MOF Irony...This month's "Dive Training" magazine...

[Hockeynut]

Well, if she were MOF, she'd be taking her gear off because that's what the panicked divers do. Therefore, MOF girls are hotter, that's why I'll go with MOF.

OK, now I don't know which way to go. Maybe I'll have to ask the hottest girl present which way she goes and go her way!

 

[spectrum]

I'm really thinking that the dive mags are mining this site for story ideas.

Pete

 

[fire_diver]

Why not? I know that ScubaRadio does.

FD

 

[Divmstr223]

I never really thought of MOF as a sign of distress...I tend to think of flailing arms and screaming in terror as a good indication though...

It doesn't bother me a bit how someone else chooses to wear their gear....just as long as it doesn't put them or anyone else at risk. :14:

 

[RJP]

Of all the things in the world worthy of debate and attention, the MOF seems very low on the list.

So you chimed in why, then?

:huh:

 

[tedtim]

So, if you are MOF, which hand do you use to hold your dive light and on which wrist do you wear your timer? Is it different if you are NMOF?

Let's get everyone involved. For those of you who use the long hose, is it routed counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere? I guess that it depends if you are looking from in front or behind.

Do you read magazines from the front to the back or the back to the front?

 

[abitton]

The answer is 42.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

OK, now I don't know which way to go. Maybe I'll have to ask the hottest girl present which way she goes and go her way!

I'm MOF.
Putting your MOF is not a sign of distress...like others have posted, it is the flailing arms and panicked atmosphere and other signs that a person is in distress.
Choosing to go with the established "rule" that MOF is a sign of distress, is like following the crowd and not know where they are going.
Oh, and as a MOF, I can choose to be NMOF (no mask on forehead). I am a beach diver and wouldn't dare risk losing my mask going into the surf MOF.

 

[Gil57usa]

A good buddy of mine who is a very experienced diver climbed into my boat, sat on the gunwale and immediately lost his balance when a large wave hit and he rolled over the side and into the water. His mask was on his forehead and he lost it in 58 feet of St. Lawrence River. We did a dive and recovered the mask, but it does go to show how easily they can be lost.

 

[Divmstr223]

A good buddy of mine who is a very experienced diver climbed into my boat, sat on the gunwale and immediately lost his balance when a large wave hit and he rolled over the side and into the water. His mask was on his forehead and he lost it in 58 feet of St. Lawrence River. We did a dive and recovered the mask, but it does go to show how easily they can be lost.

A friend of mine lost her mask in about 2 feet of water coming out of a beach dive and doing her best MOF inpersonation....I was on the beach watching and it was like slow motion and I knew what was going to happen. The wave hit her from behind, took the mask clean off and I spent about 30 min snorkeling for it....we never found it..