rafting

last saturday, siggimus embarked on yet another of his daredevily adventures

a little before noon, siggimus was (with some other people) assembled at work & invited to feast on a breakfast of champions
there was egg, there was bacon, there was sausage

after a lotta bacon, siggimus (& the others) played a little game
winning this game calls for a high intellect, so there’s little surprise that siggimus(es team) came out on top
in fact, the other team took almost half an hour to even figure out which game they were playing

soon, siggimus was herded to a big bus & driven out of town – into untold mysteries

at the end of the road, there was more game playing, with siggimuses team, la cicciolina, winning such varied games as group relay sack-race (four in bag at same time), running puzzles & skotbolti, coming in second in round 2 of skotbolti & untie the human knot

after this, siggimus & co were driven down to a wee river, for a spot of sailing

there was rowing & there was paddling & there was mirth & there was merriment & there was ducking into the mermaid

soon it became apparent that the silly suit siggimus (& others) were wearing, was not watertight

the glacial river-water at the bottom of the boat soon seeped in to the foot and got the little toes wet
& cold

then, as the envious people in the 2 teams that weren’t team la cicciolina, took every chance they got to splash team ciccolina with ice cold water, hurling insults & abuse in its wake, it became glaringly apparent that not only the siggimus feet would get wet

as is fitting for a daredevil such as siggimus, there were adventures & scary bits when the boat bounced up & down in man-eating rapids & there was life-flashing-before-your-eyes-scream-like-a-girl bits

but soon things got calm & we stopped for a bit
anchors were cast, boats disembarked, and the gang climbed ashore, up on a wee cliff

when there, guide suggested we walked to the edge of the cliff

& keep walking

siggimus looked down into the icy cold green-brown stream rushing past 6 metres below

siggimus scratched his bright red safety helmet

there was swearing & there was cursing & there was talk of going to an early watery grave & there was a general commotion

yet, siggimus (& others), being fearless & daredevily & preferring risky business over most other business, recklessly walked the cliff, so to speak

like lemmings (fearless & highly intelligent lemmings, mind you!!), one by one, the gang stepped into the abyss

siggimus too, plummeting down down down down, toward inevitable doom, that sensible bit in his head screaming, nooooooo, get back up there!!

the sensible bit in his head stopped quite soon, as siggimuses body cut into the murky water & dug deep deep down

suddenly the lifevest realised there was a reason it was invited along & did its bit to pull siggimus up again

surfacing, siggimus remembered why he doesn’t like to take baths in 5-6°c hot water

having swam ashore & climbed back up, siggimus decided to defy logic & common sense & go in breach of all that is natural & jump in again

refreshing, except for the bit where his feet touched the bottom

rowing on, it soon became apparent that the pirates on board the titanic, were out to steal team la cicciolina’s womanfolk off the love boat. siggimus spent the next 20 mins or so defending the sole womanfolk on the love boat, whilst others in the crew engaged in guerilla tactics to exterminate womanfolk & manfolk alike from the other boats

highly entertaining & deeply fulfilling, trying to drown some of your colleagues

all attempts at workmate-drowning failed, & all returned to the house to dry off, change to dry clothes, eat, drink & be merry

all of which was turned into an artform, especially the drinking

having somehow managed to escape it for over half a year, siggimus was promptly put through the initiation ceremony of being punched in the gut when you least expect it. the bruising will heal, siggimus is told

siggimus tried to ease the suffering in his gut-bruised stomach & strengthen its defenses by pouring obscene quantities of beer into it

it didn’t help much