What do you say?

[dogscoop]

What do you say?


I'm out on the fjords, fishing Mackerel. There is a strong runnout tide but my anchor is holding my boat fast. Another boat, much bigger than mine, anchors UPSTREAM from my and I notice that he drops his anchor and ties it off as soon as it hits bottom (about 40ft). His anchor rope is at a right angle to his boat, so obviously he was not gong to hold in the strong current on a mud bottom. Inevitably I see that he is drifting closer and closer towards us (remember he is upstream from me). He is totally oblivious to what's going on. At about 15 feet I get his attention and say "I think you might be dragging your anchor, you are going to bump my boat in a minute or so" To which he has a good look around him, as if taking some sort of sighting on his position and then he replies "No..... You are the one dragging anchor.. not me"".

I pull up and move to another spot, without saying a word....:/


DogScoop

 

[JB]

Re: What do you say?

You say, "Oh, my mistake sir. I am drifting upstream."

 

[Mr.Ladyfish]

Re: What do you say?

LOL @ JB

 

[Ripfence]

Re: What do you say?

Wow, he must have been magic! I bet he could even divide by zero and everything.

 

[rottenray6402]

Re: What do you say?

I bet he was visiting there from New York!:^

 

[jtexas]

Re: What do you say?

"No..... You are the one dragging anchor.. not me"

is proper nautical phrasing for

"my boat is bigger than your boat"

 

[Frankhanhart]

Re: What do you say?

"Well sir....no viking-blood in your veins, I gather."
We can be sure that that guy's ancestors never found America before Columbus

 

[NBE]

Re: What do you say?

That's they kind of guy you want to see being pulled in one day because of engine troubles. He'd probably blame it on his wife and/or kids though.