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I really appreciate that. Thank you.

But British is British. You never jump in a pool. You dip your toe in and run back screaming that the water is too cold. Then you get in very slowly, and go deeper, but as soon as the water gets to your waist, that's it. You stay there for a bit, but you don't put your head under water. Then you back out. After maybe three months of this, you finally go in, duck under water, and swim, and you say, you know what, "that wasn't so bad after all. Why didn't anybody tell me?" And everyone turns on you, exasperated, and says, "We DID, you lame British dipstick!" :)