Dave Lloyd and his 20-something friends were just trying to have your run-of-the-mill bachelor party in Bradly Stoke, Bristol, U.K. Then Lloyd's best man, 25-year-old Nick Woore and his crew of revelers had the inspired (read: completely inebriated) idea of going out on a fishing expedition -- in the nude.

Cut to mere minutes later and their Fishing With Johnson is all over, thanks to a Royal Air Force chopper that took the above, now-classic photo.

Commenting on the leak of this very, uh, private photo, a spokesman for the Coast Guard quipped, "It was a stag do with some boys from Bristol. They were anchored off Mumbles Head." He thought for a moment, then added, "We had a good laugh and joke at it all. They appeared to have a few little tiddlers."

Luckily, their "tiddlers" were digitized out in this photo. Keep reading to see how this simple stunt turned into a national spectacle -- and for more penis jokes, of course.


According to The Sun story about the incident, the gang thought it would be hilarious if, when the captain returned from the cabin, he were to find all the party participants buck naked and pretending nothing was out of the ordinary. The captain was apparently surprised but good-natured about the gag. Then someone soon tipped off the Coast Guard, which moved in to investigate and, one assumes, laugh hysterically.

"What started off as a quiet fishing trip with a few beers turned into naked madness," Woore explained, referring to the eventual arrival of the RAF helicopter.

Even as other boats encircled them and the chopper hovered, everyone taking pictures, Woore, Lloyd and their friends continuing fishing. They caught gurnard, mackerel and bass, proving you don't need Vegas to have a "Hangover"-style sendoff.