really?

There's a reason why most people don't go surfing after sunset. Those idiots are lucky Darwin didn't get them.

It angers Darwin when you mess with His law.

"Lifesaver barbecue" conjured up a specific and strange mental image.

God bless New Zealand BBQ.

Malicoire_: If it weren't for my horse, I never would've spent that year in college.

Dammit, beat me to it.

/curses, foiled again
//I'll get you next time, Gadget!
///Next time....

FTA: "They swum there on an out-going tide, no flags, nobody on the beach. I think they realised they were pretty stupid."

Puhlease. I've swam at night, with warnings, half a mile out.. and what the hell.. you're not supposed to swim at an outgoing tide? What kind of Nancy crap is that?

OMGWTFBBQ?

If it weren't for my horse, I never would've spent that year in college.

Shiat, too late.

The people rescued were unable to be contacted last night.

They are out......swimming...

I just hope the swimmers were warmed by some indirect heat, rubbed dry then swabbed by some master basters. It's a BBQ, dammit.

Night swimming...deserves a quiglub glub glub

swam? In January? what kind of crazy world is this place where you can swim in January?!?!?

The shores of mightly Lake Ontario, the angry inland sea, are no place to swim in January.

/wants to move

FTFA: It was an idiotic decision...

This is a newswriter talking? Aren't they supposed to remain indifferent, not judgemental, just reporting the facts?

/yes, the fact is, they were idiotic, i know
//just sayin'

Behold the power of barbecue.

"If it wasn't for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college."

Outgoing tide rule usually only applies on beaches where there's a steep slope (read cliff) and the water gets sucked fast and hard down into the depths beyond the cliff.

In that case, even the best swimmers can be swept out. Not that these people were good swimmers.

I had two horses, so I spent six years in college - and then some more, but that was more because of the llamas.

omgwtfbbq!

I swim

I swam

I swum

So I'm the sixth or seventh person that came here hoping to post a Lewis Black comment.

Do my eyes deceive me? Wadda ya say we get a cup of joe?

Cerebral Ballsy
FTA: "They swum there on an out-going tide, no flags, nobody on the beach. I think they realised they were pretty stupid."

Puhlease. I've swam at night, with warnings, half a mile out.. and what the hell.. you're not supposed to swim at an outgoing tide? What kind of Nancy crap is that?

2 meter New Zealand swell and associated tidal currents might be different than the conditions on your night swims and an outgoing tide at the opening of a bay or inlet can create very strong currents moving out to sea.

jobskee: So I'm the sixth or seventh person that came here hoping to post a Lewis Black comment.

Do my eyes deceive me? Wadda ya say we get a cup of joe?

His fingers terrify me. They swing. They sway. They undulate in wavy patterns suggesting demonic possession.

jobskee: So I'm the sixth or seventh person that came here hoping to post a Lewis Black comment.

Do my eyes deceive me? Wadda ya say we get a cup of joe?


Then that'd make me the 7th or 8th.

Move along, nothing to see here.

My wife has a nice pair of body bags.

Let her show them to you.

**no carrier***~~~~~~~

I guess people down there spend so much time worrying about the killer octopi , killer jelly fish, man-eating sharks &c. they forget you can still drown.

Is there anything barbecue can't do?

/live in Memphis, obligatory.

doodler: swam? In January? what kind of crazy world is this place where you can swim in January?!?!?

The shores of mightly Lake Ontario, the angry inland sea, are no place to swim in January.

/wants to move

In New Zealand it's summer now

doodler: swam? In January? what kind of crazy world is this place where you can swim in January?!?!?

The shores of mightly Lake Ontario, the angry inland sea, are no place to swim in January.

/wants to move

I live in Hawaii, so I'm getting a kick... ah, nevermind

When I saw that headline, I thought it was going to be about a church picnic.

I was hoping for a barbecue OF people... not for people.

Joliebleu: I was hoping for a barbecue OF people... not for people.

Happy New Years to you too.

Cerebral Ballsy: FTA: "They swum there on an out-going tide, no flags, nobody on the beach. I think they realised they were pretty stupid."

Puhlease. I've swam at night, with warnings, half a mile out.. and what the hell.. you're not supposed to swim at an outgoing tide? What kind of Nancy crap is that?

I dont know much about the sea, but it sounds like there was weather coming in since they mentioned two meter swells.

I wouldnt sail in those conditions for recreation, and certainly would not swim.

In other news, Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids

Did they distribute complementary cockpunches to the swimmers for interrupting the BBQ?

stevie1der: It angers Darwin when you mess with His law.

Evolution isn't a law, it's just a good idea.

Don't swim in the ocean after dark, period.

Everything hunts at night.

Gimme a break - like none of you have ever done something drunk and stupid.

quickdraw: Gimme a break - like none of you have ever done something drunk and stupid.

qft.

i'll step up.
when i was about 19 i went out on the nj shore in the wee hours of the morning half-tripping and in my jeans. stupid stupid stupid. current carried me off my feet in about 7 minutes, about 40 yards out.

i actually reached a point beyond panic and into acceptance, spread my arms, put my face in the water and prepared to die...

then one swell carried me face first into a thin, mollusk-encrusted reef. my arms grabbed onto that thing before i even thought "hey!" i'm pretty sure, that far out, it was the end of it, or near to it. it's amazing with the tide that high it was even that close to the surface. i crawled/was carried over that reef back to shore hand over hand, with several stops to catch my breath along the way.

i wish i could say it was a particularly life-changng experience, but no. i went on to do many, many more stupid things.

/where is your darwin now?

Malicoire_: If it weren't for my horse, I never would've spent that year in college.

Yup, another one.

i don't know if its indicative of the general state of stupidity in the US, or my particular mindset, but i thought at first i was reading about swimmers off the west coast of california.

eldoobie: Cerebral Ballsy
FTA: "They swum there on an out-going tide, no flags, nobody on the beach. I think they realised they were pretty stupid."

Puhlease. I've swam at night, with warnings, half a mile out.. and what the hell.. you're not supposed to swim at an outgoing tide? What kind of Nancy crap is that?

2 meter New Zealand swell and associated tidal currents might be different than the conditions on your night swims and an outgoing tide at the opening of a bay or inlet can create very strong currents moving out to sea.


Okay, I've never swum at a cliff. I have been swimming at an inlet, have caught a couple of rip currents.. no big deal if you're aware and know to swim parallel to the beach.

But whoever said nightswimming deserves a glub glub.. you're missing out one one of life's greatest pleasures.. skinnydipping in the ocean at night is great.

Joliebleu: I was hoping for a barbecue OF people... not for people.

Long pork, anyone?

Good thing they weren't swimming off the coast of California:

"Sorry dude, I'm off duty right now. Call the Coast Guard, they should be here in half an hour or so."

You've gotta love the plain way of speaking they have in the Antipodes.

A colleague of mine was sleeping across four seats in the back of a Qantas jet from the UK to Australia. He ignored several warnings to fasten at least one seat belt, and was taken unawares when the plane hit some turbulence. He floated up through the roof and sustained a fair amount of scalp damage, then fell bak onto the seats and broke his arm.

The flight attendants were justifiable completely unsympathetic. The term 'stupid bastard' may have been used.

The idiots in the article were bloody lucky.

"nightswimming and alcohol -- a winning combination!"

/lenny

doodler: swam? In January? what kind of crazy world is this place where you can swim in January?!?!?

The shores of mightly Lake Ontario, the angry inland sea, are no place to swim in January.

/wants to move

It's summer in New Zealand & Australia.

doodler: swam? In January? what kind of crazy world is this place where you can swim in January?!?!?

The shores of mightly Lake Ontario, the angry inland sea, are no place to swim in January.

Hundreds chill out in frigid Lake Ontario _Wuss.

mmmmmm, BBQ. Is there nothing it can't do?