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Apr 20, '09, 11:54 am
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Tiber Swim Team
I'd thought I'd share something I found out recently that might give some people a laugh. I am relatively new to these forums, but very glad I found them! As I'm reading through posts, I kept seeing Tiber Swim Team and a year.... At first, I honestly thought these people were in high school or college and that was the name of their actual "swim team" ha ha. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why so people people on this swim team were so active in these forums. I thought that must be one heck of a swim team!
After I Googled the term, I realized what it really meant. 
Just thought I'd share.....
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Apr 20, '09, 1:21 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
LOL! Don't feel bad, I was the same way! I though, "Man! There must be some Olympic caliber swimmers on here or something!" I thought they were a group that swam in the Tiber River (wherever the heck that was) sort of like the Polar Bear Swim Club who swims in ice or something. 
Finally, I saw somebody ask about it and I learned the real meaning. I was embarassed to ask, though! 
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Apr 23, '09, 8:45 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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LOL! Don't feel bad, I was the same way! I though, "Man! There must be some Olympic caliber swimmers on here or something!" I thought they were a group that swam in the Tiber River (wherever the heck that was) sort of like the Polar Bear Swim Club who swims in ice or something.
Finally, I saw somebody ask about it and I learned the real meaning. I was embarassed to ask, though! |
(lol) So what is it? 'Cause I really have no clue.
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Apr 23, '09, 8:48 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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(lol) So what is it? 'Cause I really have no clue. |
I will copy from the post I found on it. I should have included this in my original message.
http://69.43.207.164/showpost.php?p=2263308&postcount=2
The Tiber is a river in Rome. "Swimming the Tiber" is a euphemism for converting from Protestantism to Catholicism. So a guy who says he's a member of the Tiber Swim Team Class of 2006 probably means he was confirmed last year after going through RCIA.
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Apr 23, '09, 9:11 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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I will copy from the post I found on it. I should have included this in my original message.
http://69.43.207.164/showpost.php?p=2263308&postcount=2
The Tiber is a river in Rome. "Swimming the Tiber" is a euphemism for converting from Protestantism to Catholicism. So a guy who says he's a member of the Tiber Swim Team Class of 2006 probably means he was confirmed last year after going through RCIA. |
Ahh, now I see. Thank you. 
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Jul 22, '09, 12:08 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
Is anyone here part of the Thames River Swim team?
I just looked into this and I think it is kind of funny... also found the Antonym because it originally only means converting from Anglicanism and if a Catholic becomes Anglican he/she swims the Thames...
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Jul 22, '09, 4:19 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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Is anyone here part of the Thames River Swim team?
I just looked into this and I think it is kind of funny... also found the Antonym because it originally only means converting from Anglicanism and if a Catholic becomes Anglican he/she swims the Thames...
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okay, i never heard of that one... 
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Jul 29, '09, 5:52 am
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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Originally Posted by Janet1983
Is anyone here part of the Thames River Swim team?
I just looked into this and I think it is kind of funny... also found the Antonym because it originally only means converting from Anglicanism and if a Catholic becomes Anglican he/she swims the Thames...
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There's a Tiber Swim Team thread somewhere from a few years ago that has some of that. Thames for Anglican, Rhine for Lutherans, Volga for Orthodox...
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Jul 29, '09, 4:22 pm
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Re: Tiber Swim Team
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There's a Tiber Swim Team thread somewhere from a few years ago that has some of that. Thames for Anglican, Rhine for Lutherans, Volga for Orthodox...
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What's for Baptists? Maybe the English Channel?
Anabaptists could be the River Limmat... They had some influence on the early Baptists...
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