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Why did I let her persuade me? She knows I suffer from seasickness.
Mind over matter. That’s it. Say it. I won’t, I won’t, I won’t throw up.
I’ll hold on tight. That feels better. I’ll be okay.
No no no, we are going down!
Eeeeeek … we’re going up!
Ooooooo … I left my tummy behind!
Be brave. Soon be over, nearly there, not much longer.
Take a deep breath, breathe, breathe.
That’s better, not rolling so much now.
Wrong … help ….!
Thank goodness, it’s over at last. Help me ashore, please.
We’re never hiring a paddleboat again!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and to Ted Strutz for the picture.
Click the Froggies to join in the fun!
Ha!!
Mission accomplished!
I can empathize and laugh at the same time. My first night at sea we had 30ft waves, came within 5degrees of capsizing, and I thought for sure I was going to die. I stood mid-decks with one hand on the top of a belaying pin, and one on the bottom half…and I had a death grip. I saw the sea. I saw the sky. I thought for sure I was going to die the entire time. Captain came down to check on me. Tried the ole’ “You’re only a mile from land” routine… didn’t work, I knew that mile was straight down. Also told me “this is the closest you’ll ever feel to death and still live”… don’t know about the validity of that, I’ve felt closer since. The next night, when the storm hit again, I was running barefoot up and down the deck, working sails and laughing at the pitch and yaw. What a difference one little seasick patch behind the ear can make. LOL! Great story, the way you told it, it was entirely believeable.
I can’t even imagine what that must have been like. Thank goodness storm 2 didn’t have the same effect on you. Thanks so much, Bear.
Better not do it again! 😨🤢🤮
No chance of that! Cheers Sadje.
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Seems a good decision
Too right it is Neil!
great fun story, I love how you read it too, well done.
I’m pleased! Thanks, Mason.
you’re welcome.
Not quite life on the ocean seas!
Life on the boating lake, more like! Cheers Iain.
Ah the things we do for love….
I know. I’m sure he got an award for his bravery!
HA! A paddleboat. I did not see that coming. I was thinking about my cruise from Athens to Dubrovnik when even the crew got sick and they shut down the kitchen.
Wow, that must have been quite an adventure – even though you did go hungry!
Haha! You got a giggle from me today, Keith. Lovely little twist at the end. I really am that seasick, though, and it’s no fun. I once had to disembark hurriedly from a moored yacht in a sheltered harbour because I felt seasick!
Thanks, Penny. hope you didn’t suffer reading my story
Excellent! But if I was the narrator, I’d ditch her – unless she’s really worth it! – making him do something she knows makes him seasick! 😉 My worst experience? Crossing the Channel on a stormy night with a class of seasick French schoolchildren!
When I lived in Northern France I used the ferry weekly for work and I saw an awful lot of green-face kids!
Haha! Yours is my guy’s inner thoughts! 😉
Poor bugger.
Two guys of a kind! At least they tried!
That they did! They deserve kudos for that 🙂
Loved hearing you read this.
That’s kind of you,thanks!
Dear Keith,
Delightful story and reading. Although I could feel my own tummy roiling with the paddleboat. 😀
Shalom
Rochelle
Sorry about that, Rochelle, I hope you’ve recovered!
Oh, dear. Some of us are just landlubbers, and that’s the way of it.
If we were seafolk we’d have been born with fins!
i guess it’s not for everyone, but i guess he doesn’t have a choice. 🙂
Under the circumstances, quite right!
A paddleboat, eh? Can’t stop laughing! But those waves do get choppy close to shore, ya know. ;>)
pax,
dora
Exactly! Thanks, Dora.
The agony some people go through for a day out is hilarious for us. Although, I share the unwarranted fear as the water seeping into my paddle boat meant wet feet and constant bailing water out.
I’m all for simple pleasures!
Hehehe, that poor bloke. A paddleboat… great last line.
He’d probably get sick walking across a bridge! Thank you.
LOL! I think if I were on a paddleboat on the ocean, I would be sick too!! Well done! <3
Been there, done that! Cheers Courtney.
Smiled at the end.
Not sure he did though! Thanks, Trish.
I’m feeling seasick now and I’m sitting at a desk!
Oh, sorry about that Ali!
A paddleboat – LOL! The things we do for love!
It seemed like a good idea at the outset!
Ha! Yeah, I can understand … 😉 leave not only lunch behind … 😉
Breakfast too! Cheers Na’ama,
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Wow. I cannot imagine. More wonderful humor, Keith. 🙂
Best not try to Bill! Thank you.
You are quite welcome, Keith.
Wonderful, Keith. A paddleboat! I’m laughing 🙂
Some people suffer easily! Delighted to have amused you, Linda.
Fun story..😊
Thanks so much.
Great fun – the story, that is!
Fun for us, not him! Cheers Elizabeth.
I love the froggies, especially, the green one.
Thanks, he’s not feeling at all well!