*giggle* I especially like the hands, conveying helplessness at the situation...

Wow - you had paddles in your punt? *is envious* Last time this happened to me and a couple of friends, we were beyond the bend leading to Grantchester, so no passers-by, and had no paddles.
Luckily, there was a gentleman with us, who volunteered his outfit to the gods of water and swam back for the pole...
Good times.