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Speaking of Millennials - White Water Rafting Trip Safety Lecture
July 06, 2018, 12:55 PM
zipridersonSpeaking of Millennials - White Water Rafting Trip Safety Lecture
I took my wife and 5 year old on a rafting trip recently. On the bus ride to launch, one of the guides gives the typical safety lecture.
He was saying if you get tossed from the boat, the guide will want to make sure your are OK. He'll give a hand signal - you return the hand signal if you are OK.
He then says he need to qualify what 'OK' means, for the millennials on the trip.
You are still OK if:
You are not having a good time
You are cold
You want to go home
You do not like your guide
This was all in jest, and funny, but sadly there is some truth to it.
July 06, 2018, 01:03 PM
konata88IOW, if you don't require medical attention, you're okay and just STFU.
Can't imagine what they went through to even have to raise this, even in jest.
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FenrisBut what if you get water up your nose. That can be really uncomfortable
God Bless and Protect our Beloved President, Donald John Trump. July 06, 2018, 09:00 PM
bubbatimeLike, I want a refund for you tossing me out of the boat. That is unacceptable.
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July 06, 2018, 09:06 PM
Revolution37Which company was this? I rafted out of Estes Park with Rapid Transit last summer and had a blast. They gave a similar speech.
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July 06, 2018, 09:08 PM
sigmonkeyMan, life as a kid was tough.
No matter what happened, if someone wasn't shoveling dirt on you and saying Kaddish, you were "OK".
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maladatquote:
Originally posted by Fenris:
But what if you get water up your nose. That can be really uncomfortable
Plus, you could get infected with a brain eating amoeba.
(Cue 5 or 6 different types of jokes about millennials and brain eating amoebas.)
July 06, 2018, 09:29 PM
reloader-1quote:
Originally posted by maladat:
quote:
Originally posted by Fenris:
But what if you get water up your nose. That can be really uncomfortable
Plus, you could get infected with a brain eating amoeba.
(Cue 5 or 6 different types of jokes about millennials and brain eating amoebas.)
That wouldn't be an issue, they don't have any brains!
July 06, 2018, 09:41 PM
Prefontaine
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
July 06, 2018, 09:58 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by Prefontaine:
Got it wrong--95% of those phones would be in vertical orientation....
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth July 06, 2018, 10:20 PM
craglawnmanorquote:
Originally posted by konata88:
IOW, if you don't require medical attention, you're okay and just STFU.
As the father of six kids, I always said if you're not bleeding, you're fine.
No blood, no foul.
My wife has always agreed with this, and sometimes thought I was a little soft when our kids were young. Of course, she is the sixth out of eight. 5 brothers and 2 sisters (and a couple of her brothers are still scared of her!!).
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July 06, 2018, 10:36 PM
Prefontainequote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
Got it wrong--95% of those phones would be in vertical orientation....
flashguy
I think you get the point
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone