Once upon a reef? What's your favorite Scuba Tale?

[Cichlid]

True or not, what's your favorite?

[ScubaToys Larry]

Unfair starting a post like that unless you start it out with yours!

[Cichlid]

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago (July 12th), in a galaxy far
away (TX). Larry practically dared me not to purchase my first (non
Aquaman) fins. His Jedi mind tricks lured me into getting the Apollo
Bio fins with spring straps. I eagerly await their arrival at my
door so I can test them out in my bathtub and sleep with them under my
pillow. That is, until I get my butt certified and start making my own
real fish tales. To be cont....

[Joew]

A while ago I was teaching an OW class to a couple of guys. They seemed like nice folks, and they were quick learners. After I certified them, I found out they only wanted to know how to dive so that they could bust their brother out of Alcatraz. So I caught up with them underwater during the escape and cut their airhoses.

Oh, wait. That was an episode of Sea Hunt.

[TAH 73]

The story of the diver being scooped up by the firefighters bucket and dumped on the forest fire.
<DIV>I have seen it om CSI, Mythbusters, and another show can't remember the name of.</DIV>
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[jacewindu]

i read this hilarious story by Dave Barry and he alluded to Sea Hunt. Apparently, he said, in every episode of Sea Hunt, someone's airhose inevitably gets cut.

so, joew, i believe you.

[Vercingetorix]

Ya realize, of course, that when they cut the airhoses on Sea Hunt, they AWAYS cut the exhaust hose.

[Joew]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

Ya realize, of course, that when they cut the airhoses on Sea Hunt, they AWAYS cut the exhaust hose.

I never noticed that before. I'll need to take a closer look the next time I'm watching old episodes.

[mcc2318]

On time, I pee'd in my wetsuit

[mcc2318]

oh, and then there was the time i was scuba diving and a helicopter scoped me up and dropped me over a forest fire