Suited Dunk Tank
Posted by suitguy on October 03, 2025 at 15:46:58
At a student event on campus last week, one of the student clubs was running a dunk tank during the lunch hour as a fun way to interact with the crowd. A classic Easy Dunker model and the weather was perfect for it (still warm here). It was at the business college and there was a professor walking around in his suit and tie, dress boots, the whole works, which was unusual because the environment on campus is usually a bit on the casual side. I saw him talking to the guy dressed in swim trunks who was exiting the tank after getting dunked, and I thought how great it would be to see a fully suited dunking but it would probably never happen.
A few minutes later, the prof started climbing up onto the seat. I couldn't believe it because his full suit looked sharp and I found myself along with the crowd eagerly anticipating the inevitable. It turns out the prof lost a bet on a recent football game and needed to pay up by taking a fully suited seat on the tank.
He was in his 50s looking distinguished with a beard and funny to see him perched above the water. He didn't look too uncomfortable, but I can imagine what was going through his mind about what was about to happen. One of the guys running the tank threw the first ball and it hit the target with the prof letting out a yell and going completely under the water. The reaction of the crowd is what you'd expect. A combination of smiles, laughs, mixed with some disbelief that this actually happened.
The splash was surprisingly large and he stayed under the surface for a few moments. As he stood up and started to climb out of the tank, this guy was completely soaked. The color of his charcoal grey suit was now a shiny dark in the sunlight with the collar of the jacket flipped up and a soaked silk tie across this formerly starched blue dress shirt. He was wearing a pair of chelsea boots that had water pouring out of the tops. He want from a sharp looking business dude to a total soaking wet mess and I couldn't take my eyes off of the spectacle.
The prof's reaction was to smile and laugh even though he looked ridiculous with tousled wet hair and his now soaking wet, clinging clothes and water dripping off his beard. He definitely maintained a good sense of humor and seemed like he was actually enjoying the experience on some level. And to make things even better, he didn't exit the tank right away but got back onto the seat to be dunked another half dozen times.
He was a good sport about the whole thing, and it was one of the best sights that I've seen on campus. After eventually climbing out of the tank he stood around for a bit to drip dry. I wonder if he had to go teach a class looking like that? I may need to register for that course next semester.
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