Just a few more days!!!

VBS starts on Sunday. Wednesday we pick up the dunk tank. I am too excited. Now is one of those times where I can't think about much else. I can't work. Can't plan. Just thinking of this. Picking out my wife's outfits. Thinking of where to place the tank. Where will the best light be? Where can I get good camera shots (and for any Splashdown fans out there, yes, I video every second of my wife in the tank, no, none of you will ever get to see it.) Gotta work on my throwing arm now.

So, outfits. One for sure is full length, nice fitting, lighter colored jeans and TBD top. The black v-neck t-shirt is a must, but with the jeans OR black capri lounge pants (which she has worn before in the dunk tank and they look AMAZING!) OR grey capri lounge pants. I also want this tight, blue v-neck t-shirt and white pants that I have wanted to see for YEARS. Another blue t-shirt I have wanted to see, a pink dressier blouse, and this orange mini-dress she has. I guess a bathing suit is always an option too. ;-)

Looking forward

As I write this, we are 22 days away from D-Day.  That would be DUNK DAY!!

I hope my wife can handle the early morning dunks during set up then the night time dunks at the end of VBS. It could be a bit cold out at night getting all wet.

Oh wait, that's how it used to be.

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School Carnival - Where are the Women?

My kids had their school carnival a couple weeks ago. They advertised "The return of the ever-popular teacher dunk tank!" I was excited, but I had learned to not get my hopes up. I knew it would turn out to be just the male teachers up there.

As we got there, got a program/map, and looked at the dunk tank schedule, sure enough, only male teachers were on the schedule and some random unnamed high school students that were volunteering. The kids' school is probably about 90% female teachers. The figures of the ratio alone would give most people hope, but I knew better. There are some REALLY attractive female teachers there too. But all are too prissy to get in the dunk tank.  Not sure what it is. Where is the fun.

Out of the HS students that were getting dunked, there was one really attractive high school girl that was sitting up there.  She was cute, nervous, cold, and got dunked quite a bit.  It was a great show, but I was still disappointed that the female teachers wouldn't do it.

What gives here? When I was growing up, EVERY dunking machine (yes, we called them DUNKING MACHINES, not dunk tanks or even dunking booths) at every town carnival had girls sitting in them. I'll bet from about age 4 until my freshman year of college I had only seen about 4 males getting dunked ever.  It was always cheerleaders running them, or gymnastics teams, or dance teams, or if the local Rotary or Lions club sponsored one, the daughters/granddaughters of the members were the ones they had sitting up there.  I know old traveling carnivals had a "Dunk the Girl" booth where a few girls traveled along and that was their summer (or longer) job... to get dunked.

I think the respect women movement has taken things a bit too far that anything may be deemed "embarrassing" is not something a woman should do, so let the man be the buffoon now. But come on teachers, your kids would LOVE to dunk you!! It's for the KIDS!!!  Oh, wait, some teachers are not about the kids now.... I forgot.

Oh well, whatever. I still get to see my wife in a dunk tank every summer several times and she enjoys it. At least I am lucky enough to be with someone who can still have a little embarrassing fun.

Reserved!!

Well, it is official. VBS will once again have a dunk tank! Should be fun. Events will happen at night this year. We will need to do an early morning set up (read COOL morning) followed by a couple days of dunk tank fun. Friday, during tear down, we'll probably give it a go one (or two, or three) last times.

Outfits???? Big question. Too many to choose from.  Jeans are a must, black t-shirt is a must. Others? We'll see.

Spring Fest

What a nice day today! Well, nice in the fact that Spring Fest was today and one of the sororities runs a dunk tank every year. Not too nice for the girls as the warmest the temperature ever got was maybe 60 (if they got lucky) and it was cloudy with some on and off drizzle. The girls looked quite cold. All in all, it looked like a great fund raiser for them. Lots of business.... and who could blame them. Soaking wet and freezing cold girls seems to be a good draw.

I actually caught the action from the start. They finished filling the tank and then the first girl up was a cute Filipino girl in a purple t-shirt and spanx. She sat there for a few minutes before people started throwing. It didn't take long for her to go down. I could read her lips saying, "Oh my God it's so cold!!" She ended up sitting up there for about 40 minutes. The more she got dunked, the easier it got. She seemed comfortable given the cold weather.

The next girl up was wearing a long sleeved red shirt and black spanx. She actually sat up there for a while before her first dunk. She was quite nervous waiting for the first cold drop. She tied her hair up in a semi-bun, which I knew wouldn't last for long. Her hands were folded in front of her chest dreading the cold water. Eventually it came. The target was hit and she dropped straight to the bottom of the tank. She sat back up on the seat and immediately was dunked again. She had a lot of good throwers come by. After a couple dunks, she gave up on the hair tie and let her hair down. She got dunked many times. After each dunk, she seemed to hold her legs tighter together and folding her arms or keeping her hands in her lap. It was very nice.

The last girl I saw wore a purple t-shirt and long black tights. She was really cute. She sat there for a minutes before someone finally hit the target. She was also pretty shocked at how cold the water was and how even colder it was getting out. On Twitter she mentioned how it was the "coldest experience of her life." I believe it. A half hour getting dunked in cold water on a cold day. That's a trooper.

When the dance team ran their dunk tank 12 years ago (wow! has it really been that long???) It was just as cold, BUT after the first night at least (when the temperature really dropped) the girls had the luxury of a heater being attached to the tank and getting dunked into WARM water. They wore clothes that kept the warm water close to their bodies, and if they got cold, they just had someone put them in the water.

This brings up an interesting thing with me: what is the attraction of girls being COLD in a dunk tank? I've seen it all my life. Girls getting dunked in cold water. Shivering as they sit on the seat waiting to get dunked again. Seeing the girls at the county fair growing up getting dunked at night. Dripping, cold. It has to be uncomfortable. I'm a nice person. I don't like to cause people discomfort, but when it comes to a dunk tank, I want a chilly girl.

I love my wife, but my two favorites of all the times she has been in a dunk tank were the two she was the coldest. Once with the dance team when she had the last shift at 10:30-11:00 PM, and temps were in the 60s. Warm water, but cool air. The second was at H Day when it was a relatively warm day, BUT the water she was getting dunked in was freezing. She sat up there for a half hour both times. The first one she would be cold sitting out, but once she got dunked it was better. The second, each time she got dunked she got colder and colder. You see this a lot when girls are in the tank for a half hour. The more they get dunked in cold water, no matter how warm it is out, the colder they get. At the end of her shift (actually just after her last dunk), she sat up there shivering with legs pressed together and hands folded in front of her chest. I was going to throw a few more balls just since she only was going to be up there another minute or two (because her replacement was late), but I didn't.

It's weird, I know, but I like seeing the discomfort. Why? I don't think I want absolutely blue, hypothermia setting in freezing (like putting ice cubes in the tank.... that's just stupid). But I like chilled and some discomfort. I guess because part of why I like the dunk tank is that the girl doesn't want to go in. My wife is the perfect dunkee. She sits up there, having some fun, encouraging people to throw (especially if raising money), BUT she doesn't want them to hit the target. No acting there. She is a good sport and will give of herself to get dunked for the enjoyment of others (namely me), but as she sits up there, she doesn't REALLY want to go in the water. It's all good fun.

So, THANK YOU to the sorority girls today for putting on a great show and braving the cold water and cold weather for the amusement of others. I hope you earned a lot of money.

Decisions, decisions

As the cold winter months are upon us, dunk tank season seems to be an age away. Now that my wife has a job that basically runs events, activities, and education with children, she has a say in whatever goes with VBS and other events. So, the dunk tank at VBS this coming summer, will be a certainty. Looking forward to it (of course!!)

To get in the mood for what will come, it is always fun for us to talk about, think about, and sometimes even try out possible outfits she can wear in the dunk tank. Here are some thoughts for this year:

- Jeans and Black T-shirt - She has this tight, short-sleeve, v-neck black t-shirt that I have wanted to see on her wet since I first saw it. Black is a fantastic color to get wet. It is great at night with the lights shining on the wet cotton. Awesome. She also has a couple of great pairs of full-length jeans she can wear. Perfect colors to get wet. Last year, she wore some jean capris that looked great, but full length jeans have the "drip factor". The bottoms of the jeans drip water like nothing else. I am pretty sure this outfit is a given.

- Black mini-dress and hose - One of my last dreams yet to come true. Short black mini dress with black hose. Can't think of anything sexier. Seeing this at night would be amazing. I doubt we will see this one. 1) She doesn't have that dress. 2) She would be a little self conscious about this one. Not a normal outfit someone would be wearing to just "get talked into" sitting in a dunk tank.

- Capri Yoga Pants and Grey t-shirt - This will be cute. The grey shirt, we saw last year, but it is so good, it deserves an encore. The pants I think will be cute. Actually didn't buy them for her for the dunk tank, but could be good. They will look really good wet.

- Sun dress - Any kind. The drip of a dress is beyond compare. A short dress would be awesome. Even a long dress would be good.

- Black capri sweat pants and red shirt - Saw this at Horsham Day, but still would be a good encore.

- Let's be honest.... any outfit will be awesome.

Can't wait!!!!

VBS

Well, this is way past due.....

We had the dunk tank at VBS and it could not have been better. It was such a hit. J sat up there four different times (including in her clothes on setup day). She got dunked almost 50 times over the course of the three days we had it. She was VERY comfortable with this one in every aspect (except maybe the first time she sat up there.... a little nerve-wracked.) After she got dunked a couple times, it was OK.

Setup day was great because she got dunked in capri jeans and cute, tighter brown v-neck t-shirt. It was AWESOME. She looked great. She would have sat up there longer, but some dorky kid from the neighborhood came by. We let him throw a few and dunk her a couple times, but he was weird. Not like turned on weird, just kind of dorky-weird.

Second and third times were at the carnival wearing a tight grey t-shirt and black swim-skirt. Whoever invented skirts as swimsuits.... I love you. This was great. The comfort of a swim suit, the drip of a wet skirt. This looked awesome and she got dunked by MANY kids.

The last time, she took off the t-shirt. It was the first time EVER out of all the times she has ever been in a dunk tank, the first time she ever sat in one in just a swimsuit. That looked really nice too.

She had a very good time with this one and was very comfortable. Plans are already being made to have a dunk tank at VBS again. I think the kids would be devastated if we didn't have one next year. They had a great time with it.

One of the highlight games was the obstacle course. The kids were divided into two teams. A kid from each team would run through an obstacle course, bat circles, weaving runs, and a balance beam. At the very end, one of the girl counselors was sitting in the dunk tank. The racers would get there, pick up balls and throw. Obviously the fastest person got first shot to dunk her, but the first one that was accurate enough to send her in the water got a point for their team. The young counselor got dunked MANY times.... and skinny girls always get cold.