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Everything you need to know about this fun sport.

I like it, though I'm not sure that it will find a place in the approved guide, it also has a bit of a press releas-ring to it.

In the end it is enjoyable.

An important part of puddle jumping technique is leg position. It is very important to jump with feet *together*. If you jump with your legs apart, then the two splashes created by each of your feet will combine between your legs, and leap vertically up towards your trousers, causing embarassment and coldness.

Advising a skirt or kilt-wearing friend to do the opposite is a great way to get cheap laughs...

I suspect that this entry will need to be rewritten in order to be factual - it's funny, but edited entries do have to be factual, and I can't believe that nobody jumped into puddles until the '90s...

I think this thread should be moved to the writing workshop - it's funny - and worth reading - but not the right sort of material for the guide...

I tend to disagree -- the entry is factual, and it has a bit of humour in it as well. I thing that puddle jumping is as much a reality as making bras from plastic bags (no pun/offence intended ). It is something that people /do/, hence it's part of /live/.

oh I agree - an entry on PJ could make it into the guide - but not *this* one...

Example: "The whole puddle-jumping movement was started in the late 90´s"

That's just factually incorrect - hence inappropriate.

I'd love to see an entry on PJ, to be honest - but not at he expence of introducing lies...

Ok, may be. Actually, I did invent PJ far earlier than 1990, and quite surely I wasn't the first at that.

Anyway, I support this one being moved to the WW, also on the grounds that the author is missing, presumed fed.

I'll have to second that. Although funny, it is lacking in a lot of important facts. Obvious things to include would be wellies and little brats.

I'll have to second that. Although funny, it is lacking in a lot of important facts. Obvious things to include would be wellies and little brats.

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