As you probably heard last weekend, after chewing through a considerable amount of neck-oil (booze), some German tourists jumped into the Tauranga Harbour and went for a swim.
It was about 3am, they got in at Dive Cres, one turned back, presumably because it was freaking freezing! The other made it to the Mount side and was picked up by the cops on Hewletts Rd just after 5am.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that these two guys are idiots. Luckily they aren't dead idiots. There is also absolutely no denying that I laughed out loud when I read the Bay of Plenty Times article about it!
Despite them wasting an enormous amount of police and rescuers' time, at a peak time, it is a pretty sweet story for them to take home. Hopefully it doesn't bring a wave of alcohol-soaked German tourists to the Bay. What am I saying?! They're already here!
I'm not making light of what they did and there is no encouragement here. But we've all done stupid stuff before, right? It's life. I've been swimming drunk before. But it was summer, it was light, it was a lake (no current) and I was actually standing next to a sober surf lifesaver. I'd like to think I'm on the smarter end of the idiot spectrum (though my partner might disagree)! I also only went up to my knees... mainly because I got cold and wanted more beer.
