I think that defines bad luck.

[Tiggsy]

She had a tiny stroke.....so she drowned. Sounds like a Jimmy Carr gag!

[Jgtv]

Tiggsy said:

She had a tiny stroke.....so she drowned. Sounds like a Jimmy Carr gag!

Maybe if the husband had a stroke...so she drowned.

[alfa pint]

I had a mate who worked in a gym a few years ago. 4 of the regular customers were some men in their 60s who played doubles tennis a few times a week, right up until the point where one of the blokes had a heart attack mid serve and dropped dead on the spot. It was a week before the other 3 returned, and they always served underhand after that....

[Snoop Bagg]

I heard that the first person to actually survive the drop from Niagra falls in a steel barrel was a guy called Bobby Leach in 1911. He died 15 years later after slipping on an orange peel in Christchurch, New Zealand!

It's a funny old world!

[Ayahuasca]

alfa pint said:

It was a week before the other 3 returned

Must have been a hell of a slow serve!