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Message # 16054.1

Subject: Re: Punting and getting wet

Date: Wed 18/05/05 13:25:19 GMT

Name: idlewild

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I was once in a punt when the girl (not unattractive, wearing jeans and I can't remember what else) doing the punting (that means she was standing on the back of a long, thin, flat-bottomed boat and pushing it along with a long aluminium pole) "fell" in. I didn't see it happen, and I don't think the other two guys in the punt did either. There were no other punts around so probably no witnesses to the genuineness of the fall. I heard a splash and by the time I looked round she was standing chest-deep in the river, about three punt-lengths away.

It was clear from her attitude after we'd hauled her back on board that she didn't mind getting wet. But... although standing up on a boat may look, and even feel, precarious, I've known lots of complete beginners who have managed to avoid falling in. So I conclude that, at the very least, she was careless - literally, that is she didn't care if she got wet. But I've always wondered if she *did* care: not about staying dry, but cared enough to deliberately jump. It's quite a fine dividing line, and maybe it doesn't matter, since the end result is much the same.

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Punting and getting wet

By Justin - Tue 17/05/05 10:57:45 GMT

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Hi everyone

It occured to me that going punting in Oxford or Cambridge might be a good place to experience wetlook. I just wondered if any of you have seen anything decent or is punting a bit of a damp squib (so to speak).

Cheers,

Justin.

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