So I went into Liddle today and came out with a...

[BigonaBianchi]

...wetsuit !!!!!

I havent tried it on yet, so am hoping it fits..but th egirl at the checkout reckoned it would as I held it up against myself.

It's a 'shorty'...but for £20 worth a punt I thought.

I'm hoping to use it swimming on my beach.

 

[slowmotion]

You were lucky! I bought my first wetsuit in Cornwall about four years ago. The place was called something like "Fat Mary's Surf Shack". I tried it on in a changing room and got in a tangle. After five minutes of neoprene hell, I called to my anxious wife and daughter. They found me wriggling about on the floor with my legs stuck in the rubber bits designed for the arms. Eventually, we got to the till. Without looking up, the young lady gave us the spiel about wetsuit care and said you need to buy some PissOff. She then saw the old git in front of her, went bright red and said she was so sorry for being so rude. We all had a good laugh.

 

[subaqua]

reminds me of the first time i put a neoprerne drysuit on. near collapsed afetrwards with the heat exhaustion

 

[Oxo]

So I went into Liddle today and came out with...nothing. Going back again later and this time I'll take some money.

 

[asterix]

I had a similar experience getting my head stuck in a drysuit as well...couldn't push it in or get it out and it left me with cauliflower ears like an England front-row forward.

Looking at your avatar, I am not surprised.

 

[Night Train]

I know it has been raining a lot recently but surely lycra drys quickly enough on its own!

 

[User482]

Could the OP correct the spelling in the title (it's Lidl)? I'm getting some nightmare imagery about Rod Liddle...

 

[ianrauk]

A freind of mine went to Lidl and wrote a song about it.

 

[buddha]

A freind of mine went to Lidl and wrote a song about it.

Reminds me of the one time I went to Lidl to look at the cycle bits. Didn't like what I saw, so walked out. Only to be asked by a couple of guards "Can I see what's in your bag?". I just gave them 'the look' and walked out.

 

[ASC1951]

You must have a dishonest face, Buddha. I shop there all the time and have never been accosted or seen anyone accosted. I like the place - good quality food at excellent prices and I'm not surrounded by pretension and smugness like the
Co-op/Waitrose/Sainsburys brigade.
There again, I wouldn't buy any of their cycling kit, apart from cycling shoes. Oh, and their velcro-cuffed Powerfix work gloves are brilliant winter kit with a pair of running gloves inside.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

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it's tight in 'some' places but it fits!

 

[Speicher]

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it's tight in 'some' places but it fits!

How does it fit around the legs and in particular the knees?

 

[BigonaBianchi]

it's a shorty so it stops just below the thunderous pulsating thighs...

 

[Speicher]

it's a shorty so it stops just below the thunderous pulsating thighs...

So I will still be able to see your knees.

 

[Cheddar George]

Mark Radcliffe ran an item on one of his radio 6 shows about people making strange purchases at Aldi/Lidl. My favourite was the guy who nipped in for a carton of pineapple juice and came out with an inflatable canoe.