This is now the third time I've told this story.
The Swimming Gala at Upper School.
In which various pimply herberts competed for glory in the piss infested, bollock reducing over chlorinated puddle that was Sudbury Upper School's pool.

Anyway, we would have been around 15.
I was too piss poor a swimmer to be allowed near the events but my mate Eddie, who was a fine adept of the back stroke, was.

The pattern would go that the girl's event would take place, followed by the boys event of the same 'class' Most of the lads competing had, in view of the fact that it was the one time in the year you'd get to see the girls out of their shapeless uniforms wisely opted to wear swimming cossies in the 'baggy shorts' style which was incredibly popular towards the end of the 80's. Not Ed.

Ed was wearing skin tight Speedos. The backstroke came towards the end of the contest, by which time we'd sat through an awful lot of girls in swinsuits.

The backstroke event started.
Ed took the poidium somewhat reluctantly and had to be reminded three times to remove his tracky bottoms. Eventually he did so, to reveal an impressive erection straining against the aforementioned skin-tight Speedos.
The race started.
And then had to be restarted as all competitors bar one had collapsed(or would have done, had they not been being supported by the water of the pool) laughing at some wag shouting 'that's not fair sir, Eddie's using a rudder!'

Even to this day, getting on for 20 years later he still is occasionally addressed as Rudder.
But only out of his earshot.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 16:31, 4 replies)

This has got to be untrue
I swam for the county in my youth and this sort of thing just didn't happen. And.. "Rudder"? Plus it's you. An internet fiver says this is bollocks.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 17:40, closed)

He had the last laugh.
He was sucked off by three supermodels after he smacked the shit out of Mr T.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 22 Nov 2009, 20:30, closed)

Urban legend, but so what?
Still funny.

But it was 4 supermodels, and he beat up Mr T, Hulk Hogan and Spiderman.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:18, closed)

^This^
Funny and well-told.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 12:37, closed)