NCFJ
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Good one Kevin, reminds me of a diving trip I took............
When I lived in the Keys I had a working relationship with Southpoint Divers. I took care of their two stores and their dock etc. Besides regular pay i got all my gear at cost and was permitted to go out on their boats any time. My buddy Bill was a dive instructor and asked if i'd come out on a trip and just keep an eye on some tourist divers as he had a fair sized class and had to handle them alone.
So the Captain announces we are ten minutes out and to start suiting up. Bill had a pair of 16 year old twin brothers in the group going for their open water cert. On notices I have a knife on my leg and another on my vest and asks " what are the knives for". My response was "they are for sharks" and of course both kids eyes get wide as saucers.
One kid asks if he can see a knife. So I pull and hand him a blunt tip work knife. He says to me "there is no point, you can't stab a shark with this." I responded " I don't stab the shark, feel how sharp it is? If a shark comes I just slash your arm and swim the other way." I wish I had a camera because the look of shock on that kid's face was priceless. My buddy Bill just utters, "Thanks Stan, this should be fun."
So you thought that is the end of the story huh, lol silly reader. So Bill takes his class of 5 including the twins under for their check out. All 5 are on their knees in the sand in about 30' of water doing the part of the test where you remove your mask, put it back on and clear it of water. I swam up behind the twins and tugged on the outstretched fin of one of the twins. He shot for the surface. I grabbed his leg and stopped him. He spun around, saw me and you could see the anger in his eyes. He pulled off my mask.
I bought lunch when we returned to shore.
When I lived in the Keys I had a working relationship with Southpoint Divers. I took care of their two stores and their dock etc. Besides regular pay i got all my gear at cost and was permitted to go out on their boats any time. My buddy Bill was a dive instructor and asked if i'd come out on a trip and just keep an eye on some tourist divers as he had a fair sized class and had to handle them alone.
So the Captain announces we are ten minutes out and to start suiting up. Bill had a pair of 16 year old twin brothers in the group going for their open water cert. On notices I have a knife on my leg and another on my vest and asks " what are the knives for". My response was "they are for sharks" and of course both kids eyes get wide as saucers.
One kid asks if he can see a knife. So I pull and hand him a blunt tip work knife. He says to me "there is no point, you can't stab a shark with this." I responded " I don't stab the shark, feel how sharp it is? If a shark comes I just slash your arm and swim the other way." I wish I had a camera because the look of shock on that kid's face was priceless. My buddy Bill just utters, "Thanks Stan, this should be fun."
So you thought that is the end of the story huh, lol silly reader. So Bill takes his class of 5 including the twins under for their check out. All 5 are on their knees in the sand in about 30' of water doing the part of the test where you remove your mask, put it back on and clear it of water. I swam up behind the twins and tugged on the outstretched fin of one of the twins. He shot for the surface. I grabbed his leg and stopped him. He spun around, saw me and you could see the anger in his eyes. He pulled off my mask.
I bought lunch when we returned to shore.
