Steve Haywood wrote: > The following appears in the Guardian today by Zoe Williams. I just > hadn't realised, and I guess most of us hadn't. I now intend to throw > myself into the canal far more often than I have, especially when > there are attractive women about. I recognise this may well cause > problems cruising with Mrs Steve, but since she is in the habit of > throwing herself in the canal at regular intervals anyway, and for > reasons I can never fathom, my behaviour should at least level things > out. > > 'Aficionados have long been familiar with the "Wet Dog" concept, where > the lovely smell of dog is intensified by its being wet. It's amazing > how recent was the discovery of the "Wet Man" concept. You take an > existing man, in clothes, and devise some reason why he is wet in his > clothes. And despite the low probability of this event actually > happening in the world, what with few water-based activities being so > sudden that you don't have time to take your shirt off, the loveliness > of man is so intensified by his being wet that almost all films with > any romantic element will also include some hydra-romance.' > > Steve
I *don't* think she would have said that if she had met me after I slithered out of Harlam Hill Lock at the end of the Ancholme... -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travelled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/
