seemed a good idea at the time

Good ideas are a function of context. What seems like a good idea at one moment can be pure folly the next. And so it was in a cloud of vodka and various other forms of liquid courage, we all agreed wholeheartedly that the only logical course our houseboat party could take at that juncture was for all of us to get naked and huck ourselves into the December-chilled Lake Union water. It was only as my naked white ass rotated through 180 degrees during my unsightly front flip down towards the black water that I gave pause to reflect.

Maybe we shouldn't have left the blaring deck lights on.