We're back!

After the antics of Superbowl Sunday, the anticipation of Thong Tuesday was building. For those of you who don't knopw the history, somewhere along the way of me gloating about my upcoming trip on BT, I cybermet John, who, with his brother Joe, would be on the same flight to Bonaire from San Juan and would be staying at Buddy Dive, right beside the Sand Dollar. Well, we were innocently planning how many beer we would drink in SJ, as well as where we would be diving....naturally the underwater webcam was a topic, and that's when the "Evil Ones" began speaking of posing in tiaras, tu tus and, yes, thongs! Naturally I can't name the ringleader (Mare) or her cohorts (Freddie, Mary,Kelly, Josie, Cinde Lee, Trunicate, et al).

Please refer to

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/27/201045.html?1106940261


Monday morning started very interestingly...as I mentioned in my post while in Bonaire, the power plant, which was right down the street from the S$, had a major fire and power was out all over the west side of the island...In hindsight, I must give kudos to the Bonairians that put the fire out, as the major fuel for the plant is oil or deisel (I'm not sure which) and the tanks were situated dangerously close to the fire...if they blew, ther island would have had a new profile (less a few tourists as well). In any case, well done folks!!! BUT, we were now without power and some Michael indicated that they might not regain full power for weeks...."Who's Michael?" you queary...I'm glad you asked. Michael (I won't use his last name as I have not asked permission" owns the internet cafe and store next to the Sand Dollar...I don't think I'm allowed to use actual store names on this site, so we'll leave it at that. He is a veritable wealth of information about anything Bonaire. He originally hails from Conneticut, and is a great guy. If you have questions, I'm sure he can help. Back to the day.....so what does one do when there is absolutely no power? Go diving I dove 1000 steps in the morning (I took the boat, lazy ass that I am)...Actually, there are only 72 steps, but in full dive gear, it was even too daunting for J&J, who are in way better shape than me. What a great dive!! Beautiful site, but again, Caminology struck. For those of you that do not subscribe to Caminology (The Science of Being Cam), it is akin to Murphy's Law, but only as it applies to me . For example, the Sheraton Dallas fiasco was Caminology, my throat-slitting experience the next day in the shower of the same said Sheraton was Caminology (safety razor my ass), a resort with a satellite feed but no Fox subsciption on an island where Superbowl is almost as important as a Pakistan-Nepal cricket match is definitely Caminology, and the only fire in the Bonaire power plant in 27 years (and at the beginning of our trip) was Caminology at it's finest. In hindsight, I'm surprised that I didn't meet the only great white shark ever found in the Carribean on one of my dives . Anyway, I was having the dive of my life at 1000 steps when, alas, Caminology reared it's ugly head once again. Sheryl had given me an underwater camera for Christmas, not a really expensive one, but one that I could shot a roll and have some lasting memories of some diving...I had taken a number of National Geographic quality shots, and had my buddy take a couple if me (which I was hoping to put one on my profile - now I must mooch one off John) when Jerry showed us a lobster.....well, afetr admiring it, I decided to take a picture and...much to my chagrin (sp.?), my camera was missing....now I know what the straps are for....to make a long story short, I never found it, and while you may be sayng "Wow...Caminology", it struck again. Just after that I was treated to a great show by a young female hawksbill turtle, which came up for air only four feet from me, posing for what seemed eternity for a photo I couldn't take - stupid lobster, now I know why we eat them. The rest of the day was fairly uneventful. I did book my deep sea fishing trip for all day Wednesday.....again, Caminology was to strike then but I am getting ahead of myself.

Day 5 - Thong Tuesday (TT)!!!

Well, this was it...the "Put Up or Shut Up" day. J&J went for a pre TT dive, and Sheryl and I had a good breakfast....J&J picked us up at 11:07....the show was to begin at 12:00 so we wasted no time...we sped to Eden Beach, which, by the way, was almost right next to the S$, so the trip was short...we arrived at 11:08 . Seeing we had time, we ordered lunch and began recording the event for posterity



A side note about the thongs...John was generous enough to bring the thongs, which he purchased from WalMart in Virginia...He chose the purple thong, I got the purple with black stripes (almost like a psychadelic tiger pattern...grrrrrr) and brother Joe got the blue...a note on Joe...the poor guy had no idea what we were doing and why...he was a great sport and was unknowingly going to play a larger part in this whole thing...in any case, you may notice that the thongs were quite big, even over wetsuits




I don't care what they say about Texans, I wouldn't want to meet the Virginians that fill these thongs

So it was finally zero hour and in we went...unfortunately my Flames flag didn't show up on the webcan but John took a photo of me with it...for the show please refer to the following threads

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/626/210976.html?1108680747

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/626/211045.html?1107924078

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/626/211113.html?1108006859

Needless to say, the people at Eden Beach (mostly European) thought we were insane, but it was truly a blast....J&J were able to remove their thongs without any help....I, on the otrher hand, had to have mine cut off by Joe...I must say that I was more than a little nervous about having a veterinarian, in a wetsuit, underwater, with a knife, that close to little buddy...and I was terrified that Caminology would strike...thankfully it didn't, and the operation was a complete success! Back to Joe...poor Joe.....who could have ever thought that Caminology could strike someone else...I guess it was his close proximity to me underwater...who could know that a safety whistle could cause such an uproar....any other time it would be a non-issue, but put a pink whistle on the lower part of your BC and pose just right for an underwater webcam in just the right light and voila....instant "priceless" joke....does anyone know how to pull up that picture...I can't find it...in any case, all you new divers...avoid this painful lesson and DO NOT BUY FLESH-TONE EQUIPMENT....you never know how it may look

Next - Tuesday Night at Gibi's

oops...missed a photo

Cam, one of the Thong Masters of the Universe,

Me, the ringleader??? (Kelly did it.) I plead innocence!! (I can't type this with a straight face...)
All I said was

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quote:

That's it! I want to go too! All I need is my swimsuit and my purple thong for over my wetsuit!
We will go to Gibi's and raid his kitchen! Who's with me!
Mare!!!

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Mare, why don't you stand up for your actions??? I know you have been pushing us all to start posting in the tread... And as we both know Kelly is living in a church, so she MUST be innocent. (aren't you Kelly??)

Martin

Martin,
ROTFLMAO

I said that I would wear the thong!!! Kelly the churchmouse did it and Cynde helped!!!

on another weave in this thread, it was John "Smack" Anderson who first asked "Is that a stain?"

Smackeroonie did it.
tee hee

Mare

Oh my... I just got back from lunch and I'm laughing my churchmouse butt off ! ONE TIME you wear a thong for the webcam and the next thing you know ~~ you're the thong ringleader... lol
shhhhh.... we must never speak of this...

BTW, great report so far, Cam. ;)

Cam asked me to post the whistle pictures.

First, the flame flag

and now, the whistle shots:

and

Mare

I spoke to Joe today...he's down in Arizona right now...I'm sure he'll want to elaborate on the whistle thing....

wow- its pretty amazing that you could get your..uh..'whistle' that day-glo color!! (I'll bet you get a LOT of comments in the locker room!! what with the thongs you wear and all....)

Watch it when you use that generic "you" and "your" Tami I had nothing to do with the glo-worm whistle....Pink is not my colour...I draw the line at Purple thongs with black stripes (grrrr)

Nothin' generic about that whistle (hee hee hee!!) Tell me- attatched down there- HOW were you going to use it!!?? (The mind boggles....)you must be very limber.....(It must be those thongs, they have affected my mind!!)

You would have to ask Joe...it's his whistle....I'm the one on the left......It would be a cold day in Hell before I use Joe's whistle

OK, me....crying...laughing...so...hard....tea...all...over...monitor....and...out...nose...

Here is the "other picture"...Cam, I'd say "That's my story and I'm sticking to it" in regard to Joe's "whistle"...almost as bad as Martin's gadget...

That's the pic I was looking for, Cynde !! OMG I am laughing my butt off !!!! It don't matter who you are, that there's funny !! LOL

Now to bring this back to our serious Bonaire discussion......great picture!! What kind of camera did you use!!?? (there- that adds that touch of seriousness so that we can all forget...hehhehheh....I can't forget- I just keep scrolling up to that picture and laughing!!) Truly- this picture is destined for greatness - I can see it being posted all over the 'net.... can I get an autographed copy?

There you have it.

What more can be said?

(Seb did it.)
tee hee

Mare

Cam,

"It would be a cold day in Hell before I use Joe's whistle "

Destined to become an historic quote!

LMAO!!

Belinda

Yes, Belinda, that and "ask Joe, it's HIS whistle" [emphasis added]. To the tune of "HE started it", circa 2nd grade. LOL

ROFLMAO Kelly - I had totally missed that one!

Must stop reading... co-workers getting suspicious... can't stop...

Hee hee hee :-)

Belinda

OMG, if only we had this in Camination! I see Joe has remained silent re: the whistle! Laughing at that pic all over again...a moment that will live forever in cyberland!

(Message edited by babsoleary on March 1, 2005)

This thread was hilarious! Thanks for making my day. I'm sitting here giggling like crazy. The thongs are a hoot! The whistle is great too. How did you plan on using a whistle way down there anyway?

Great question Shelly, is that a buddy whistle?

This is just too funny!!!!

It brings a whole new meaning to "whistle blower" (OMG, did I think that or type it?) JOHN!!!!....JOE!!!!.....why have you forsaken me!!!????....a little help here!!!

Great show and report, Cam! You guys are now in permanent BT History! He He He!

Cameron,

Maybe you should just get part three written and posted and then everyone will forget all about this thread ;-)

Belinda

Hey!!! I just made "Experienced Bonaire Talker"...Woohoo..Beluga Beluga Beluga!!!........."Camination"....I like that term...maybe it will stick as a good thing (opposed to Caminology)....I still can't believe it when the government turned down my request to rename our nation Camada...damn pointy-head bureaucrats

Cam, Joe and I had a blast at the web cam on thong day, and I must say Sheryl was a great sport to hang with us. It was quite racy when Joe the Vet cut off Cam's thong. You would have thought Cam had seen a shark or something. We thought about asking Gibi to hang the thong also, but decided against this as Mare might steal it away on her next visit.
John

You got that right John!
Oh my!

Mare