Fippers vs Fins

[Fouremco]

Flipper was a dolphin.

... with fins!

 

[SeanQ]

Flukes are another name for a type of parasitic flatworm.

Charlie99: Don't forget to take your life jacket with you!

 

[Charlie99]

Charlie99: Don't forget to take your life jacket with you!

Ahhh. You must be reading newspaper accounts of scuba accidents.

I'll remember to wear my lifejacket next time I take my flippers and goggles, and hook my oxygen tank up to the respirator. And I'll be careful to come up slowly so I don't get a case of nitrogen narcosis.

 

[creamofwheat]

I'll remember to wear my lifejacket next time I take my flippers and goggles, and hook my oxygen tank up to the respirator. And I'll be careful to come up slowly so I don't get a case of nitrogen narcosis.

:rofl:

 

[DandyDon]

Hokay - thought y'all had a pinball discussion on the wrong forum...?? :silly:

3. A flat lever in a pinball machine, used to hit the ball so it stays in play.

 

[AlaskaDiver]

Flippers : Noun, plural.....People who are annoyed when you tailgate.

 

[Nostromo]

Ok, as I was reading through this thread, I started repeating the word "flipper" over and over in my head. Think about it. Flipper, flipper, flipper, flipper, flipper, flipper. And then I started cracking up. It's a funny word. It just sounds...weird.

Say any word long enough, and it starts to sound funny. Like "spoon" or "pickles" or "fish". It serves to remind us we're just a bunch of glorified monkeys squawking sounds at each other.

Anyway I say "flippers" but I say it with an elongated long e. As in "Fleeepers? We don't need no steeinking fleeepers!" But that's just a glorified monkey talking.

e.a.e.

 

[neil]

"Fin" in Danish means fine, and that's what they are. "flipper" on the other hand (or foot) translates as something like "pipe-hitting, juvenile delinquent, rockn'roll punk".
I do believe I'm making a valid point here.

I swear, those Danes have a different word for EVERYTHING!

 

[BigBoB]

I call them fins and so do all of my students! Flippers....aggghhhh!

 

[HowardE]

You say tomato I say to-mot-o
you say potato I say po-tat-o
tomato - tomato - potato - potato

let's call the whole thing off.