heaven

[sparx35]

do you think there will be an olympic size clear blue no ripple pool in the sky when we die?(also with no headup breastrokers in it?)

[swimr4life]

I HOPE THERE WILL BE A POOL IN HEAVEN! The water temperatue will be just right. It won't need chlorine either!

[Tom Ellison]

Gosh, I hope they just let me in Heaven...

[Gil]

According to a recently published book, A Travel Guide to Heaven, there will be a pool in heaven as heaven is the perfect enjoyment of all the pleasurable experiences we have had on earth. Interesting supposition!

[kaelonj]

I would have to Fathom a guess that there is a pool in Heaven, and the diving well / deep end must be located over the Pacific Northwest - hence all the rain from when people do cannon balls into the pool.

Jeff

[laineybug]

Oh, you all, I don't think there will be a pool per se. All of the immenseness of the heavens will be our pool. Imagine that, being able to swim, in perfect technical form, effortlessly through boundless space.

[eliana2003]

if heaven consists of a beautiful, formless pool of crystal-clear, perfectly chorinated water, will the other 'option' be a sloshy, fried-chicken smelling water aerobics class????? ;)

[Matt S]

Madame Cynthia, what does Signore Dante say in Paradisio?

Lainey, you may be on to something. I do remember a short story by Azimov. He described orbital colonies that created artificial gravity by centrifugal force (i.e. keep the colony rotating at a certain speed, and you have normal gravity on the edge. However, in the middle of the colony, where the spin would have little effect, you would be weightless.) Since lack of gravity creates a need for exercise to remain healthy, the colonial administration tried to encourage the colonists to take up "flying" in the low gravity center of the structure. Problem was that learning the fly with the equipment provided was difficult, required superior coordination and athleticism, and was generally unpopular. So they brought in a fashion designer to come up with cooler looking equipment that would get people to want to do it. He looked at the problem from a different angle, and deduced that the problem was the paradigm of "flying." Turns out that trying to frolic in this atmosphere was a lot more like swimming underwater than flying in the air. He created costumes that vaguely resembled a dolphin, and allowed one to more effectively move through the air as a fluid medium--like water. Voila, an easier, more intuitive means of locomotion that was a lot more fun.

Anyone recall the name of the story?

Matt

[laineybug]

was it Ring World?

[cinc310]

Don't rememeber Dante talking about pools in paradise,no Italiano. Maybe, Johnny Weismuller will greet us in his Tarzan lion's cloth instead of St Peter.

[Leonard Jansen]

Pools? There are no pools in heaven, but there are endless vistas of open water to swim in with no sharks, jellyfish, drunks in boats, or pollution. There are mermaids, too. The weather is always 80 degrees and sunny and the water is always 72 degrees and clear as gin. The lifeguards are the female cast members of "Baywatch" and they sometimes give you mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (sp?), even if you don't need it, because they are SO devoted to their jobs. Especially Alexandra Paul - she is the most devoted lifeguard of all. After your swim and the massage (of course), you have your choice of Indian, Thai, Mexican or Italian restaurants -all vegetarian - where you are comp'ed because open water swimming is the official sport of heaven (so are racewalking and ultramarathoning and volleyball) and you are such a stud muffin. After dinner, it's on to a concert where you have a choice of Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, Frank Zappa, Grey Eye Glances, or Pink Floyd, depending on your mood.
Here's the kicker: Tomorrow will be even better as it starts with Janine Turner waking you up, sotto voce, gently reminding you that you are due in Olso to accept the Nobel Peace and Physics prizes.

Trust me. I am a legally ordained minister in a tax-dodge church and know these things.

-Rev. Jansen, ULC, Pastor, St. Bridget Fonda's Church and Home for Wayward Swimmers.

[Gareth Eckley]

In my heaven, i would still live here in Wales, but i would have my own 50m pool just outside, with hot tub and always on call massage therapist.

I would spend more time with my wife and kids ( 5pm witching hour excepted).

I would swim in the 150 yd pool at Kit's beach in Vancouver, relax on the beach with my Starbucks chocolate brownie frappuchino with extra espresso shot, Ski in Whistler. Damn, i used to be able to do all that, but i left Canada!!

I would watch videos of 'head-up breaststrokers' and 'water aerobes' steadily COOKING in swimming pools where the water temperature was steadily increased until they FINALLY stopped winging about being too cold ! Done pink like Lobster !

Oh, and of course i would wake up to find that by some miracle i was the fastest swimmer on the planet.

[Shaky]

Do you think the water aerobics classes in heaven would use clouds as floaties?

[sparx35]

thats 4 sure shakey
maybe heaven is a place on earth>>>berlinda carlisle

[kaelonj]

That would definitely changed the meaning of water wings :rolleyes:

[dulfin]

I'd be a world class swimmer like Janet Evans and have the body of Jennifer Garner....

Sigh....a girl can dream can't she?

That's part of why we call it Heaven, isn't it? hee hee