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Old 20-06-2004, 03:04 PM
Jim and Phyllis Hurley
 
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Default Extreme Ponding - was My leech bite - an update

Amazing decoration. Have you any pics of the landing zone?

Jim

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"chagoi" wrote in message
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Mike Patterson wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 06:30:10 -0500, "Jim and Phyllis Hurley"
wrote:

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Ponding is such a dangerous sport.

May your ponding be without further incident.

Phyllis and Jim



Hmmmm, "Extreme Ponding"?

Let's see, what would some of the events be...

Early Spring Deepwater Lily Planting
-Self-explanatory. The catch - no underwear allowed. (Brrrr!)

Heron Ambushing
- This event bears some similarity to Greyhound racing, only a
simulated Heron is used in place of a rabbit, and the participants
start from behind a Rhododendron bush. Points are subtracted from a
contestant's score for trampling freshly-planted Petunias.

One-Handed Snapping Turtle Capture
- Some participants may start with TWO hands, but eventually most end
up with ONE. Some Die-hard Extreme Ponders may eventually switch to
"No Hands Snapping Turtle Capture", which presents some possible
mental pictures I'd rather not pursue in this family-oriented venue.

The "BeeVee"
- In which the participant plants floating vegetation using the
world-reknown "BV" method...the trick being that the choice of
beverage employed during the event is randomly selected by the
blindfolded participant from a cooler containing bottled waters,
unsweetened tea, cheap box wine, a nice imported Pale Ale, and
(shudder!) Busch "Beer". This event requires nerves of steel, and
sometimes a similarly constructed palate as well.

Anyone have other suggestions for events?


Mike Patterson
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How about the Pennsylvania Pond PHlop.
- Participants are judged on overall style, originality, execution,
and percentage of mud coverage while walking from plant shelf to plant
shelf, slipping and landing, in the mulm and mud, head first
(perfect 10).

Last years winner can be viewed @
My Big Phlop http://ourkoipond.com/MyBigPhlop.htm


Chagoi
www.ourkoipond.com