For various reasons - mainly the fact that my response might be
misconstrued - I wasn't going to respond to Andy's post.  But it's just too
good an opportunity to let go by! :-):

On Monday, February 11, 2002 11:01 PM, when Andy wrote:

(snip)
> Nah mate, we've got an inflatable 'Strike' that we are going to pull
along.
> Comes with a 100m length of cord; the manufacturer guarantees that we will
> be
> safe from Trigger Fish, as they will all be 100m behind us, attracted to
> the
> inflatable !!

Mate!  An inflatable 'Strike'?  You know, of course, that it only takes one
prick to deflate him?  :-)

Strike