Favorite Scuba Phrases

[DiveDocMD]

A quote form a divemaster in Turks and Caicos when a dive buddy team surfaced about a quarter mile from the boat:

"Look, its Scout and Ranger......should we make them do the SOS.......you know, the Swim Of Shame"

 

[bowlofpetunias]

The rule we live by..

Air goes in ... air goes out... blood goes round and round... any variation on this is a bad thing!

The rule we dive by...

Diver goes in.. diver gets out... any variation on this is a bad thing!

 

[shawrg]

I never get tired of hearing the phrase "the pool is open!"

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Sign .....
Over an indoor scuba training pool

Welcome to our OOL

:lol: notice there is no P in it?
:lol: we would like to keep it that way!

 

[Deep South Divers]

(As an insult or a gentler substitute for an "F you:")

"Get bent."

 

[Montana Diver]

As I am all decked out, caring my gear down the beach, " Are you going diving?"

Also qualifies in the dumbest things category

 

[reefduffer]

SOB = Same Ocean Buddy

And a concise description of the kind of diving I want to do, courtesy of TSandM:
"The surface as a problem solving option".

 

[santafejoe]

I enjoy using use the phrase Lets Get Wet & Blow Some Bubbles.

 

[Deep South Divers]

As I am all decked out, caring my gear down the beach, " Are you going diving?"

Also qualifies in the dumbest things category

Hahahaha... "Here's your sign." LOL!

I always respond to them with, "Nope. I'm a ninja. I dress like this everywhere I go. Ha-HA (and throw a couple of fake karate moves)."

Sounds even funnier with a Southern accent.

 

[TSandM]

"The gas in your tank is your life expectancy."

"If you lose the line, you have the rest of your life to find it."

"Dive to stay found."

I hang out with a lot of people who can turn a phrase.