There was a competition to swim from Santa Monica to Catalina doing only the breaststroke, and the three women who entered the race were a brunette, a redhead and a blonde.

 

After approximately 14 hours, the brunette staggered up on the shore and was declared the fastest breaststroker.

 

About 40 minutes later, the redhead crawled on shore and was declared the second place finisher.

 

Nearly 4 hours after that, the blonde finally came ashore¹ and promptly² collapsed³ in front of the worried onlookers⁴. When the reporters asked why it took her so long to complete the race, she replied,

 

"I don't want to sound like a sore loser, but I think those two other girls were using their arms."

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