Heard on the River...

[MrTgrips]

From some random C-boater paddling Paul's Super Crazy Low Low Cut Acrobat:
" Man I'd love to paddle this sober!"


Mick

[PAC]

Got a chuckle out of that too.
Then thinking about it I thought he might be mistaken! He might have had an edge on us!

[sbroam]

" Man I'd love to paddle this sober!"

LOL!

Things I heard the other day on our local run :

"what kind of kayak is that?"
"You're on your knees in that thing?!"
"You can flip over? And roll back up? Show me!"
and
"OMG, you just attained that?! No way, not in a canoe!"

The first 3 comments were excusable, coming from a noob kayaker and should be treated with some compassion, like the kids on the short bus. But the latter was, albeit a kid, a rodeo hotshot who has paddled for a while and should have seen a few c-boaters by now.

[Mike W.]

From some random C-boater paddling Paul's Super Crazy Low Low Cut Acrobat:
" Man I'd love to paddle this sober!"


Mick

Is this my old black Acro w/ the red seems & bunches of patches? That is a fun boat either way

[junkinduck]

While learning from Eli on the New last month we were putting in above Fayette Station for one of my swims and were ask.

"You all goin fishin?"

and

"Is that easier than a kayak"

both of which I answered no

Don

[oopsiflipped]

What happened to your other blade?

I broke it off where the sun don't shine in the last guy who asked if this hurt my knees!

[Dooleyoc-1]

Here are some of my favorites quotes from tourists in the Smokies:

"Where do you rent one of those?"

"Is the water swift?"

"Do the rocks go all the way to the bottom of the river?"

And my all time favorite...

"Does this river loop back around?" (meaning do you end up back where you started at the put-in)

[golder]

in my raft guiding days, it seemed like half the folks who ended up in my boat thought we'd end up back where we started.

no folks, this is not pirates of the carribean.

[TonyB]

in my raft guiding days, it seemed like half the folks who ended up in my boat thought we'd end up back where we started.

no folks, this is not pirates of the carribean.

then why do you keep telling them to surrender their Bootey???

[terrierpike]

when i am raft guiding, i frequently get the question,

"hey, why do the trees get taller the further they are from the river?"...

this of course was in reference to the fact that we were in a gorge and the trees were the same height just moving up the mountainside... my standard answer was always a follow up question,

"You must be from florida, right?"

9/10 times... yes, they were from florida.

Second favorite question, that I get now more than ever at the USNWC....

"wait... these rafts aren't on tracks?"

I still have no response for this one. I simply smile, then drop sideways into a class IV hole... lol

[PAC]

While at Twisted Sister on the LG as one of the squirt boaters dropped into the realm as raft went by and some of the customers started scream to go "help him" that he was in trouble and going to die.
The guide was paralyzed with snickering while we all had a heck of a time trying to stay up right with all the laughing going on.

[the great gonzo]

When I am in the Ceemweaver, someone will always ask: 'where are your legs???'
to which I'll usually answer: 'I don't have any!' The looks are priceless... ...

[sbroam]

You know that thought has crossed the mind of every squirt boater at least once - "this would be easier and more comfortable if I didn't have legs..."

[Mike W.]

When I am in the Ceemweaver, someone will always ask: 'where are your legs???'
to which I'll usually answer: 'I don't have any!' The looks are priceless... ...

See page 22 of Squirt Boating and Beyond

[xmas0c1c1k1]

Where would you wan to cut your legs at the knee or at the hip? What would be best for boating purposes?