On Saturday, February 01, 2003 4:28 PM, John Nitrox wrote:

(snip)

> The
> dive boat was there when I surfaced, and I got aboard.  Thanking the DM
for
> taking my camera I said, "Excuse me, my humiliation for the day isn't
quite
> complete," and bending over the leeward gunnel (gunwale Wisconsin style,
> not the fish), I  attempted to attract some fish to the dive site.

Mate!  That's not humiliating at all.  It's showing presence of mind by
proper and appropriate re-distribution of resources to the betterment of the
environment.  ( I was always told that you're not a sailor until you've been
seasick - and it certainly didn't do anything to detract from Nelson's
reputation!) :-)

It only becomes humiliating when you up-chuck to windward - particularly
from the upper deck of a multi-deck vessel!  :-)


Strike