Then I got a great one for ya...it seems these firefighters found this FULLY
suited diver in the woods............blah, blah, blah blah...

And it's true I SWEAR, my friend was one of the firefighters...

:-)

Sean

----- Original Message -----
From: "Capt JT" <captjt@mi*.co*>
To: "Ted Phelps" <tphelps@ph*.co*>; "Art Greenberg"
<artg@ec*.ne*>; "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ma*.ci*.co*>
Cc: "Cam Banks" <cam@ca*.co*>; "Techdiver Mailing List"
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: This should lighten up the list


> I'll be glad when this damn thing stop going around, I get it at least
once
> a week for the last 2 YEARS , Its giving me a bad day!
>
> At 08:50 PM 4/10/00 -0700, Ted Phelps wrote:
>
>
> >My brother sent this over to me, and I could think of no more appropriate
> >place to put it than on this list.  It is not my purpose here to generate
a
> >discussion over how "strokish" it is to use warm water in your wetsuit or
to
> >analyze this poor wretch's decompression program.  It is simply here to
add
> >a little mirth to your day:
> >
> >
> >         > Next time you think you have had a bad day, think about this
guy...
> > > Brian is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers out of
> > > Louisiana and performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs.
> > > Below is an email he sent to his sister. She sent it to Laughline and
> > > won the contest (he wasn't thrilled with her for that one).
> > >
> > > Anyway...anytime you think you have had a bad day at the office,
> > > remember this guy.
> > >
> > > April 1998
> > >
> > >
> > >   Hi Sue,
> > > Just another note from your bottom dwelling brother. Last week I had a
> > > bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work,
> > > so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize
it's
> > > not so bad after all.
> > >
> > > Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with
a
> > > few technicalities of my job. As you know my office lies at the bottom
> > > of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wetsuit. This time of
> > > year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this: We
> > > have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of
> > > shit sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temp.
> > > It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose which is
taped
> > > to the air hose.
> > >
> > > Now this sounds like a damn good plan, and I've used it several times
> > > with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start
> > > working, is I take the hose and stuff it down the back of my neck.
This
> > > floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a jacuzzi.
> > > Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my ass started to
itch.
> > > of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few
> > > seconds my ass started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back,
but
> > > the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened. The hot
> > > water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit.
This
> > > is even worse than the poison ivy you once had under a cast.
> > >
> > > Now I had that hose down my back. I don't have any hair on my back, so
> > > the jellyfish couldn't get stuck to my back. My ass crack was not as
> > > fortunate.  When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was
actually
> > > grinding the jellyfish into my ass.
> > >
> > > I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator.
His
> > > instructions were unclear due to the fact that he along with 5 other
> > > divers were laughing hysterically. Needless to say I aborted the dive.
I
> > > was instructed to make 3 agonizing in-water decompression stops
totaling
> > > 35 minutes before I could come to the surface for my chamber dry
> > > decompression.  I got to the surface wearing nothing but my brass
> > > helmet. My suit and gear were tied to the bell. When I got on board
the
> > > medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube
of
> > > cream and told me to shove it" up my ass" when I get in the chamber.
The
> > > cream put the fire out, but I couldn't shit for two days because my
> > > asshole was swollen shut.
> > >
> > > I later found out that this could easily have been prevented if the
> > > suction hose was placed on the leeward side of the ship. Anyway, the
> > > next time you have a bad day at the office, think of me. Think about
how
> > > much worse your day would be if you were to shove a jellyfish up your
> > > ass. I hope you have no bad days at the office. But if you do, I hope
> > > this will make them more tolerable.
> > >
> > > Take care, and I hope to hear from you soon.
> > >
> > > Brian.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >Ted Phelps
> >
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