fjr_wertheimber
Contributor
When a diver does that really annoying, useless and potentially damaging technique of blowing out their reg cap by turning on the air, sneak up next to them and open your own valve full force next to their ear.
Okay, so I'm not one of those who uses air to dry off the dust cap (I have a chamois cloth for things like that), but I'll tell you what, if I'm standing next to someone who does do it, and someone else walks up and intentionally opens up a valve right next to their ear, I'm either gonna knock that guy who intentionally did it flat on his ass or throw him into the water, whichever is easier for where I'm standing.
That's just stupid and dangerous to risk permanently damaging someone's hearing or eyesight (it's REALLY easy for something incredibly small like grains of sand to do a lot of damage when propelled with sufficient air pressure... ever hear of a sandblaster?).
Just my $.02. YMMV.