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1 May 2009 07:33 pm
karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Fear)
[personal profile] karohemd
I assume jumping off a bridge in Oxford is about as dangerous as in Cambridge?

Date: 1/5/09 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com
No, much more dangerous because the Cherwell's only about 2ft deep under that bridge!

Date: 1/5/09 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Ouch! Then again, if you account for shopping trolleys, bicycles and other debris in the Cam, it's probably about the same...

Date: 1/5/09 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com
And giant cabbages! There are some weird things under the surface of the Cam...

Date: 1/5/09 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Considering it used to be the most radioactive river in England (at least I remember reading that some time ago), I'm not surprised. ;o)

Date: 1/5/09 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uberredfraggle.livejournal.com
Oxford has plenty of those too. That bridge is also about 20 metres from where my friends saw a dead sheep flaoting past.

But this May Morning thing meant I have Jeager bombs fro breakfast. How hardcore am I? :D

Date: 1/5/09 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
That's not hardcore, that's silly. :oP

Date: 1/5/09 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ginasketch.livejournal.com
There are signs on bridges in the River Dee telling people not to jump off. Unfortunately, when I lived in Chester, I always noticed people jumping every summer. The main danger there was the undercurrent.

I went on a Ghost tour in October 2005, and one of the stories was that people haunted he bridge because of drowning.

Date: 1/5/09 10:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
The main danger in Oxford and Cambridge is breaking your legs or spine because the rivers are so shallow...

Date: 1/5/09 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ginasketch.livejournal.com
Wow. How fucking stupid can people get?

No, wait. Don'r answer that.

BTW, on an off topic thread- have you decided on a date for the butterly jungle?

Date: 1/5/09 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Very.

Er, no, what were the options?

Date: 1/5/09 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ginasketch.livejournal.com
It's open from 1 May - 27 September 2009 and I can get you free tickets. (Please note that it is closed on Sundays).

Date: 1/5/09 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
If it's open til September, it's probably worth waiting until the first rush is over. Early June?

Date: 1/5/09 11:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hrafen.livejournal.com
I suspect the Thames is a lot deeper.

Date: 1/5/09 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Apparently, this particular bridge is over the Cherwell which isn't very deep at all (see [livejournal.com profile] bateleur's comment above).

Date: 2/5/09 10:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
They're not jumping in the Thames, and it's probably got cleaner since I was a kid but I still wouldn't jump in the Thames anyway!

Date: 2/5/09 07:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mansunite.livejournal.com
Far more dangerous!
From that bridge, the fall is far greater than most Cam bridges, and the Cherwell isn't as artificially channelled as the Cam so is wider and shallower!

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