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Old 07-01-2016, 01:03 PM   #62
Ski in NC
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Funny "thing in the water" story from way back: Bud and I were going to move a boat, and this was when cell phones were getting portable enough to have in a pocket. Of course there was a steep learning curve for all of us crawling around boats with the things in the pockets. We learned that when they smell water, they jump out!

So we are climbing in a little boat and it was pretty shallow. He is leaning over doing something and the phone does it's jump, skids along the dock and hits the water. Dude is P'd, of course. I tell him I have a trick to find the phone. I'll call his number and when it rings, it will blow bubbles. So he leans over and watches and I call his number. He's looking hard for bubbles!!! This guy was another engineer!!! After a while he thought about it and asked if I was sh!tting him. Of course I was and admitted it. He was now doubly p'd!!!
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