# Three Men in a Boat-For real

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-in-a-boat-for-real/434211>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-in-a-boat-for-real/434211 "2008-01-20T00:53:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-in-a-boat-for-real/434211/1 "2008-01-20T00:53:20Z")

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They’re still doing [this.](http://www.skiffhire.com/) For some reason I am surprised. Have any Dopers done it? Jerome K. Jerome mentions someone walking on the bank and towing the boat. There is a short humorous description of “being towed by girls.” Perhaps folks walked more in the nineteenth century. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-in-a-boat-for-real/434211/2 "2008-01-21T13:48:00Z")

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I’ve never done it (never even been to the UK), but I have watched [the show from a couple years ago](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756255/) where Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, and Dara O’Briain do it.

Oohhh, I just noticed your link has a quote from Dara at the top, only they spell his last name wrong. ☹