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ShakaZulu
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Probably since "The Flippers" is a band from Denmark..........
http://www.dieflippers.de/f_biographie.html
http://www.dieflippers.de/f_biographie.html
CHUD
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Fins for me. I owe my instructor a Diet Coke if I call them flippers.
Your poll question said it perfectly: "Flipper is a dolphin. Divers use fins."
Your poll question said it perfectly: "Flipper is a dolphin. Divers use fins."
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Over the years I've always had much more fun when I "flipper" than when I "fin".
Appropriately, it would seem they should have been called "tails" or "flukes". "Fins" in most cases provide stability and protection, rather than propulsion. However, some of the reef fishes do propel themselves with "fins" rather than "tails"
Who cares?
Regards,
Appropriately, it would seem they should have been called "tails" or "flukes". "Fins" in most cases provide stability and protection, rather than propulsion. However, some of the reef fishes do propel themselves with "fins" rather than "tails"
Who cares?
Regards,
SueMermaid
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Walking onto a dive shop and saying "I wanna buy some new flippers" is sorta like standing on the blue line and yelling "Okay, I'm ready! Throw me the hockey ball"!
You get your point across either way. It's just a matter of how you come across to the people you are talking to.
You get your point across either way. It's just a matter of how you come across to the people you are talking to.
I call 'em fins. I prefer than they be called fins.
But do I really care in the Grand Scheme Of Things?
Nope
But do I really care in the Grand Scheme Of Things?
Nope
Your instructor has a bargain going there. I charge a pizza.CHUD:
CHUD:
argument null and void!:
Fish have fins, we are more closely related to dolphins.
OTOH, splitflippers sounds even funnier than the original..........
H2Andy
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my wife kept calling them flippers and i kept correcting her. now she does it just
to bug me
to bug me
DiveMistress2
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H2Andy:
I'm with H2Andy's wife,
Knowing that the LDS has a heart attack when they're referred to as flippers I love to aggravate them with it.
They get this googly eyed look on their faces and are quick to jump on me about it.
Now it's all for kicks and giggles.
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