The last great Sea Kayaking taboo is overcome

[PeteB]

this is a great thread for any socialogy students out there. we started with the subject of female masturbation and in the space of about 20 posts we've morphed back to the comfort zone of racism, anybody want to talk about football :)

[Jim]

Hey catman,what makes you think that us deadbeat Brits want another 300 years stuck with you Scots?

You would have sank into oblivion years ago without us. Anyway, you suckered us into this unholy alliance in the first place so you only have youself to blame.

We dont mind you lot coming up north as tourists but please just remember to go back home again!!

No

[Sula II]

Britain has a Scottish Prime Minister and may have another.

Scotland has kept a seperate legal system from the rest of Britain.

They are allowed greater representation in this democracy than is due.

As I understand the Scottish economy is helped by England.

Yet the first one to complain is a truculent Scot.

Can anyone tell me about Scottish football?

[StoneWeasel]

Can we not get back on topic? Female masturbation is a far nicer subject matter than ingrained nationalist racism (even if it is tongue in cheek).

Denzil

[catman]

Britain has a Scottish Prime Minister and may have another.

Scotland has kept a seperate legal system from the rest of Britain.

They are allowed greater representation in this democracy than is due.

As I understand the Scottish economy is helped by England.

Yet the first one to complain is a truculent Scot.

Can anyone tell me about Scottish football?

What's yer point caller?

[Sula II]

Just seemed a bit insensitive calling us 'dead-beats' ;-)

[highland]

As I understand the Scottish economy is helped by England.

Only if you assume that all Scotland's resources - like oil, are actually English :-)

Mark

[catman]

Just seemed a bit insensitive calling us 'dead-beats' ;-)

Well I did apologise. As for the football question - we are playing Italy tonigh, they are the world champions, so we will more than likely get slaughtered.

Getting us back on the thread of female masterbation would at this stage be preferable to discussing football!

[steddyjames]

There seems to be some confusion here, if only in my mind, Wouldn't the term "Brit" encompass all the peoples within the British Isles, whether or not they are one nation?

No and errrr no. The British Isles refers to the group of islands off the north coast of France. This includes Great Britain and Ireland.

Ireland is not part of Great Britain and therefore the Irish aren't Brits.

[Razorbilly]

Getting us back on the thread of female masterbation would at this stage be preferable to discussing football!

Actually I believe the thread subject is the need to masturbate whilst solo paddling for longer periods of time (at least I hope its not on day-trips) and not necessarily done by females.

Funny to see many of the (I assume) males here automatically "making" it about female masturbation just because the blog author is a woman.

Pontus (male)

[Geoff Seddon]

Funny to see many of the (I assume) males here automatically "making" it about female masturbation just because the blog author is a woman.

I think we are all exhibiting typical human traits - reading or hearing what we want to and then going off half cock, as it were. But thanks for that, even though I don't think your post is absolutely correct in its factual content I did not think the thread started off with female masturbation, now there's a phrase I never thought I would type, at least on this forum.

[Razorbilly]

started off with female masturbation, now there's a phrase I never thought I would type, at least on this forum.

Sorry about that :-)

[Mark R]

I'm regretting starting this thread...not because of the subject matter, and not because it has degenerated into a fairly lame Scots vs their Tax Subsidisers debate.

I'm regretting it because now every flipping sea kayaking blog I read now seems to be discussing what was said on the KayakWendy blog, and the response here. Which means I've wasted a collective 45-60 minutes of my life reading about the same thing over and over. Boring and uninspired.

I know I've had this moan before, but....a plea to bloggers...

Please, please, use your blog for anything at all - including self-indulgent navel-gazing - except for just one thing; talking about or repeating what all the other blogs are saying. Be original.

[CaptainSensible]

I've only seen it on Derrick and Wendy's blogs; I must have missed something.

[Mark R]

I can think of several more.

Dull, dull, dull.

[runswick2000]

You have.......or rather, you haven't

[Wenley]

Mark R. wrote:

I'm regretting starting this thread...

Too late: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g_QwiYxvkY

[catman]

I can think of several more.

Dull, dull, dull.

I dont agree. It's just a refreshing change from discussing photography or the latest kayak aid to come on the market. Also, a bit of "Brit" baiting never does any harm!

[Steve B]

It's just a refreshing change from discussing photography or the latest kayak aid to come on the market.

With a bit of imagination, you could combine all three...

[Mark R]

I can think of several more.

Dull, dull, dull.

I dont agree. It's just a refreshing change from discussing photography or the latest kayak aid to come on the market. Also, a bit of "Brit" baiting never does any harm!

I think you misunderstood me. The boring thing wasn' the topic, but the repetition.

What's the point in subscribing to 5 or 6 different sea kayak blogs, if they all simply report or discuss what the others are saying?

[Dave Thomas]

Or even, sometimes, a sea kayaking blog and a lifeboat blog?

Sorry - I've had a bad afternoon - need to get it out of my system!!

[runswick2000]

Or even, sometimes, a sea kayaking blog and a lifeboat blog?

Slightly harsh Dave.......I can't recall refering to Mark's blog or he to mine in any posts.

We have however paddled together recently and both posted about the same trip but from different perspectives. So we haven't reported what the other said or discussed each others posts. Rather we've each posted about a shared experience...........different I think?

Now, stop being so grumpy and go paddling!

[Dave Thomas]

Rather we've each posted about a shared experience...........different I think?

Yep - I'll grant you that.

Now, stop being so grumpy and go paddling!

That's a good idea!

Just to redress the balance somewhat - I should point out that I do follow both your blogs with interest. And it is no insult to Mark to say that I find yours is particularly rivetting in that it casts light into a different world -one which I guess is close to many people's hearts and interests while totally outside their sphere of experience.

[BrianC]

Perhaps we should have a small competition to find the most pretentious American paddling blog.

www . kayakwisconsin . net / blog . ht ml How about this?

Derrick is also a member of the Cackle team (cackletv . com / staff . ht ml)

(I guess not all Brits find him pretentious --- after all, can a guy who uses the phrase "bloody hell" be all bad?)

Also, sorry for the buggered URLs, but apparently: "As a spam prevention measure, no user can post URLs in their messages until they have been joined up for a reasonable period of time and made a minimum number of posts. Sorry, but at the moment you cannot post URLs."

[runswick2000]

Just to redress the balance somewhat - I should point out that I do follow both your blogs with interest.

In which case Dave, you are excused!