I don't really know. I was living in Virginia at the time, and missed the first 10 dives.Originally Posted by TraceMalin
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I don't really know. I was living in Virginia at the time, and missed the first 10 dives.
limericks
As an older diver and someone who has attended a lot of funerals, including cave divers who were friends: these limericks are funny but tasteless.
But this is youth.
Enjoy your fun but be ready for old age reality.
Regards
Puttzer,
Even in jest, many of these limericks serve to remind people of their own mortality. One person may read a post and just laught about it, while another might laugh yet file away a mental note to be more careful and obedient to rules and practices that save lives. Halloween itself, is a holiday that currently focuses on those things which human beings intrinsically or primordially fear - death, the spirit world, and unknown or mysterious forces. I can say that I wrote "obey five rules" in my limerick for that reason. Gallows humor has always been popular with people whose activities have placed them at either a higher risk or a perceived risk. Youth is just youth and even young people who face and see death such as those in the military have a certain humor about it. (Think about cadences such as, "There was blood upon the risers, there was blood upon the chute...) Humor is a positive coping mechanism. In a politically overcorrected world, we are losing our ability to laugh, take life (and death) lightly, and cope with its tragedies.
I've lost 2 friends to Sac Aktun, and my dad just died, but I enjoy Halloween and all things spooky.
Trace Malinowski
International Training Director
PSAI Americas
"The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have." - Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival
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Terry D,
Send me an address and I'll ship off your prizes.
You won the Halloween Limerick contest.
Congratulations!
tj
Tom Johnson / tj
Administrator/Sponsor
Cave & Technical Instructor/IT, TDI, NSS CDS, NACD, IANTD, NAUI Tec, ERDI, PADI
Dayo Scuba
Orlando, Florida
Congrats Terry!
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Anybody can be calm and centered with a few candles, some incense, quiet peaceful surroundings...the trick in life is to clear your head and find that calm spot in a *poo*storm...to filter out distractions in a beehive world and focus on simple, true things. - Bob Bates
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