Video debriefs - What's your excuse

[Ben_ca]

In keeping with the team aspect of DIR I would like to help out others by providing helpful answers for that awkward moment when the tape rolls and the clown music starts... Please contribute your helpful phrases of denial to this thread


1. Teach... I swear that wasn't me breaking trim! It was the other diver in black!

 

[Anti-Hero]

2. I think my drysuit is too small, thats why I can't reach my valves, yeah thats the reason!

Edit: Had to add this one, it was my goto excuse!

3.
Instructor: "See how you keep looking down to rig the SMB"
Me: "I've spent 31 years looking down at my hands to do things - old habits die hard!"

 

[mikemill]

4) Sea Otters are humping my leg
5) I was being molested by a harbor seal


Both of those topics came up over this last weekend

 

[Cave Diver]

4) Sea Otters are humping my leg
5) I was being molested by a harbor seal


Both of those topics came up over this last weekend

Musta been some class.

6) I thought my p-valve was leaking.

 

[mikeguerrero]

7.) Instructor: "Why are you turning around so much, you need to stay in formation."
Me: "I think I dropped my dive tool and was making sure it wasn't behind me?"

 

[Jasonmh]

I prefer any combination of:

"I swear I have never made that mistake before."
"It's the first time that has ever happened."
"I knew I shouldn't have changed (some piece of inconsequential gear here) before the class... it is totally throwing me off"
And the always popular.. "There must be something wrong with this gear"

 

[ae3753]

I've used:
(12) "Crappy restrictive undergarment"

I've always wanted to say:
(13) "I'm in trim, you're holding the camera crooked."

 

[Jasonmh]

I've always wanted to say:
(13) "I'm in trim, you're holding the camera crooked."

Good one

 

[Blackwood]

(14) I'm just making sure you [instructor] are on the ball.

never used it, but wanted to.

 

[amascuba]

I've always wanted to say:
(13) "I'm in trim, you're holding the camera crooked."

Along those same lines:

I didn't sink, you were ascending.