I haven’t heard that, but I imagine alcohol was involved.
It is possible for an adult to drown in water that wouldn’t get your ankles wet.
What's up with so many people in the UK falling into canals and drowning? I read canals in the UK are only 3-4 feet deep.
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Demonmariner@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 45 minutes ago
I’m unreliably informed that the absolute minimum amount of liquid to drown a human is 1 liter. That might require a special head-shaped bucket, but it seems plausible.
But out of curiosity, what sort of statistics are you seeing about UK people falling into canals? I know they have canals and people, but I thought the trope was shopping trolleys (USA: shopping carts) falling into canals. Is this a serious issue? Can we find comparable figures from the canal-strewn Netherlands for comparison?
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 hour ago
I haven’t heard that yet. How many thousands were it last week?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Maybe drowning in a canal is to the UK what falling out a window is to Russia.
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 37 minutes ago
Ever watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights where Little John falls in a little stream? That’s an accurate representation of the English. The Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish have enjoyed watching this for centuries.
Note: As a Canadian, I’m allowed to make that joke.