Life Imitating Seinfeld: Four goofballs swim around Manhattan

[East River]
FATHER: Over there, that’s Brooklyn . That’s where Spike Lee lives.
SON: Hey, there’s a man swimming in the water.
FATHER: Naw, that’s probably just a dead body son. You see when the mob kills someone they through the body in the river.

For reasons known only to them, four world-class swimmers jumped into the East River, “the most heavily trafficked, overly contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard” (as Jerry put it) to swim around the island of Manhattan on Friday. And yes, I am aware that technically, Norfolk has more gross tonnage.
Via ESPN New York:

Three-time Olympian and English Channel record-holder Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria and 2008 Olympian Mark Warkentin of Santa Barbara, Calif., started under the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in the East River between Manhattan and Queens in mid-afternoon Friday.

They were joined by Tobey-Anne Saracino of Rye, N.Y., and Rondi Davies of Australia in the 28.5-mile race around the island.

To each their own, I guess. Although I would suggest that before these four individuals settle down for a fitful sleep, they take a very hot shower and clean themselves thoroughly, lest they ruin their brand new mattress they just bought at The Lumbar Yard. Or Good Vertibrations. Whichever. And that will conclude my daily allowance of Seinfeld references…I think.
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Four swim around Manhattan [ESPN New York]