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Who Needs A Lifejecket?

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An enterprising 70 year old decided that for some reason he would test how well you can paddle on a loch in a child's toy dinghy. Whilst this not the brightest idea in itself the man decided that in fact he didn't and life jecket or any safety equipment for this test.

Alos why launch from the shore to dothe test, surely it would be better doing it from a small motorboat driven into the centre of the loch. Our intrepid hero had also done no research on this area (no suprise) had he done so he would have realised that where he had stopped the motorboat to launch the dinghy was right in the middle of a major ferry route.

As it turned out the man only suffered head injuries (inflicted by trying to get into the dinghy) but despite his age I feel certain with this level of intellect this man will make another attempt to chlorinate the gene pool.

Original Story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7389389.stm

Submitted on 05/08/2008

Submitted by: Jonah Thurgood
Reference: BBC News 05/08/08

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Jonah, another good story! I guess the gentleman was demonstrating that he definitely was into his second childhood, trying to cross a loch in a child's boat. Thanks for the story.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Not only was he trying to use a childs toy dinghy but he was trying to paddle with homemade paddles made out of oil cans. Sounds like a winner to me! Thanks for sending this in, Jonah.


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