Here’s a little weekend activity for you all…
One of the reasons I love the Kiwis so much is their unbridled sense of adventure. I don’t use the term ‘unbridled’ in the figurative sense, but rather the literal sense. Years ago, I taught horsebackriding on a Summer camp in the USA, and the kiwi girls I worked with, quite literally used to ride their horses unbridled during the times it was just us instructors, messing around. I developed a profound respect for the downright ballsiness, and by the middle of the summer, they had me vaulting off a horses back in the *very* gymnastic sense of the word (think: going from a riding astride position to whipping one leg over the horses head so that both are over on the right side of the horse, then throw yourself backwards so that you back flip over and off the horse on the left).
So, thus my use of the word ‘unbridled’.
I caught this on youtube today, and though I would share it as the perfect piece of weekend entertainment.
Only the kiwi’s could be this crazy. After all they *did* invent bungi jumping! (I’m not sure it was them who invented the colon cleanse but yes, they did invent bungi jumping, and a whole host of other extreme adventure sports).
Awesome!
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ROFL. Did see on this on TV – what an idiot and no you won’t see me jumping from a helicopter onto some poor unsuspecting fish. Knowing my luck it would be a shark!!! LOL
Crikey Dick!
More balls than I’ll ever have!
That doesn’t look real. I don’t believe it. I mean, it looks awesome, but i reckon its a joke. You can’t wrestle a marlin. And how did they get the camera in the right place at the right time? Naahhh.. bollocks.
Trish, you and I are very alike, we acknowledge the ‘coolness’ of the stunt, but I agree, I also wondered about the timing of the jump, and having the camera man there, and an obliging marlin. Maybe the bit underwater was filmed at a local aquarium?? Anyhoo, if anyone was going to do this for real, and actually get it right? Only the kiwi’s would be crazy enough to try, I reckon!
I also wanted to add, that I just *love* what it sounds like when he says, “Mahe Mahe Tuna” etc. I’ve been repeating it to myself, and then giggling. Using it in my daily speech in stead of etc. In other words, “Yesterday, I thought about point a and point b, muhee muhee tuhuuna (waves hand in gesture of ‘etc’). Yes I am weird. Thanks for asking. I hear that a lot, muhee muhee tuhuuna.
I find the NZ accent only slightly less harsh on the eardrums than the SA accent. It’s like an extremely ocker Aussie, only much worse. This is why I love British men (particularly Irish and Scottish ones). They just sound love-er-ly.
Ugh, I hate the South African accent. Although having said that, I mean the die-hard, ‘bru, fully, yawh’ type accent. It actually makes me wince visibly. Thankfully even my husbands mild north yorkshire accent sounds better to me. I went to a posh school, so when the mood strikes, I sound like the Queen of England. But when I’m relaxed, then I annoy myself, with the way I sound. So, so, South Efrican. UGH.