Stupidest thing you ever did?

[Snash]

In terms of diving, I decided to surprise my buddy by swimming up the prop shaft of the James Fennel (broken up wreck off Weymouth which luckily is very shallow....) and pop out the other end and give him a fright....

hmm, got half way and then realised I could not go any further..... hmm, okay lets go back.... hmm can't go back.... hmm lets think about this - stuck in a prop shaft and my buddy does not know I am there.... hmm conclusion - I am a plonker.

Okay, how do we get out of this one ? - well firstly lets not panic; we are shallow we have lots of air, the wreck is shallow and there is good viz (so someone must see my bubbles....) and, I can, if push comes to shove (and wih a bit of difficulty) fire an SMB up through a broken bit and pull on it like bu55ery to attract attention.

But as most part-time idiots know - lets not draw attention to ourselves just yet....

Okay, lets dump all our air out of suit and scab jacket, lets pull all my straps really really tight and lets give it another go. After much wriggling out we pop backwards - very embarrassed but greatly relieved.

Oh, my buddy - he had not noticed I had gone. Actually I was only stuck for a minute or so, but it seemed like ages.

I did have visions of the rest of the guys finding me and having to lift the prop shaft to get me out..... I think I would have preferred to stay there with all that meant than face the embarrassment of being lifted out of the water stuck in ascetion of prop shaft and being towed back to Weymouth to be cut free on the harbour side......

I learnt a big lesson that day - beware of small holes....

Regards

Simon

[jim oldham]

Done the wardrobes, hotel corridors and fire escapes (God I'm lucky to be alive), but when plumbing I had to unblock a sink, so I undid the trap, and of course it's full of water, so guess where I poured the water?
I even bollocked an apprentice for doing the same thing later on and then had to admit to the same stupidity.
Jim

[wilbo]

Originally Posted by Garf

No problem. Last week I was standing at Guildy, all in techy black, shiny new twin 12s on my back. Walked to the waters edge in fronto f a group of students checking out my dive gear, then prompty opened up my glove and tried to pull it over my head. After realising I looked like a black rubber chicken, i immediatly dropped the glove and replaced it with my hood

Ahem

Now that is funny.. thankyou.

[Snash]

Originally Posted by jim oldham

Done the wardrobes, hotel corridors and fire escapes (God I'm lucky to be alive), but when plumbing I had to unblock a sink, so I undid the trap, and of course it's full of water, so guess where I poured the water?
I even bollocked an apprentice for doing the same thing later on and then had to admit to the same stupidity.
Jim

Hmm that reminds me of something I had pushed to the dark recesses of my mind - a few years back on a trip to France with the now Mrs Snash (in our courting days ) and after a very large and rich meal (and a few wines, raspberry beers & calvadi (?) too many, I chundered in the sink and blocked it. Got a bit bollocked for that.

On our next trip a couple of months later and another very rich and liquid meal, I felt a little unwell (I think it was the cream sauce on the steak, your honour ) and went through to the bathroom to have a chunder.....

Through the haze, I remembered the last episode of the sink and thought I best avoid that.... upon looking around I espied the bidet. Now as a Brit I believe bidets are for washing your socks in... so I thought I would use that.

A couple of seconds later and I am feeling a lot better and a little smug.... and I turned the bidet tap on to wash the chunder away and then sneak back off to bed undetected by the Leader of the Opposition.

To my horror, no water came out of the tap.... and upon further investigation I found that the bidet was not plumbed in at all.... My smugness soon evapourated as I was left with a bidet full of vomit to deal with and clean up.....

The moral of the story is never trust foreign plumbing.... or say no to that wafer thin mint

Regards

Simon