Posted by John Nichols on November 15, 2005 at 14:59:24 from 165.91.198.54 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies posted by JLabaree on November 15, 2005 at 14:36:44:
Helmut: Needed for a drunken sailor to protect his head from a swinging boom.
My father can attest to the power of a boom when it swings at your head, although he got the boom vang in the nose, made a nice mark on his face for a while.
Of course there is always the chance you got hit by a meteorite.
At what stage does it become merely stupid.
JMN