rolanni: (Marvin's not happy)
rolanni ([personal profile] rolanni) wrote2009-08-25 08:16 am

PSA: The World is not Disneyland, Part Four Thousand Forty-Two

OK, who here does not know better than to go swimming in the ocean when there's been a Big Storm within the last couple days? Show of hands, here, people.

Right. The ocean is not your friend. The weather is not your friend. I speak here as one who is very much attracted to both the ocean and to dangerous weather. I understand the allure. But for cryin' out loud, don't dice with either for your life. Unless you're very, very lucky, you will lose.

[identity profile] aitchellsee.livejournal.com 2009-08-25 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[A tip of the hat to the old folktale (from the Grimms or whoever) "The Boy Who Learned to Shudder and Shake", from which, together with the fact that we spent our summers in a little white Adirondack house with green shutters, I learned some useful vocabulary]

[identity profile] rolanni.livejournal.com 2009-08-25 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously, the reporter did not have your advantages *g*