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Originally Posted by hazelnut
I bet many of us have jumped off a bridge into the water too.
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You kinda missed the point, didn't you? No one rescued the kayakers because they were kayaking in a hurricane.
They were rescued because they overturned --
which then put the rescuers at risk!
There are some dumb things that people do that they know they shouldn't do -- and when they do them, we can call those people dumb and stupid any time we want, because we're right. Here are a few things people shouldn't do:
- Drive a boat -- while drunk -- real fast in a rainstorm in the dead of night. Why? Because you might run into an island and kill someone.
- Go near the rail -- drunk -- on a stormy night on the Mt. Washington. Why? Because you might fall overboard and drown.
- Go Kayaking in a hurricane. Why? Because you might over turn and have to be rescued because you don't have enough sense to make it to shore on your own.
Please note: Kayaking, driving a fast boat, and drinking while on the Mt. Washington aren't being questioned. Neither is jumping off a bridge. It's the circumstances. For example, here's the 4th really dumb thing to do:
4. Jumping off the Golden Gate bridge -- at night. Why? Because only 26 people have survived such a jump, while more than 1,200 have perished.