By: A Survivor (Who is currently blushing)
The water was lovely. The sun was warm. My $12 novelty swim trunks (featuring a pattern of rubber ducks, which now feels bitterly ironic) were loose, comfortable, and buoyant. My Swimming Trunks Have Been Sucked Off
If your waistband is loose (more than two fingers of slack), you are wearing a sail. When the water pulls the back of your shorts, the front acts like a lever, peeling the waistband over your hips in 0.3 seconds. First Response: What To Do When You Are Suddenly Exposed So, you’ve uttered the terrible words: My swimming trunks have been sucked off. You are now treading water in a public pool, feeling a draft where no draft should be. By: A Survivor (Who is currently blushing) The
When water moves fast, pressure drops. The pump creates high-velocity water flow entering the drain. The stagnant water inside your trunks is at higher pressure. Nature abhors a pressure difference, so it tries to equalize by shoving your shorts into the low-pressure zone. If your waistband is loose (more than two
Dry off. Laugh it off. And for the love of all that is chlorinated, buy a tighter suit. Have you lost your swimwear to a rogue pool filter? Share your story in the comments below. Let’s build a support group. We’ll meet at the hot tub—where there are no drains.
One second I was relaxing. The next, I was standing in the shallow end, naked as a newborn, holding my flip-flops for modesty. If your swimming trunks have been sucked off, you are a victim of physics, not fate. Here is what happened: