Floating... how?

[Hobbit]

Oh mighty forumites. How do people float in water by relaxing? Whereas when they thrash about, they sink? How does the body float?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Something to do with air in the lungs giving buoyancy, surface tension helps when you chill, Ladies are better at it than blokes owing to an extra layer of subcutaneous fat . Fat floats better than muscle, we'd be Ok Brian

 

[srixon 1]

My father-in-law had his left lung out years ago and he doesn't float very well at all.

 

[Hobbit]

Something to do with air in the lungs giving buoyancy, surface tension helps when you chill, Ladies are better at it than blokes owing to an extra layer of subcutaneous fat . Fat floats better than muscle, we'd be Ok Brian

I've got enough excessive cuddlyness to walk on water!!

 

[Imurg]

He floats!!

He's a Witch!!

Burn him!!!!!!!!!

 

[SocketRocket]

Have you noticed that in most athletic sports black people do very well, probably due to their natural muscle mass. However you just don't see black people win in swimming events, I can only surmise that their muscle mass in this case creates a loss of buoyancy. I have always been fairly muscular and when younger I did quite a lot of weight training and put on muscle mass very easily, swimming was always difficult for me due to my lack of buoyancy.

I think the theory that body fat is buoyant is correct as I used to see old large Ladies swimming length after length with little effort while I was struggling to stay afloat.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Something to do with air in the lungs giving buoyancy, surface tension helps when you chill, Ladies are better at it than blokes owing to an extra layer of subcutaneous fat . Fat floats better than muscle, we'd be Ok Brian

No danger of you drowning with that built in buoyancy aid. Subcutaneous. Must be the one and only time that has appeared on this forum

 

[PhilTheFragger]

No danger of you drowning with that built in buoyancy aid. Subcutaneous. Must be the one and only time that has appeared on this forum

Word Of The Day , actually 12 days of hospital food has seen me drop to 13 1/2 stone, so I might sink like one if I lose more.

It has also been noted and it is not my intention to lower the tone, but....Dug doo doo also floats especially if the dug has a diet of red meat, its all to do with gasses and decomposition and yukky stuff.
Also salt water gives an additional 15% buoyancy compared to freshwater and that is the same whether we are talking about people or dug floaters

 

[Khamelion]

He floats!!

He's a Witch!!

Burn him!!!!!!!!!

PMSL :rofl:

 

[6inchcup]

Word Of The Day , actually 12 days of hospital food has seen me drop to 13 1/2 stone, so I might sink like one if I lose more.

It has also been noted and it is not my intention to lower the tone, but....Dug doo doo also floats especially if the dug has a diet of red meat, its all to do with gasses and decomposition and yukky stuff.
Also salt water gives an additional 15% buoyancy compared to freshwater and that is the same whether we are talking about people or dug floaters

going to wrong hospital,my last visit we had a menu and food was freshly prepared,even had fresh coffee.