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How do they do that?

By lex, on January 4th, 2012

Wintertime fun in Finland.

My experience was very different.

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January 4th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Small Stuff

19 comments to How do they do that?

  • Daryle
    January 4, 2012 at 11:37 am

    My head hurts. That made me pretty darn confused. It must be magic.

  • SJBill
    January 4, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Very well done illusion! Took a while to properly orient myself, the light source being the major indicator.
    A few ago, fishing atop the ice was a wonderful winter passtime up in Nouveau Hampshire. It’s quite a workout with a few tip-ups in operation. We had all the major ingredients for a good time excepting females: fire, food, firearms, fishing gear, and flammable consumable substances. ;-)

  • Joe in N Calif
    January 4, 2012 at 11:58 am

    Took a minute for me to realize what all they were doing. Then I really noticed the direction of the bubbles. Amazing work.

  • Edward
    January 4, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    The bubbles are the key to getting it right. Now if they had used rebreathers it would have gotten really confusing, until you noticed that the “mercury” flowed down the bore hole.

  • Peterk
    January 4, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    “the light source being the major indicator.”

    for me it was the bubbles

    • Sh1fty
      January 4, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      Same here. Took me a moment to figure out how the guy could let go of the wheelbarrow and not have it sink “up”.

  • dc
    January 4, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    But you all know; First business taken care of was Number One. In the suit. Because one must.

  • Navig8r
    January 4, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Lex, you are surely a graduate of the dunker. First rule is follow the bubbles to figure out which way is up. As a black shoe, I know a thing or two about buoyancy, so no magic there. Still cool, though! My office mate is a bubble-head, so I’ll clue him in tomorrow.

  • Navig8r
    January 4, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    P.S. Your Finland story reminds me of a sweet young thing I met in Germany as a fresh caught (and engaged) ENS. Broke the engagement as soon as I returned to CONUS, and I’m STILL kicking myself for telling her auf viedersehen!

  • Blackeagle603
    January 4, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    Finns — like badgers with knives.

    Err, make that ‘Like drunken badgers with knives.”

  • SCOTTtheBADGER
    January 4, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    To quote my Old Swedish Grandma, ” Finns! ” ( said while shaking one’s head slowly )

  • TG McCoy
    January 4, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    long dark nights, too much time on their hands…

  • Wilko
    January 4, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    Lex, Your story is more entertaining.
    Having done scuba diving in wrecks, caves and caverns over the past 20, I can truthfully say there is No Good Reason for ice diving. Yes, the water is clear. Things look different under the ice blah. blah. Doesn’t matter. It’s cold. Really cold. Even with a dry suit. And it’s an eye popping experience when you get out of the water.

    The Finns, however, think an open hole in the ice is a Jacuzzi.

  • lescoulee
    January 4, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    The Finn story is hilarious. Makes me wonder if the USN requests for postings/assignments in Finland spiked after your story hit the ‘net.

  • MaxDamage
    January 4, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    “Up” is simply a matter of perspective. Gravity and buoyancy are the same force, only usually in different directions. Don’t trust your eyes or ears, trust the bubbles.

    I am quite simply amazed that anybody would go below the ice, dry-suit or not, to film a joke. Granted, water at 33 degrees might be warmer than the air above, but that’s sort of like shooting yourself in the knee and being thankful you didn’t shoot yourself in the chest.

    Which in itself sort of explains the overall outlook on life for the average Finnish male.

    – Max

  • BADLucas
    January 5, 2012 at 2:45 am

    I think all that upside down time would have had my head explode. Must have been no weights and a whole lot of bouyancy to do that. That looked like some rather deep water too. Wonder if they got the wheelbarrow back?
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