Disclaimer – The following content may not be accurate, the photos faked and the facts may not have been checked, details may be misleading and have a high possability of being totally fabricated. Then again, the following may be true!
The day started off inocently enough as we are engulfed by the smiling faces, the facade of inclusiveness and the stretching out of our confort zones but there is another side to the BandB. A dark side which I have come to discover after years of investgation. This secret dark side is evident on one participants first swim. I introduce to you Lauren. Her first swim today.
This is her in recovery position.
Her “friend” Stephanie (sorry if the name is wrong) has swum with us 11 times and said to Lauren it was great – you need to come down and swim with me.
Shaun – How did you enjoy it
Lauren? “It was terrible” “I swam 20 Metres before I wanted to turn back”, “I copped a mouth full of water”, “My head was hurting”, “I couldn’t breath”, “I was petrified of sharks”, “but I made it”. “I’ll be back on Sunday” Why do we fabircate such a facade to torture our friends?
More on the dark side later.
This is Mattia –
Mattia is looking for a place to stay for 6 months – rent a room etc.
Just a few stats – Mattia was ranked 5th in the world over 5km. He was swimming 100km a week for training at that time but has dropped down to only 6km a day.
Interesting Costume of the day – Maria with her friend Snakeskin Sasha
I found this classic of JK inducting new swimmers back in the day.
One of our famous canine swimmers – Chino prepares for his swim
and Chino is action –
Unfortunately – the website has had technical difficulties and John Bond has lost his Kms. Here he is today signing up as a newbie. Poor John, must have said something wrong to the wrong person.
There are no fish photos today due to the breaking news of Manlys underbelly.
The Band B Party – and Partai HARD we are a very close group –
Everyone wants to dance with Chris and are sick of waiting.
This last one is a concern of national security – page 3 in today’s SMH “dreamboat” is as charming as ever –
This is what really happens at the BandB – Asio – What THE????.
Nice shirt by the way.
Official Statistics
Water – Warm
Numbers – Too many
Weather – Who cares – you get wet anyway
Please forward complaints to Noreply@getalife.com.au and we will get straight back to you,
Have a great day and Ill see you in the swim tomorrow.
Dolphin Whisperer Slowest Shaun
22 comments
Fifi
02/01/2015 at 12:02 pm
Hahahaha
Good one Shauny
Roger Harvey
02/01/2015 at 12:06 pm
Now THAT’S a blog … love it! Yes; often seems to be a queue with Chris. Lately I have been standing nearby him, hoping for any offcuts …
And Mattia? So lazy, dropping back to a slovenly six per day.
Shelly
02/01/2015 at 12:12 pm
Its the shirt ! isn’t it ? ? ?
I’m going down to Target to get one of the “Dreamboat” shirts for ma man !
Good one DWSS !when is the next instalment on the underB&Bers
Cya
Shelly
xo xo
Jane
02/01/2015 at 12:31 pm
Now THAT’S a shirtfront…….
Snorkles aka calendar gal
02/01/2015 at 12:33 pm
What colour was JK’s hair back in the day? Cant quite tell with the black and white photo – but what a scoop!
I seriously thought Lips had jumped ship and was blogging on a different day – good one DWSS
Shelly
02/01/2015 at 1:36 pm
Can’t wait for JB(&DP) duo to come down to Booty Camp so Storchy can scream at her.
Lainey
02/01/2015 at 2:00 pm
I think we should have a whip round and get Dreamboat a new shirt! He’s always wearing that one. Maybe it’s his ‘Lucky Shirt’ 😉 Funny blog DWSS. Are the spelling mistakes a joke or for real? 😉
Lips
02/01/2015 at 2:11 pm
That’s a bit harsh Snorks. No need to throw insults at Shaun.
Agree on JK story though. Great scoop!
Tayls
02/01/2015 at 2:28 pm
great blog Shaun. Very inventive ….5th in the world…whoa…go mattia
Elizabeth
02/01/2015 at 2:57 pm
Very enjoyable blog Shaun. There was a mention of ocean swimming, the Whyte family and BB in SMH a few days ago. Nice story
lesbubbles
02/01/2015 at 3:14 pm
Shaun (conveniently) missed another truth and that is: people logging their swim on the App but not actually swimming or only going as far as The Point ..not mentioning any names …
Shelly
02/01/2015 at 3:50 pm
Ha ha Classic Lainey…..;)
“Are the spelling mistakes a joke or for real? ;-)”
Elizabeth X
02/01/2015 at 3:59 pm
All these scoops! – maybe DWSS stands for Deep Water Super Sleuth!
BRine with a J
02/01/2015 at 4:57 pm
Did Chino lose his goggles in the big surf or did he spot the ASIO chick and think she needed help?
Jo
02/01/2015 at 5:21 pm
What fabrications? Looks entirely legit to me. Nice one Shaun!
DWSS
02/01/2015 at 7:20 pm
It wasn’t that bad Snorkles!
DWSS
02/01/2015 at 7:21 pm
Brutal Lainey! 🙂
DWSS
02/01/2015 at 7:23 pm
Yes, there are a few more scams going on that I am aware of.
Don’t worry Bubs, I’m keeping an eye on it.
Swimming Scams will be another blog issue,
HKTQ and Lippy will feature prominently. 🙂
DWSS
02/01/2015 at 7:32 pm
Just a clarification – Chino’s carer is our very own Channel Swimming Legend Michael T
Chino chose Michael to look after him.
I believe Chino’s role at the BandB is the official “chick magnet” and deep ocean rescuer.
Michael, you lucky man. All this in one dog.
DWSS
02/01/2015 at 7:34 pm
I think we have a connection Shelly. 😉
Fifi
02/01/2015 at 11:28 pm
I’m keeping an eye out….
Fifi
02/01/2015 at 11:28 pm
And while we are at it how about comments using other peoples names….