At 06:18 PM 11/29/00 -0500, JSpinner_at_aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 11/29/00 2:46:21 PM, WaterCrosser_at_aol.com writes: > ><< >>Yes, I enjoyed some sense of humor in watching some of these folks >capsize while trying to land. << > > >I believe a lot more people enjoy this too, but are afraid to admit it. >> > >I have to go along with Jim. A lot of times things that in the retelling >sound awful were hysterical to see, like the expression on the face of >someone just when they know they are going over. That is why the banana peel >is so funny, just like all slapstick. If I recall, what Kathleen was objecting to was the fact that they were sitting back and "enjoying the semi-carnage", essentially enjoying the lesser skilled paddlers inability to negotiate conditions which they felt were easy. They weren't laughing *with* the paddlers that were having trouble, they were laughing *at* them, and specifically at the fact that those that capsized were not as skilled as they were. > The two funniest things I've ever seen in my life were someone falling >off, rather, over a horse and someone closing a glass door and walking right >into it. My brother walked into a closing glass door once. It resulted in 170 stitches and several permanant scars. I don't think *he* thought it was very funny. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Nov 30 2000 - 08:34:15 PST
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