Fippers vs Fins

[Sea-Diver]

Flippy was the first trained Dolphin--at Marineland in Florida. Ricou Browning who was working at Marineland and Silver Springs is credited to creating the story around Flipper!

 

[eleven]

does it really matter?

 

[emtdan]

This actually is slightly annoying to me... I have had a set of sticklet instructors, and have heard many times from them, "Flippers you buy for 2.99 at Walmart, Fins you buy at a dive shop"...

 

[diptera]

The things on sea mammals rear appendages are called 'flukes'. If I put them on my hands they would be flippers. We need to all change to flukes

Flukes are monopedal, fins are bipedal.

 

[m3830431]

I wear my flippers around the house instead of fhoes.

 

[fire_diver]

This actually is slightly annoying to me... I have had a set of sticklet instructors, and have heard many times from them, "Flippers you buy for 2.99 at Walmart, Fins you buy at a dive shop"...

Yeah, that annoys me too. I swam just fine with the ones I bought at Walmart. People who say that are just being elitest. Often its the 'cheap stuff' that actually gets people interested enough to take their OW class and buy a better quality flipper.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna put on my flippers and go breath from my respirator in the bathtub.

 

[TheYellowSubmarine]

All diving agencies should have a single questions at the end of their OW courses.
What do you call the things you put on your feet to help you swim faster underwater?
This question must be answered correctly or you have to start your OW training again from scratch. Any diver caught using the other F word (Fin/fins is OK) can have all their diving c-cards removed, and that person has to start again from OW

 

[ScubaMike14]

I call them "foot thingies"

 

[Santa]

Flukes are monopedal, fins are bipedal.

Except monofins.

Monofluke would be inherently redundant.

And I'm not prepared to call my jets split flukes.

 

[Santa]

Often its the 'cheap stuff' that actually gets people interested enough to take their OW class and buy a better quality flipper.

better quality flipper = Fin

;0)