Gasps round (a few of) Wales have been heard tonight (June 21) as The One Present talked concerning the yearly, mid Wales custom of lavatory snorkelling, and host Angela Scanlon and visitor Joel Dommett tried to cross it off as an Irish pastime.
Comic Dommett was on the present along with his spouse Hannah Cooper and have been chatting about their new podcast By no means Have I Ever, as a result of that is what everybody well-known does now, which is able to see the pair check out new issues. Viewers recommendations included the yearly custom of lavatory snorkelling, which was began in Llanwrtyd Wells again in 1976.
Opponents race to finish two consecutive lengths of a 60-yard (55 m) water-filled trench reduce by means of a peat lavatory within the shortest time potential, carrying conventional snorkel, diving masks and flippers. It is gross and enjoyable and positively Welsh.
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However Joel, Angela and the remainder of the crew hadn’t heard of it. Angela learn out viewer feedback to Joel and Hannah. “Bathroom snorkelling, would you give {that a} lash?”
A puzzled-sounding Joel repeated: “Bathroom. Snorkelling? Is that snorkelling in a bathroom as a result of individuals did that to me in school and it wasn’t enjoyable.” And Angela replied: “Do NOT make me clarify this. They would not do it to you now. You principally put a snorkel on and also you go into sort of a grimy river. It is fairly aggressive factor.”
Joel mused that it ‘sounded very Irish’ and Angela agreed. We wager Alex Jones would have set them straight.
Each are mistaken – however the World Bathroom Snorkelling Championship world document has been claimed a number of occasions by Irish opponents as individuals have travelled from everywhere in the world to compete within the August Financial institution Vacation occasion.
This yr’s competitors is on Sunday, August 28 and we anticipate to see Joel and Hannah participate for his or her podcast.
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