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Title: Water sports questions
Post by: ycartrob on Jan 15, 2008, 09:11 AM
One morning, over at Elizabeth's beach house, she asked me if I'd rather go water-skiing or lay out. And I realized that not only did I not want to answer THAT question, but I never wanted to answer another water-sports question, or see any of these people again for the rest of my life.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: MarkW on Jan 15, 2008, 10:25 AM
Watersports is indeed a tricky etiquette matter.  Who should raise the subject first?  Lady or gentleman?



Hang on.  I may have got the wrong end of the stick.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: Angry Ewok on Jan 15, 2008, 11:11 AM
Water sports are for pussies.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: mjkoehler on Jan 15, 2008, 11:15 AM
I generally try to avoid the subject all together. I like my pasty ass skin tone. Anytime I try to go shirtless or tank top in the summer, NASA calls me and tells me to cease and desist and put a shirt on as the reflection off of me is blinding the Hubble and other satellites.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: TEO on Jan 15, 2008, 03:20 PM
I am a Pisces, so I swim like a fish.   :)
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: pawpaw on Jan 15, 2008, 03:50 PM
QuoteI am a Pisces, so I swim like a fish.   :)


Hell yeah, a fellow Pisces! That means you have a birthday coming up...

I'm about as white as they come, my hands are practically translucent in cold weather, but I love the water. There's a very specific, intense type of relaxation that sets in after jumping in a cold river/lake/ocean, and then jumping out to bake on a hot beach or rock. And come summer time, there are few places I'd rather be than fishing on the Pitt River.

Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: primushead on Jan 15, 2008, 03:56 PM
Oh come on!! How can you people be so pompous about dissing watersports?!?  Water-skiing rules, as does water-fishing, water-gun-fights and water-drinkingbeer.  I'll take a recreation on a body of water over pretty much anything else ever.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: pawpaw on Jan 15, 2008, 04:05 PM
QuoteOh come on!! How can you people be so pompous about dissing watersports?!?  Water-skiing rules, as does water-fishing, water-gun-fights and water-drinkingbeer.  I'll take a recreation on a body of water over pretty much anything else ever.

I've got to say, tubing down a river with a group of friends and a few cases of domestic beer is about as good a time as I could ask for.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: Jaimoe on Jan 15, 2008, 04:07 PM
QuoteOh come on!! How can you people be so pompous about dissing watersports?!?  Water-skiing rules, as does water-fishing, water-gun-fights and water-drinkingbeer.  I'll take a recreation on a body of water over pretty much anything else ever.

I'm a good waterskier and swimmer, but I don't find either activity fun, although both are good sources of excercise. What's the difference between "water-fishing" and plain old fishing, unless the landshark legends are true afterall?
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: BH on Jan 15, 2008, 04:21 PM
Quotewater-drinkingbeer.  


I will take on anyone and everyone in this sport.  Bring it.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: primushead on Jan 15, 2008, 04:24 PM
Quote
QuoteOh come on!! How can you people be so pompous about dissing watersports?!?  Water-skiing rules, as does water-fishing, water-gun-fights and water-drinkingbeer.  I'll take a recreation on a body of water over pretty much anything else ever.

I'm a good waterskier and swimmer, but I don't find either activity fun, although both are good sources of excercise. What's the difference between "water-fishing" and plain old fishing, unless the landshark legends are true afterall?

There's no difference really.  I just had to use the water prefix to stay with the theme of water sports.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: EAZYE on Jan 15, 2008, 04:32 PM
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Quotewater-drinkingbeer.  


I will take on anyone and everyone in this sport.  Bring it.

You're on! ;D  Very common in my home state, u can usually find a lot of skinny old white men with some daisy duke jean shorts on slammin budweisers like it's a second full time job. :-?

Loves me some wakeboarding, floating a river, and peeing in the water :-/
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: .Walt on Jan 15, 2008, 04:44 PM
Quoteor see any of these people again for the rest of my life.

;D
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: Jaimoe on Jan 15, 2008, 05:36 PM
I like some frozen water sports more than the thawed kind.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: TEO on Jan 15, 2008, 07:16 PM
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QuoteI am a Pisces, so I swim like a fish.   :)


Hell yeah, a fellow Pisces! That means you have a birthday coming up...

I'm about as white as they come, my hands are practically translucent in cold weather, but I love the water. There's a very specific, intense type of relaxation that sets in after jumping in a cold river/lake/ocean, and then jumping out to bake on a hot beach or rock. And come summer time, there are few places I'd rather be than fishing on the Pitt River.


:)
I have a birthday coming up my new found friend.......that would be March 3 for the BIG 5-0! Taking an eight night Eastern Caribbean cruise to celebrate the fact that I have actually made it to half of a century.  
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: pawpaw on Jan 15, 2008, 07:35 PM
Quote
Quote
QuoteI am a Pisces, so I swim like a fish.   :)


Hell yeah, a fellow Pisces! That means you have a birthday coming up...

I'm about as white as they come, my hands are practically translucent in cold weather, but I love the water. There's a very specific, intense type of relaxation that sets in after jumping in a cold river/lake/ocean, and then jumping out to bake on a hot beach or rock. And come summer time, there are few places I'd rather be than fishing on the Pitt River.


:)
I have a birthday coming up my new found friend.......that would be March 3 for the BIG 5-0! Taking an eight night Eastern Caribbean cruise to celebrate the fact that I have actually made it to half of a century.  

Well, I can't think of a better way to celebrate 50! I'm on March 15th (The Ides), and I'm actually turning 30 this year.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: bowl of soup on Jan 16, 2008, 02:33 PM
I prefer bottle rockets.
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: ycartrob on Jan 16, 2008, 02:39 PM
QuoteI prefer bottle rockets.


cha-ching

(http://wilson-brothers.com/luke/photos/new/07/bottle-rocket-promo5.jpg)
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: thatswhatshesaid on Jan 16, 2008, 03:55 PM
QuoteI am a Pisces, so I swim like a fish.   :)
being a pisces too, i concur my friend. more so fishing but i enjoy a good swim occasionally too. dont forget underwater basket weaving!!!
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: Taterbug on Jan 16, 2008, 04:54 PM
Me pisces too  ;).     I enjoy the ocean, a little body surfing. My only problem is I need  my wife to wax my back,  ( I love it when she does it, she makes a  gagging noise like she just threw up in her mouth.)  :).  
Title: Re: Water sports questions
Post by: LizKing531 on Jan 19, 2008, 09:24 AM
I never realized the intense internal cleansing one receives when you hit the water in a seated postition at 40 mph   :o :o :o