Explain this term often used in DIR

[JS1scuba]

A better term than stroke -- Convoluted Buffoonery

 

[Mo2vation]

My team uses "Strokalicious" all the time to refer to blantant Strokery (<---- that's just for you, Doc )

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Ken

 

[H2Andy]

que'st que c'est un "stroke?"

bon. un "stroke" c'est un plungeur qu'il les tres dangerous dans la vie et le apendages, tout que sont desiderable allez maintenez l'attache dans le corp

si vouz regard un "stroke" dans approchant, vouz pretendez ne'st ce pa les bonne tempes, et di "Mon Dieu, mon attack du cour c'est approxime, et je ne pul pas plungeur ajorduis."

quand le "stroke" van chercher dans outre "buddy," vouz donnez tout le gear, et rapidamont commence votre plunge.

 

[Warren_L]

Strokery. Ha, I love it. I've got to incorporate that more into my every day vernacular.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

My team uses "Strokalicious" all the time to refer to blantant Strokery (<---- that's just for you, Doc )

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Ken

Heh...my work here is done!

 

[TSandM]

"Stroketastic" is another great one, from our own Doc Intrepid, word coiner par excellence.

 

[rongoodman]

I've read that it originally referred to divers whose greatest interest was in "stroking their egos".

 

[Doc Intrepid]

Or stroking George's ego so he would allow them to dive with the WKPP - hell, it was more than 10 years ago, George himself may not remember precisely how he stumbled on the term. The little article in post #3 was published the same year as the "Do It Right (or Don't Do It At All)" article that started things off (IIRC).

Anyway, for a rather eclectic selection of George-isms, here is a list of articles sure to be good for entertainment and edification:
http://www.dir.cy.net/articles.htm

 

[Archangel]

Or stroking George's ego so he would allow them to dive with the WKPP -

Thanks Doc, I also understand it to be GI III derogatorily commenting how supposedly 'experienced cave divers' would ask to dive with him and after the dive he commenting that they had no bouyancy, team skills. . . . they were 'stroking' him with as Joel coined perfectly 'Convoluted Buffoonery.'

Finished continuing the fray.

Leah, thank you for your warm and thoughtful curiousness. Knowledge (and dispelling myths) helps DIR to grow.

When are you coming to So Cal, we would love to show you around our neck of the woods!

T

 

[Archangel]

"Stroketastic" is another great one, from our own Doc Intrepid, word coiner par excellence.

Rob Phillips is our SCRUe U President, and the local "stroke" of Genius (trademarked)


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