It seems this chap may have misunderstood when told to take his bucket to the seaside in this safety blunder…
… and if that's the size of his bucket, what about the spade – or could it be that the fellow is simply attempting to survey or repair the sea wall? No, that would be a ludicrous way to do it.

Postscript
With thanks to Facelift for this image.
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