Baring your bum

jimi

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An acquaintance of mine expressed his displeasure at being photographed during an inadvertant stranding on a well known rock feature by pulling down his trousers and nether garments and showing his arse in a determined fashion to the would be photographer aboard a passing blue hulled, blue ensigned craft. Would you do similar or do you, like me, find such behaviour reprehensible?
 
Your friend is to be commended on his quick action, and chided for his lack of equipment.
Having found humself moored to a charted rock, it was very quick thinking of him to display an orb shaped object to passing mariners to alert them to his stationary status. If only he had been carrying a black anchor ball, this quick thinking action would not have been necessary.
I can assure you that your friend should be rewarded for his actions, and his behaviour is in no way reprehensible.
Imagine the surprise and delight of one of our Senior flag enhanced craft to be warned of the danger lurking nearby. So warmed by the sight of this black ball substitute action, that they temporarily took leave of their manners and produced a camera from one of the state cabins.
I expect that your friend, having spotted the camera, and the Flag Enhanced Crafts' now perilous position, he could do naught but wave the spherical substitute in a robust manner. If he could have produced some short audible signals, perhaps this would have given the Flag Enhanced Craft the signal that they should vacate the danger area immediately. In typical fashion it seems they did not.
I can only imagine that your friends public spiritedness has been dulled by this overt show of ignorance, lets hope he will not cease from these displays of brilliant inventiveness.
If only he had a black ball though.....

Jim
 
Very poor decision.
What would have been a small shot of a grounded boat in a boating mag has now become a saleable pic for Heat or some such sleaze-bucket rag. If he's not a celebrity it could still be suitable for the Daily Sport or even the Daily Mail as "What's the country coming to?" article.

I'd make sure my tackle was holding the boat in position in future.
 
<<Very poor decision.
What would have been a small shot of a grounded boat in a boating mag has now become a saleable pic for Heat or some such sleaze-bucket rag.>>

Aha! So I would blame the photographer. For if he had any regard for his sport, it would not have been taken or sold to a rag.
Also, baring your bum is not a national tragedy, nor usually does it break any local ordinances. Attend some post race regatta social gatherings, and it gets far far worse. Which is nice.
 
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