Why do you say that? The bill has nothing to do with the dive resort business.
Minnesota Bill prompted by scuba diving deaths moves forward
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I'll be happy to drain any remaining humor from the situation by explaining it.
A standard humor technique is the use of unexpected juxtapositions. In this case of the concept "Minnesota" which is characterized in the popular imagination by cold weather and stoic - dare I say dour? - inhabitants and the concept "dive resort" which suggests tropical waters and joie de vivre.
Another humor technique is the use of absurdity. Minnesota doesn't actually have any dive resorts, so the statement was facially absurd and thus readily identifiable as at least facetious, even if the reader didn't find it particularly funny.
stretchthepenn
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iliketopetsharks
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Thanks.
I know several Minnesota divers and they are full of life and joy. I do NOT think of the state or its people as stoic or dour. Your last paragraph makes sense; I was however thinking of "dive resort" in the larger sense.....not a Buddy Dive kind of operation but rather a place you might go to to stay for a few days and get in some good diving. Minnesota is that, for sure, as they say.
So I apologize to @Tom Winters for completely missing his joke, and I object to @iliketopetsharks's feeble attempt to make fun of me. Or was that a joke too, that I somehow missed?
Ryan Neely
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I live in Minnesota. I am rather stoic, though I'm only part-time dour. I also manage a resort in Minnesota. You could dive in the lake upon which our resort is located, but I wouldn't recommend it. There are so many other [better] lakes to dive in our area. That being said, one could stay at our resort, get air fills at either of the two dive shops that are within about an hour's drive from us, and have a fabulous diving vacation (though I think most divers would prefer to visit Lake Superior).
I enjoyed the joke. I may have enjoyed the joke of explaining the joke even more than the original joke.
As for the policy this thread is about ... it is probably important to recognize that Minnesota is a very regulated state. I think I learn about some regulation or another almost every day.
I also think requiring certification for employees working on scuba is probably a good idea. I pull weeds along the lake shore on our property but from the surface while snorkeling. Our particular lake is little more than muck (decomposed vegetation) that I can put my arm in up to my shoulder and still not touch anything solid. Even a small disturbance can create a zero viz, blackout situation. (This is why we don't dive our lake, even five feet off the bottom a brief, misplaced flutter kick kills the visibility.)
Without some experience in those kinds of environment, it wouldn't be surprising for someone to panic if they were to become entangled in weeds. Requiring the bare minimum of an open water certification seems reasonable.
I enjoyed the joke. I may have enjoyed the joke of explaining the joke even more than the original joke.
As for the policy this thread is about ... it is probably important to recognize that Minnesota is a very regulated state. I think I learn about some regulation or another almost every day.
I also think requiring certification for employees working on scuba is probably a good idea. I pull weeds along the lake shore on our property but from the surface while snorkeling. Our particular lake is little more than muck (decomposed vegetation) that I can put my arm in up to my shoulder and still not touch anything solid. Even a small disturbance can create a zero viz, blackout situation. (This is why we don't dive our lake, even five feet off the bottom a brief, misplaced flutter kick kills the visibility.)
Without some experience in those kinds of environment, it wouldn't be surprising for someone to panic if they were to become entangled in weeds. Requiring the bare minimum of an open water certification seems reasonable.
Well praise the lard and pass the lutefisk.
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