[thechat] sport and life?

[Martin Burns]

At 5:52 pm +0000 6/12/01, Olly Hodgson wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com>
>Subject: Re: [thechat] sport and life?
>
>
>>  Scuba (particularly Freediving, which is both competitive and
>>  entirely dependent on lung capacity & efficiency). The helmet/
>>  regulator with inbuilt (lit) cigarette is the staple April Fool item
>>  for diving magazines.
>
>Believe it or not there is smoking apparatus for diving - apparently you bet
>a bigger nicotine hit the deeper you go - it was on one of Jeremy Clarkson's
>(BBC in the UK) programs a while back.
>
>Of course it might well have been a wind up. In which case feel free to
>shoot me down in flames :-)

Sorry, OIly - total windup. Both impractical and fucking dangerous
in a safety obsessed sport.

Cheers
Martin




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