02-16-2003, 11:01 PM
[cool]Hey, Eric. Didn't you just finish justifying the purchase of that new tube? Man, you got a lot of "sand", even thinkin' about getting the distaff half to go for another silly contribution to your addiction.
It's a gender thing, that goes way back to cave man days. Cave women didn't want their mates spending valuable "providing time", doing foolish things like eating and sleeping or even laying around the cave and watching the cave paintings. (I'll bet those half-time commercials were even worse than ours)
Today you don't need to go fishing for subsistence, so the females think fishing is a waste of time. If you aren't working to bring home more money for the mall (hunting and gathering), you are not providing. I once tried the "need to get fish for cave" excuse on my spouse and she just cracked up laughing...on the cave floor.
On the serious side, a good set of comfortable, high-propulsion fins is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Not only do they move you faster and further than less effective fins, they require less energy and provide more safety, in the event of high winds and/or sudden currents.
Maybe you can convince your spouse that you need the greater propulsion to keep you out of the clutches of the sexy senior citizen babes, in their thongs, if you get too close to Belmont Shore. You know, "survival of the fastest"?
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It's a gender thing, that goes way back to cave man days. Cave women didn't want their mates spending valuable "providing time", doing foolish things like eating and sleeping or even laying around the cave and watching the cave paintings. (I'll bet those half-time commercials were even worse than ours)
Today you don't need to go fishing for subsistence, so the females think fishing is a waste of time. If you aren't working to bring home more money for the mall (hunting and gathering), you are not providing. I once tried the "need to get fish for cave" excuse on my spouse and she just cracked up laughing...on the cave floor.
On the serious side, a good set of comfortable, high-propulsion fins is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Not only do they move you faster and further than less effective fins, they require less energy and provide more safety, in the event of high winds and/or sudden currents.
Maybe you can convince your spouse that you need the greater propulsion to keep you out of the clutches of the sexy senior citizen babes, in their thongs, if you get too close to Belmont Shore. You know, "survival of the fastest"?
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