The Datchet Flying Fifteens

The World's most popular fleet racing sportsboat - If you live West of London, or anywhere in the London and the South East,... and fancy giving sailing a try,... then you should look at the Flying Fifteen Fleet at Datchet. Situated near the junction of the M4 and M25, you'll find beautiful boats, friendly people and great fleet racing. Take a look at our Fleet Website (click on the top photo to the right) for more information, or visit www.flyingfifteen.com

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Monday, 29 November 2010

News from the Club

Datchet Man phoned into the Club office last week to ask about the water level, which normally rises about now, and the alleged changing room refurbishment - the two most common questions "in the Bar"....

On the former, the answer was, "we just don't know". On the second the answer was, "We simply don't know.... We expect the new Commodore will include something about it in his Christmas address."

For Catch 22 fans, this all reminds me of a scene in Joseph Heller's other great book, Good as Gold. I'm thinking of the bit at the Whitehouse Press Briefing where the President is asked a particularly tough, gritty, insightful, strategic military question by one of the journalists - and when he responds, "We just don't know", the pack of journalists clamour around him shouting, "Can we quote you on that?!! Can we quote you on that?!!"

So now you know what I know, which is actually what we don't know..... For myself, I think it would just be nice to have the hot air hand dryer working again.....

2 comments:

  1. So, we now know what you don't know and it seems that there are others who don't know also. Because nobody else knows, you don't know and we don't know it seems that nobody is any the wiser on who knows what.
    This blog is shaping up to be a real wealth of information.
    P.s. Love the Heller reference.

    WARM HANDS FOR ALL!

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  2. Warm Hand Dryer, is this the new "must have" accessory for the winter series.

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