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With apologies to Dire Straits and all who love their "Sultans of Swing"
Sultans of the Deep
I go diving in the dark
to see the pretty sharks and fishies
I roll off the back with my light and everything!
The current's really slight, so I can make time,
I feel alright when I hear the shrimpies sing!
Well I drop down deep, but I don't see too many lobsters!
They all hide under the reefs whenever the divers go down.
Too many hunters, too many hiding places,
I know I'll find em, if I keep looking around!
Way down south. Way down deep off Key Largo town!
Check out Danglie George,
He's all over the gorge.
Hes got all the gadgets he can afford
He just loves to do his thing.
The captain really likes it when you make his scene
Its his full time job, so please tip him right!
He'll put you on the bugs just like anything!
It's up to you to catch em without a fight!
With the Sultans, the Sultans of the Deep!
When the divers are up the Dive Master grabs his clipboard.
Callin' names he loves to hear the divers peep.
That's everyone tonight, now it's time to go home!"
But he makes it fast, before he leaps!
We are the Sultans, the Sultans of the Deep!
Here's a cross-posting from the History of SB thread because it really belongs here. Thanks for the encouragment, Doc, and for the ride.
To the tune of the Major-General's song from Pirates of Penzance:
I am the very model of contributors on scubaboard,
I’ve knowledge on all topics, whether commonplace or unexplored,
I like to add to bp/wing and poodle jacket arguments,
Of snorkels, splits, and agencies I can become intolerant.
I post in forums everywhere, I hijack threads relentlessly,
My avatar keeps changing but for now it’s an anemone,
I point out typos everywhere and criticize your bad grammar,
I get the in-jokes all the time, I even know the Warhammer.
I help to keep the mof/non-mof threads eating up the server space,
I’ve been reported sometimes and my posts were pulled to my disgrace.
In short, in scuba knowledge whether commonplace or unexplored,
I am the very model of contributors on scubaboard.
Check out the song in a production with Linda Rondstat and Kenvin Kline in this link, or with Grievous and Obi-Wan in this link
If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?
And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . . Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling." The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.
OK, I thought I'd try my hand at this. I made this up on the way to work this morning, so for your Christmas enjoyment, I present to you a diver's version of the 12 Days of Christmas:
A diver’s 12 Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, a weight-integrated BC.
On the second day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the third day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, eight divers drifting, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, nine newbies narcing, eight divers drifting, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, ten fins a-flashing, nine newbies narcing, eight divers drifting, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, eleven regs a-bubbling, ten fins a-flashing, nine newbies narcing, eight divers drifting, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my dive shop gave to me, twelve dolphins dancing, eleven regs a-bubbling, ten fins a-flashing, nine newbies narcing, eight divers drifting, seven sharks a-swimming, six Cayman dive trips, five “O” rings, four tank bangers, three wet suits, two dive computers, and a weight-integrated BC.
If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?
And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . . Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling." The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.
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