Nazzie's Birthday

Sunday we celebrated Sarvenaz' birthday with drinks on the South Bank at Royal Festival Hall. After dinner we wanted to have a keepsake photo of the evening so we posed by the river. While we were walking toward the embankment, a drunken man crawled over the railing so he was balancing on the river-side of the rail, looking out onto the promenade. None of us saw it, but I think we all heard it..... He just fell (or jumped).

The thing is it was low tide so he fell into the Thames beach about 30 or so feet down. He was barely moving, so Richard decided it would be best to call the police as the tide could come up and take this guy away really fast.

He tells the 999 operator that a man has jumped from the embankment walkway into the river.
They want a street name.

R: Well... we are on a pedestrian promenade. There is no street.
999: We need a street in order to locate you.
R: Okay… we are standing in front of Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank … the promenade on the Thames.
999: I don't know where Royal Festival Hall is.
R: (Agast) OK. He is basically in the water of the RIVER THAMES. About 100 feet off of Festival Pier. Between Embankment and Waterloo Bridges.
999: We need a street name, sir.
R: It's a river!

The police finally agree to come to him, provided we stay there. Meanwhile, after making some sort of attempt at a sand angel, he peels himself off the sand (I mean it, peels) barely walks up the stairs back to the promenade. He chats a bit with Richard and then falls asleep on the sidewalk face down.

Happy birthday Nazzie!