Saturday, March 21, 2015

Lost paddle

Spotted in the Thames today.

Alas it seems broken, but it does suggest someone has been paddling in a creak without a paddle.

6 comments:

Baydog said...

Or up one........

JP said...

Indeed, that should have be "up" not "in"

Alden Smith said...

Being a smart arse and a ironic curmudgeon about spelling (the irony is that I am a very, very poor speller) I think that the term is ; 'Up shit crEEk without a paddle' (as opposed to crEAk) - but of course this doesn't apply here because although one paddle is broken there is a perfectly good paddle on the other end, which if you use correctly would work silently without any creaking at all. :> )

JP said...

Doh! I needed a cup of coffee when I wrote that.

It's worth pointing out that the paddle was actually in the Thames not a creak .... and the water was for once looking rather clear.

Alden Smith said...

Well, if the water in the photograph of the broken paddle is Thames water that is good news indeed - it looks almost clear and fresh enough to drink!

Spelling is interesting - I think the very first dictionary of English words was an arbitrary affair where the author just plucked the spelling of words out of thin air - if he had stopped and thought a moment he might have thought about making the spellings a bit more phonetic and easier to spell.

And I can see by your last comment that you haven't had that cup of coffee as you spelt creek as creak again - come on, coffees not that bloody expensive, and you don't need a cup of that expensive stuff from a cafe - whats wrong with a cup of good old Greggs Instant Coffee out of a jar!!

By the way the yacht in the photograph in your Blog Heading - what is the Rock / Island that it is heading towards - surely not Fastnet Rock in the Irish Sea?

JP said...

Yup, the Fastnet, taken back in 2005 (golly, 10 years ago this summer)