Too Many
First time, so be gentle.....

I have a list of things that chill me to the bone, and if I were to post them all, we'd be here for some time; so I'll be good and just post my worst and most embarrassing one (as is the tradition).

I'm afraid of water.

That's right, water........ not anything like rain (or the shower, heaven forbid), but any substantial body of water will have me packing my pants with brown stink bricks. Living in merry old England (I'm a 'merkin by birth) means that I don't have far to go to be confronted by my nemesis.

I work in Cambridge, near the river, and am harassed everytime I leave the office at lunch by the punting group camped outside who wish to show me Cambridge from their lovely little boats........get to f*ck!!!!! Last time I was on a boat it was spent in the centre, curled up in a ball telling the group I was with to "get me the f*ck back to shore before I murdered them and sent their bodies to rest at the bottom of the lake" or something to that effect (this was the day I found out about my fear).

Unlike my other fears, this one is totally irrational; I can swim, and have done from a young age, been on ferry crossings when I was a lad at school (though i never went above deck and slept most of the way, I do that when i travel) and even go to the beach with friends and family, but I just can't face the deep blue without a shudder going down my spine.

Length is all well and good, but it's the girth that keeps them coming back......

I'll return to lurking now.......maybe
(UncleChuckles "Cthulhu fhtagn", Wed 16 Apr 2008, 21:09, 3 replies)

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I don't mind water but I hate the idea of punting (where is the fun?) so I find it really annoying that any group or company I have contact with that wants to organise a group activity always comes up with fecking punting and when that seems unpopular bowling is the next suggestion (fine we finally have a bowling alley at chav central).
I personally don't like either of these activities much so always pass and am deemed anti social by some people. What's wrong with just having a drink somewhere so people can be sociable but slip away when they've had enough?

I feel better for getting that off my chest!
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 9:17, closed)

Fair enough
The Cam, with its multitudinous diseases, really is something you want to avoid...

I've heard of people who, in the past, have got T-shirts with "No I don't want a ****ing punt tour" on the front. Perhaps...?
(Le Misanthrope last procrastinated on, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 11:11, closed)

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It's not so bad if you stay upriver from the houseboats...I remember that sea loos were allowed on the cam as it's moving water but don't know if that is still the case or how many boats have them.
Happy to canoe on the cam but I wouldn't choose a raft made of doors!
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 14:30, closed)