Re: [Paddlewise] strange questions (was Snortin' & Scullin')

From: John Waddington <waddinj_at_recorder.ca>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 06:35:53 -0400
Nick Von Robison wrote:
> 
 I get asked some damn
> fool and some not so damn fool questions about it. 

A year or two ago when I on the ferry going to Newfoundland,
getting ready to head out onto the ocean a very elderly couple saw
my kayak and asked, "What is that thing?"  When I replied that it
was a kayak, a boat, they whispered together for a couple of
minutes then the husband very solemnly advised me, "You should not
go on the water with that.  It is much too long and much too
narrow for anyone to ever use."  They then asked me if I had ever
tried it before and were surprised to hear that I had indeed used
it many times and had actually survived the experience.

John
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