Mr. Rilch has cojones, part 2

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Mr. Rilch was filming in San Pedro today, at the docks.

Don’t know why, but the gaffer offered 200 dollars to anyone who would swim to a pontoon out in the water (about 100 yards) and back. Lot of shuffling and mumbling from gripticians about how they “could” do it, but “not today”. Finally, when the idea was about to be abandoned, Mr. Rilch stepped forward. Disbelief all around.

Takes off everything but pants, underwear, obviously, and socks. Jumps in. Draws attention of entire crew (this was at lunch, BTW) by cursing loudly through clenched teeth. Gets forty yards out, reconsiders and swims back, which terror-stricken lighting crew has already been urging him to do.

Lost socks; got $50 from gaffer. (Should have been $100, IMO, but Mr. Rilch says $50 for thirty to forty-five (accounts differ) cannot be beat. Fellow crew member grumbles, “I coulda done that.” Gaffer says, “Yeah, but JTL’s the one who did it.”

Warmed up nicely in truck, and hair-and-makeup let him use a hair dryer. But I’ll tell you, when he got back here…well, let’s just say he had to do a little maneuvering to get through the doorway.

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That’s bad-ass, although I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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Breaks down like this, jackelope. Today is November 1st. (Okay, it’s technically after midnight, but c’mon.) Even in LA, that’s cold, especially down at the docks. The current is also strong near the docks.

Mr. Rilch’s boss (not the guy I refer to as “Boss” in other threads, just Mr. Rilch’s supervisor at the moment) challenged the crew members to swim 100 yards and back. Not some other day, not some other place, but then and there.

Mr. Rilch is the only one who accepted the challenge. Though he could not complete the task, he is the only one who tried.

And I agree, that is bad-ass.

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Coooool. :cool:

And thanks.

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Out of curiosity, what temperature range is cold in California?

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Below 72.

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That’s thirty to forty-five seconds of work. :smack:

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It’s a “guy thing”, isn’t it?

<< exits thread, still mystified by “guys” and their “things” >>

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[guy thing voice] Ahhh… I coulda’ done it… [/quy thing voice]

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Aw com’on Ducks, surely you must know about guy’s things by now?

[sub]Sorry, sometimes I just can’t resist.[/sub]

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Mr. Rilch may have cojones, but my guess is that they suffered from severe shrinkage when he jumped into that water…

:::d & r::::

:smiley:

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Well, Java, the first thing he said when he came in the door was “I froze my nuts.” :smiley:

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So, Rilchiam, what are you going to do with the money.

I’m married so I can say that. To a WONDERFUL woman, by the way, who would understand my little joke if she should come across it.

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Heehee! Well, in fact, he did spend some of it on candy that he knew I’d been coveting!

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Tonight I jumped into a pool that was approx. 45 degrees.

Then I jumped the hell back out and back into the hot tub next to the pool.

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Bah. You all are pansies, all of you.

On the other hand, I do have a whale-like natural advantage for enduring cold water.

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The ocean at the California coast is cold even in the summer. I didn’t understand why Rilch thought swimming 100 yards (and not even making it to boot) was a big deal until I realized that it is November already and it must’ve been damn cold.

There’s a guy that always comes to my New Years Eve parties and it’s sort of turned into a tradition that he jumps into the lake every year at sunrise. There’s usually ice on the water.