Weird things you have accomplished

[bluesbassman]

28. Water skied without getting wet.

Well, technically my feet and legs did, but what happened was this: Used to go to a lake resort every New Year to party. One of the things they did was host a "New Years Day Water Ski Club". The idea was everybody would get up early on New Years morning hungover and go water skiing. If you did a lap you got a t-shirt commemorating the event. On this occasion I did my lap and got my shirt. However, the woman I was dating at the time wanted to do it too, but at the last minute chickened out because it was too cold. Still, she wanted a shirt and the only way to get one was to ski so she sweetly asked if I would ski for her. By this time I was all dried off from my run and not too keen on getting soaked again, so I decided to start from the dock, do my lap and try to get back to the dock without going in the water. I was able to get launched ok, did my lap, and timed it just right so that I dropped the rope and glided right up to the dock, flipped around at the end and sat back down on the dock, hair still dry. Got a nice round of applause from the crowd at the dock.

Post script to the story though was that one of our friends decided she'd try my stunt when it was her turn. She made it off the dock ok, and did her lap, but her timing was way off and she hit the dock at just about full speed, flew in the air about 15 feet and rolled up the dock like a pinwheel. Fortunately I think she was still drunk from the night before and stayed loose, so no injuries other than some bruises and her pride.

Everybody else stayed in the water after that.