Tryouts for the U.S. Olympic women's marathon swim
team were to be held. The first was in California; a
swim from from Santa Monica to Catalina doing only the
breaststroke.
Three women signed up for the tryouts - a brunette, a
redhead and a blonde.
The race started, and after approximately 14 hours, the
brunette staggered up on the shore and was declared the
winner. About 40 minutes later, the Redhead crawled
ashore and was declared the second place finisher.
Nearly 4 hours after that, the blonde finally came
ashore and promptly collapsed in front of the worried
onlookers.
When the reporters asked why it took her so long to
complete this regulation breaststroke race, she replied,
"I don't want to sound like I'm a sore loser, but I think
those two other girls were using their arms."