From a rather amusing conversation vis-a-vis Huckleberry Hound and Peter Potamus as involved his diving adventures galore in Polynesia Uncharted:
PETER POTAMUS, with quite the pride in his Joe E. Brown-influenced voice: Can you just imagine for a moment the sheer ecstasy, the sheer fascination even, of running with a modest-size piece of rock underwater wearing but yourself?
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: I do admit such is a little on the Ripley's side of things, especially on your part, your being fond of the underwater and all that.
PETER POTAMUS, continuing: Yours truly has actually had some underwater rock running sessions in many parts of Polynesia Uncharted with some of the most wonderful examples of wahine to be had, such as are actually rather wonderful underwater as much as riding the waves ... they tell me such is one with strength and conditioning training!
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: And how exactly do these natives enjoy your joining in on such exercises among the reefs?
PETER POTAMUS: Very enjoyable, I will have you know, even if they seem amused at my bulk ... not to mention their being rather appreciative of me for respecting their tradition of sheer nakedness being part of the routine, as well as the presence of dolphins looking in on the display in sheer fascination at the excercise!
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: And about how fast would you say you could pull off a run underwater?
PETER POTAMUS: I've never really timed myself, especially considering that among such wonderfully primitive peoples, they have no clear regard for time, to begin with. Though I will say that I've held my own against many such rock-running wahine, who themselves will encourage me over for a rather magical evening with them!
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: I assume this would include some rather Polynesian lovemaking.
PETER POTAMUS: However did you guess, Huckleberry? And in the morning, we usually follow on with an especially wonderful swim among the dolphins; how wonderful an experience can that get?
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: Generally speaking, how young are many of these native rock runners?
PETER POTAMUS: I've encountered a few as young as nine, ten years of age, but mostly, it's in the teens and twenties that you encounter such wonderful partners ... and challengers for some serious underwater running! Which, I must admit, requires plenty of skill and some serious breath-holding capabilities--not to mention a willingness to be naked and unafraid!
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: I certainly admit that you are a certainly fascinating kind of explorer there, Peter.
PETER POTAMUS: Though I must admit, Huck, that I've pledged to keep the locales of these isles a secret for the sake of such otherwise wonderful cultures and their folkways, many of which may seem a little bizarre to the "civilised" ... in fact, such underwater sport has been addressed in several of my volumes drawing on experiences I've had in such fascinating, if uncharted, islands, as if the diving and surfing wasn't wonderful enough!
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: At any rate, it's always rather fascinating to converse with you and share such interesting spectacles as these!
PETER POTAMUS: And the pleasure's all mine....
