im also afraid of swimming in a lake
where i cant see the bottom this is because when i was younger me and a mate went on a sailing course (we were 9/10 at the time). So we got in these little plastic boats called picos.

so after one hours lesson the instructor sends me and my mate off to sail round this reservoir that is incredibly deep. so we were sailing around having fun when my mate, whos name is jeremy (or Jez for short) shouts he has seen something in the water. i took no notice of this until about five minutes later when this carp suddenly pops his head above the water to eat some of the scum floating on top. so we were so shocked at this we decided to sail back to land. and thats when we realised we didnt know how to sail our pico.

so we decided to paddle with our hands. Now Jez is slightly heavier than me so when we went to either sides of the boat it turtled on us (for the land dwellers among you this means flips upside down) now this isnt ideal for 2 10 year olds with life jackets that barely fit. i was swimming around in the water as it slowly driffted away. i managed to catch up to it and when i did i realised Jez had gone. suddenly i hear shouts from underbeath the boat.

i then realise jez is underneeth the boat. so being the hero that i am i broke a hole in the rudder so he wouldnt die and attempted on mooving the boat by rocking on top of it (no not like that) in doing so i fell off and in the water i felt a rather large carp was swimming past my leg. this freaked me out so i swam full on for shore leaving my friend under the boat.

p.s. my friend isnt dead. the instructor picked him up

p.s.s no i didnt tell them about the rudder

p.s.s.s im sorry to have written this too bloody long
(Limited IQ, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:57, Reply)