Quotations

[DiverChris]

After overhearing a comment at Stoney yesterday

"I never used to swear in public until I became a diver!",

I wondered if there were any other quotations made by yourself, your buddy, instructor, club member etc. that you feel of special merit and feel should be shared with the wider DiFF community?

[Rob Dobson]

I'm not sure if this counts but it's one of my favourite all time dive quotes:

Having suggested a dive plan to a 'buddy' who I had never dived with before he looked at me and said "I'm not like you - I don't plan my dives. I normally just jump in and see what happens."

The sensible thing to do would have been to pack my stuff up and gone home but at the time I thought he might be joking. He wasn't.

[MATTBIN]

Originally Posted by Rob Dobson

I'm not sure if this counts but it's one of my favourite all time dive quotes:
Having suggested a dive plan to a 'buddy' who I had never dived with before he looked at me and said "I'm not like you - I don't plan my dives. I normally just jump in and see what happens."
The sensible thing to do would have been to pack my stuff up and gone home but at the time I thought he might be joking. He wasn't.

So you've dived with Chasey then

Matt

[Woz]

Me: Blimey digging yourself through that gravel fall in Wookey at 70m on air must have been interesting.
Duncan Price: Digging myself back out was more interesting.
Me:

[Bantam]

Digger: "F*$k. That was close."

(After nearly being squashed when a rather large wreck he was under shifted and pinned him to the sand).

[Paul Hildreth]

The Scene: Bridlington Bay on location of Longbenton wreck on a sunny July afternoon.

Players: 1. An experienced diver at the shot very keen to get down
2. A less experienced diver, slightly away from shot, having trouble
with descent.

Diver 1 has by now given the signal two or three times and had to resurface to see where Diver 2 is; he is becoming increasingly frustrated.

Diver 1: " What's up?"
Diver 2: " Having trouble getting down"
Diver 1: " Have you got air in your stab?"
Diver 2: " A bit"
Diver 1: " Well dump the f****r then!"

Paul

[Howard Payne]

Woman behind the counter in Diver's Down at Swanage, shouting to someone out the back last October when we were picking up some hired kit for a mate:

"Pass me that large wet Beaver will yer"

[turbanator]

After watching a couple in our pool's 4m pit,

"If you go in the sea like that, you'll f**king drown".

Our Ex T.O. putting 'positive reinforcement' into practice!

[Kirstie]

My OW Instructor in the pool, shouting to Doug (of Aquanauts): 'Doug! She's taken the reg out of her mouth underwater again!'

Doug: 'Good! Let the b*tch drown!' *


Also from Doug (bless his heart):

'Right! I don't care if this is only your second pool dive! From now on, every time you pull your bloody mask off when you reach the surface, you can buy me a bottle of whiskey!'


* I should explain - I removed the reg once or twice as the mouthpiece was rubbing a sore place on the inside of my mouth, not through any desire to make Doug happy by drowning myself! And I forgive him for his hurtful remarks

[The Doctor]

Night before dive ring skipper yes dive is on get down there and it must be a force 5 skipper says its only a slight flop.Another one off his saying if the viz is bad it a bit of may water.