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Old 17 April 2013, 21:51   #21
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Well that just makes me feel old, it was 24 years ago I went on the Shotover river jet boat!
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Old 17 April 2013, 21:53   #22
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Well that just makes me feel old, it was 24 years ago I went on the Shotover river jet boat!
Wow, almost 1/4 of a century, you are old!

Over a decade since I was down under too.
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Old 17 April 2013, 22:09   #23
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We have no bridges
Though we did get a double decker last summer
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Fair point, 30 yrs and 1.75 million passengers. I bet there's been more fatalities on your local buses! Low bridges and double dockers!
Or is "double dockers" more of a fetish thing than a typo
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crazy people do crazy things...
Totally stupid, this beautifull river gets raped by these idiots.
How does the river get "raped" by a jet boat ??
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Old 18 April 2013, 00:04   #26
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Or is "double dockers" more of a fetish thing than a typo
Many's the one slipped off their "Double Dockers" and bruised their ego...

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Old 18 April 2013, 00:10   #27
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How does the river get "raped" by a jet boat ??
Used like in the Eagles song "The Last Resort"

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

Aka Buggered the natural spirit of the place
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Looked into starting to do jet boat tours like NZ
First insurance companies just laughed loudly
Then council h&s official laughed louder
Then talked to enterprise company they said nobody would be interested in taking this type of trip in Scotland, this comment I found more offensive than the first two as these guys are meant to know what's going to work and what's not
I now own a sea safari company and I am always asked on every trip to go faster!!
Brave of you to ask - I would have thought that speed limits on UK waters would be the first hurdle and the H and S attitude isn't a shock to me either, I guess you'll never know for sure unless you ask!

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crazy people do crazy things...
Totally stupid, this beautiful river gets raped by these idiots.
Are you sure you're in the right place here?

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We chose to go on the Dart River trip too and would definitely recommend it. The other one we did was the Haast River Safari which was also excellent Jet Boating New Zealand - Haast River Safari| river jet boat tours| Haast, West Coast, New Zealand more safari than white knuckle ride but it really goes to some fantastic places.
Must try that next time I'm down that way!
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Old 18 April 2013, 22:41   #29
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How does the river get "raped" by a jet boat ??
Quite ? ...

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Many's the one slipped off their "Double Dockers" and bruised their ego...

Ah now .... just to fook this thread up .... heres the next docker I'll be getting..........

I currently have a beutiful Dachshund, and a lovely cocker spaniel and In a Dr Mengele moment, I wondered about the perfect muttttt, which would be a merging of the two .. and apparantly its a docker
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Ah now .... just to fook this thread up .... heres the next docker I'll be getting..........

I currently have a beutiful Dachshund, and a lovely cocker spaniel and In a Dr Mengele moment, I wondered about the perfect muttttt, which would be a merging of the two .. and apparantly its a docker
Well, seeing as how it's YOUR thread and all - here's the killing post:

A lad is painting a house. The woman has a pair of Dachshunds, the female is in heat. He's painting the hall and she's going out to the shops. She ties the bitche's lead to the bannisters upstairs and tells the painter to keep her up there, with the dog running free downstairs. She makes to leave but the bloke asks her will the dog not just run upstairs when his back is turned and do the do on the bitch.

She smiles and says "Well, he's an eager wee chap, and full of energy - but there's no way he's getting up those stairs with a hard-on..."

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I thought Jet Boats were supposed to crash?

Crash at 2:43 is my favourite

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