[pixl97]

In Texas about a decade ago there was a criminal enterprise out of Houston that was putting swimmers on gas station pumps all over the state. Little towns, big towns, country gas stations. My now wife got hit that way.

[happyopossum]

Swimming at a gas station pump would be uncomfortably lethal.

[dghlsakjg]

I wonder how well you would have to be able to swim to overcome the density/buoyancy difference if swimming in a pool of gasoline?

[rationalist]

It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far.

[swiftcoder]

It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface.

[pixl97]

Ah, 12 hours later I log back in to see skimmers got autocorrected to swimmers.

[bregma]

Gasoline fight!