My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, ‘Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim.’
Meaning of the quote
The quote is saying that the person's mother learned to swim because someone threw her into a lake from a boat, but that wasn't really the best way to teach her. The mother thought they were trying to teach her to swim, but the person realized that they were just trying to force her to learn by throwing her in, which probably wasn't a very good way to teach someone how to swim.
About Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. She has performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials and is a frequent panelist on NPR’s news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. Paula Poundstone also hosts the podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.
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