REEF ID Class - POSPONED to November 12 &13, 2004

[Scuba_Jenny]

today, we examine the psyche of the author of the
poem "There once was a diver named Andy."

first line:



immediately we see the displaced and latent anger in the
author, wishing the character "Andy" an untimely death, due
no doubt to the severe feelings of insecurity which said
character awakens in the author, no doubt a lingering Oedipal
Complex wherein the author's puny and flacid line skills
are transfered to the manly "Andy" who must thus be killed
so that no competition may threaten the author...

the author continues:



the community at large is called upon to demean "Andy."
clearly, even the memory (after death) of this powerful and
manly diver is a threat to Chuck...er...the author, who must
resort to comunal oprobium to achieve a sense of
accomplishment which even in death, "Andy" threatens




again, the theme of death ("lay" as in the grave), but note the
sexual connotation of the word choices: line, as in pick-up line,
and lay, as in end result of a night of bar-hopping.

clearly, the author is thretened by "Andy's" legendary prowess
with the opposite sex...



and thus the poem ends with further wishes of death (the "clay"
being the earth to which we all return in the end) and one
last "dig" with the word "handy", clearly one final attempt
to insinuate that rather than real, "Andy's" accomplishments
were of the hand (as in, sleight of hand, or perhaps even,
in a sexual context, self-gratification).

thus, this poem clearly reflects more upon the writer than
on the character "Andy"

:rofl:
Too bad Chuck won't read this till he gets his power back on...

 

[scubadad]

I vote for delaying, but than of course I can't make the October date. I have nothing to lose by delaying and have everything to gain. Hopefully if you delay into November it is not going to be the first week because I am in S. CA. diving (Truth Liveaboard).

 

[CBulla]

today, we examine the psyche of the author of the
poem "There once was a diver named Andy."

first line:



immediately we see the displaced and latent anger in the
author, wishing the character "Andy" an untimely death, due
no doubt to the severe feelings of insecurity which said
character awakens in the author, no doubt a lingering Oedipal
Complex wherein the author's puny and flacid line skills
are transfered to the manly "Andy" who must thus be killed
so that no competition may threaten the author...

the author continues:



the community at large is called upon to demean "Andy."
clearly, even the memory (after death) of this powerful and
manly diver is a threat to Chuck...er...the author, who must
resort to comunal oprobium to achieve a sense of
accomplishment which even in death, "Andy" threatens




again, the theme of death ("lay" as in the grave), but note the
sexual connotation of the word choices: line, as in pick-up line,
and lay, as in end result of a night of bar-hopping.

clearly, the author is thretened by "Andy's" legendary prowess
with the opposite sex...



and thus the poem ends with further wishes of death (the "clay"
being the earth to which we all return in the end) and one
last "dig" with the word "handy", clearly one final attempt
to insinuate that rather than real, "Andy's" accomplishments
were of the hand (as in, sleight of hand, or perhaps even,
in a sexual context, self-gratification).

thus, this poem clearly reflects more upon the writer than
on the character "Andy"

Juries must love you! :rofl: :lol:

 

[SmokeAire]

today, we examine the psyche of the author of the
poem "There once was a diver named Andy."

first line:



immediately we see the displaced and latent anger in the
author, wishing the character "Andy" an untimely death, due
no doubt to the severe feelings of insecurity which said
character awakens in the author, no doubt a lingering Oedipal
Complex wherein the author's puny and flacid line skills
are transfered to the manly "Andy" who must thus be killed
so that no competition may threaten the author...

the author continues:



the community at large is called upon to demean "Andy."
clearly, even the memory (after death) of this powerful and
manly diver is a threat to Chuck...er...the author, who must
resort to comunal oprobium to achieve a sense of
accomplishment which even in death, "Andy" threatens




again, the theme of death ("lay" as in the grave), but note the
sexual connotation of the word choices: line, as in pick-up line,
and lay, as in end result of a night of bar-hopping.

clearly, the author is thretened by "Andy's" legendary prowess
with the opposite sex...

and thus the poem ends with further wishes of death (the "clay"
being the earth to which we all return in the end) and one
last "dig" with the word "handy", clearly one final attempt
to insinuate that rather than real, "Andy's" accomplishments
were of the hand (as in, sleight of hand, or perhaps even,
in a sexual context, self-gratification).

thus, this poem clearly reflects more upon the writer than
on the character "Andy"

:rofl:

Ah! Now I know who started the "Paul is dead" rumor.

That's too good!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Chuck's got his power back! The banter resumes!

 

[SmokeAire]

You have my vote to move it to whatever the best date will be.

 

[joeamit]

My vote is for delaying the class by two weeks or until visibility is much better.

 

[SharkBaite]

Well either way we need to get together and have a group dive.... Scuba_Jenny needs her orange collection bag back that she is accusing me of stealing ROFLMAO.....

I don't mind either way cause if we don't do the class and no one wants to do a group dive then I am going out on the boat and getting wet.

 

[simbrooks]

Move dates cannot include the halloween weekend - as that is the Ginnie BBQ - assuming that can still be on, the place should be open again after yet more rain and river rising etc. Becky and i are intermittently free various weekends from now til the end of november, pick your date and Becky and i can let you know our situation (not free on weekends 10/22-24, 10/29-11/4, 11/12, 11/19-21, possibly more, who knows quite yet ).

 

[CBulla]

Alrighty gang.. I've put a LOT of thought into this, I've called Rose and talked to her, I've thought about the last reports of diving following the previous hurricanes and I'm going to make the tough call. While I'd LOVE to dive over there this weekend, I'm not confident that the conditions will be permitting to provide what the class is designed to provide. While we all want to dive and be back in the water, but at the same time the goal of this class is to help familiarize people with the environments that we are diving in by introducing you to the various species underwater, teach you how to do the surveys while your diving, and hopefully make diving more fun because of the introduction of these little tid bits of knowlege.

Its because one or more of these three goals will probably not be likely Rose and chose to move the class for SBers to November 12 & 13. Rose also made it clear that if anyone wishes to take one of the regularly scheduled classes, they would be more than welcome to do so, all they would have to do is contact her.

I'm going to leave this thread stickied for 2 more days to make sure everyone gets to see it, and the calendar date is going to be moved forward to the new date. I'll post a new thread 3 weeks before the date of the new class.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this more active than I've ever seen in my 30 years in FL hurricane season!