Re: C'mon--fess up. Which one of you guys did this?

May 3, 2004

While I was NOT anywhere near Hippie Hollow I can tell you what happend.

per the local news this morning and what normally happends, the party barge

neared Hippie Hollow which is a clothing optional beach. Everybody went to

one side and the whole thing flipped....duhhh!

Just more people keeping us employed!!

C'mon--fess up. Which one of you guys did this?

> Party Barge Flips During Gay Event at Lake in Austin, Texas; 2 Injured

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> AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A party barge flipped while on a lake and sank

Sunday,

> injuring two of the 60 people aboard, police said.

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> Officials said everyone was accounted for. Two people were taken to the

> hospital with minor injuries.

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> Krista Umscheid, a spokeswoman for the Lower Colorado River Authority,

said

> sheriff's divers were checking compartments of the sunken, double-decker

> pontoon boat as a precaution.

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> Umscheid said witnesses reported that the boat started tilting and

> overturned when all its passengers moved to one side of the craft as it

> neared Hippie Hollow, a lakeside park and the only public nude beach in

> Texas.

>

> The nose of the boat was touching the shore at the time of the accident.

The

> boat sank in 50-60 feet of water.

>

> The Austin American-Statesman reported in its online edition that the

barge

> flipped over during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted by the gay and

> lesbian communities.

>

May 3, 2004

In a message dated 5/3/2004 7:00:31 AM Central Standard Time,

bwiseman@... writes:

per the local news this morning and what normally happends, the party barge

neared Hippie Hollow which is a clothing optional beach. Everybody went to

one side and the whole thing flipped....duhhh!

I wouldnt call that a barge, it was a fairy.

Andy

May 3, 2004

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Andy, you should be forced to listen to 12 hours of

Tiny Tim's Greatest Hits for that!

GG

In a message dated 5/3/2004 9:58:15 PM Central Daylight Time,

rachfoote@... writes:

In a message dated 5/3/2004 7:00:31 AM Central Standard Time,

bwiseman@... writes:

per the local news this morning and what normally happends, the party barge

neared Hippie Hollow which is a clothing optional beach. Everybody went to

one side and the whole thing flipped....duhhh!

I wouldnt call that a barge, it was a fairy.

Andy

May 4, 2004

It even made page three of the paper here in Australia. Bottom corner, small

article.

cheers,

Ewan