Ten Ways Which Swimming The English Channel changes your life

1. Anytime you see a body of water, you automatically start trying to figure out how long it would take to swim across.

2. Nothing is tastes salty anymore. In fact, you seem to have dropped your salt tastebuds somewhere between England and France.

3. "Cold? Why? The water's twenty degrees!"

4. Women now willing to give you the time of day; still not willing to give you their phone numbers.

5. Less sympathy: "Tired? You don't know what tired means! When I was swimming the Channel..."

6. But also more excuses: "Sorry, I can't help... I'm still hurting from swimming from England to France."

7. Conversations legitimately start with, "So the other day when I was talking to the President..."

8. Before: Typical behaviour in public (skipping down aisles, singing to oneself, laughing for no apparent reason) leads to people averting their eyes and pretending you don't exist.
Now: Typical behaviour in public (skipping down aisles, singing to oneself, laughing for no apparent reason) leads to people coming up to you and saying, "Excuse me, aren't you the man who swam the Channel?"

9. Your friends tell you how they randomly met a Singaporean in their corner of the world and bonded with them by telling them they know you.

10. Singapore seems far, far hotter to you than it ever did before. In fact, it seems like your body's core temperature has permanently been lowered. On the other hand, it may just be global warming.

...and bonus:

11. Size of selected body appendages can now be blamed as massive, permanent shrinkage suffered due to extreme cold in the Channel, engendering sympathy.