brother chris
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Okay, my buddy just got a 16'aluminum boat with a 50hp on it last weekend. He asks for me to come with him and his girlfriend so I can teach him some knowhow of boating. <br />So we get to the dock and before we launch he grabs a 50ft line to put on the front of the boat. He looks at the rope and says "I dont' need a rope this long to launch the boat, do I?" I said yes you do. <br />He insists on putting a 10' rope on instead, even after I said a 50ft is better. <br />So I back the boat down the ramp for him and just before I put it in the water I tell him to unhook the boat from the trailer. I tell him I am going to back up a bit, then hit the brakes and the boat floats off the the trailer. <br />Well...I back it in a few feet and stop....he looses his grip on the rope and the boat starts to float away. <br />Both him and his girlfriend start to walk in the water after it...he climbs up on the trailer so as not to get too wet....his girlfriend reaches for the rope, which is just out of her reach.....and splash...there she goes, right up to head. 
<br />She gets the rope and pulls the boat over to the dock. People around the dock are laughing their heads off. <br />I'm trying not to laugh. <br />I park the trailer and come back down to the dock and here comes my buddy all pissed off at me cause his ole lady got soaked. <br />I told him that he just learned his first lesson, use a 50ft rope, like I said. He just ignores what I say and stays pissed at me. <br />The rest of the day goes the same way...he won't listen to anything I tell him. What an idiot! <br />I offer his girlfriend my sweater to wear, and my jacket too, but she said she was okay. <br />What a way to start the day!
<br />She gets the rope and pulls the boat over to the dock. People around the dock are laughing their heads off. <br />I'm trying not to laugh. <br />I park the trailer and come back down to the dock and here comes my buddy all pissed off at me cause his ole lady got soaked. <br />I told him that he just learned his first lesson, use a 50ft rope, like I said. He just ignores what I say and stays pissed at me. <br />The rest of the day goes the same way...he won't listen to anything I tell him. What an idiot! <br />I offer his girlfriend my sweater to wear, and my jacket too, but she said she was okay. <br />What a way to start the day!