I get freaked out by water where I can't see the bottom, or where there's a lot of seaweed.
Just thinking about it freaks me out a little bit.

The thought of the cold, slimy fronds wrapping around my lower legs, the fish and creatures that hide in the depths, things ... things with teeth, slime, scale ... horrid.

As for dark water - just - no.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:13, 19 replies)

Is it dark and lonely water?

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:18, closed)

The only time I felt like that was when I stripped off and swam out to a small island
I got about half way and was suddenly gripped by a dread that a big fish was going to swim up and bite my nadger off.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:19, closed)

big tiny
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:34, closed)

Putting your feet down and standing on silt. Urgh.

(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:42, closed)

silt milt
( Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:55, closed)

t f
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:14, closed)

my mrs is like this
she is also a surfer. These things are not really compatible
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:15, closed)

What are your feelings on dugongs?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:48, closed)

serve
with chips and a wedge of lemon!
(The man they couldn't spang Got spanged on, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:57, closed)

Not sure but I did stroke a Manitee once.

(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:05, closed)

Was it quite big?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:34, closed)

Massive.

(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:50, closed)

Oh, the huge manitee

(Smale is stuffed, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 4:32, closed)

Cure it and serve on some decent bread.
Seems to work for minke whales at least.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 21:09, closed)

As for dark water - just - no.

No-one likes the shits
(Go on , touch it, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:18, closed)

As punk bands go they were quite popular at one point.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:34, closed)

I once had to go into the water just before dark,
in the middle of the Atlantic. We'd picked up a wayward piece of fishing net (fuck you polypropylene) and it had fouled the prop. Not unusual, but as it was nearly night and the forecast was for absolutely no wind had to get in quick otherwise we'd just be sitting there all night, rolling about and not really moving. No time to rig the scuba gear, I'll just sling on some boardies, take a mask and hold my breath.

Fine, I go over the side, but as soon as I'm in it becomes very apparent that I'm gonna struggle. Can't see shit.

Swim under the boat anyway, finding the propshaft more or less by feel, and start hacking away at the bastard thing caught round it. It's very tight, so I have to have a couple of goes at it, so by the last time it's pretty much pitch black as soon as I put my head under.

This is in about... 3, maybe 4,000m of water? Can't remember exactly where we were now.

That was a fun evening.
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 16:43, closed)

that sounds like a situation that could easily turn to panic

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 17:56, closed)

yeah, really wasn't ideal
Should have waited for morning really, but we had a very tight schedule and couldn't afford to just sit not going anywhere all night.

Meh, it was fine. I was giving myself plenty of time to get back to surface, and I had a fuck-off great knife anyway to get rid of the net, so I wasn't worried about snags. And there was just about enough light to see which way the bubbles went. Plus I'd done a fair bit of this sort of thing, so fairly laid back about it.
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 18:56, closed)