Help with a bet

[frankypettolina]

Alright boys, I will keep taking suggestions until 8 pm, and then compile the list and talk it over with Larry Croc, errrr, the unnamed paperboy.

This could get to be interesting.

[Shutterbug]

Not too far for either of you. July 18, the JM Tawes Crab and Clam Bake @ Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield. Sorry, got to pay to get in. The bet? Crab picking contest, can't eat while your picking or drink either. Winner gets to eat the others picked crab meat and loser has to pay for favorite beverage's (beer if it were me)., and entrance fee.

[Ravens16]

The Bet
Who can eat 4, 2 packs of Saltine crackers in 60 seconds. NO DRINKING ANYTHING
Try it
I'll bet you can't do 3
Good luck

[FESS]

Have a tug of war...each in their choice of shoes...kinda will simulate wiring a fish and then depending on the protection and gripping ability of each shoes sole and design. Maybe someone could turn a hose on y'all so its kinda real life situation except your life will not be on the line as to the shoe choice u make at the rail or covering boards. Maybe have each of you pull against a golf cart so it's about the shoe choice not each-others strength,..it's shoe war not a personal one... maybe.

Until you've hurt your feet with poor shoe choices most just don't get it. Screw the flimsey faggy crocs...I've got work to do and one screw up is too many...they're for know-nothings or someone who just goes along for the ride not someone in the game.

But as u can see, I'm on the fence here.............................................NOT.

[Thunnus Amongus]

Franky-
I like my tilghman island tennis shoes. HOWEVER- I'll vote for anything to see you in lime green crocs for a week!!!!

[fmoore]

The Bet
Who can eat 4, 2 packs of Saltine crackers in 60 seconds. NO DRINKING ANYTHING
Try it
I'll bet you can't do 3
Good luck

That is really, REALLY hard. We try to do it at school and I've seen about 40-50 people try and fail.......that's how bored we get
Don't have any ideas for a bet, though. Sorry

[frankypettolina]

Thanks for the input everyone. I will swing by the "undisclosed" newspaper office location today, and talk with this "mysterious unnamed paperboy" today and hash out the details. Then it will be a matter of timing.

I want to thank Squiddy Bill for volunteering to photo the event. Hopefully Glenn can prepare the appropriate legalese and disclaimers

"unfortunately" I have to fish the next 2 and survey the next 4 after today, so it will be at least a week in the making, probably more. But I will keep everyone posted.

[Lured Away]

Both wear your chosen footwear down to the boardwalk and take a survey of random people and ask them to vote on which shoes they prefer. Then go over to OCFC or Sunset and do the same. The boardwalk will be a crapshoot but know who'll being wearing boots all week.

Seriously, how can anyone wear those crock shoes and not laugh at themselves. I think girls wore those when I was younger and called them candies or fruits or something.

[Roddy Hays]

I've worn Crocs ever since I came across them at the Miami Boat Show three years ago . It was Peter Pakula who put me onto them - like me he suffers from a bad back and it was a miracle to complete the few days left at the booth with Crocs on my feet. Their orthapedic and osteopathic benefits are enormous, which is one reason why so many people in the medical profession wear them in hospitals nowadays. I swear my back is better now than it has been for years.

BUT - they are no good for boarding boats in the surf, as I found at at the infamous beach-launching Sodwana Bay site in South Africa. Luckily I found someone had collected them for me at the end of the day when we came back ashore !

ALSO - they are no good for deckies in the cockpit. Anything over 2mm of water and your feet slide around in them and you lose all grip - as I found out when tagging a fish for Alan Card two years ago in Bermuda. Plain bare feet are better than Crocs in a cockpit full of water !

HOWEVER - Crocs are good for washing a boat down in, and they are my favorite item of footwear for the tower. They provide me with great traction and feel on those long climbs up and down, keep my back and heels in great shape throughout a long season, and it's easy to flip one off with the other foot and hold a sweaty sole out in the breeze to dry now and again. And at the end of a long day, I just wear them into and out of the shower, providing me with clean footwear in an instant and ensuring sure footing and protection on slippery surfaces where foreign creatures may live (often easier to shower in the marina than on board a boat when there's no hot water left !)

LAUGH ?? Did I mention that people laugh when they see them ? I laugh at them too. They're meant to be fun. They're meant to make you smile. If you can't laugh at yourself and at the people who wear them without scowling in disgust then you're plain wierd. Life on earth is too short to get riled up at people who wear silly footwear and don't give a damn.

BOOTS ??? Good in cold weather when you can't wear Crocs. Spent most of my adult life in the UK fisheries wearing boots when trawling, potting, longlining and angling. Spent another good portion of my life in winter tuna fisheries around the world wearing them too. Nothing better.

If I was working the deck nowadays I'd still wear the same thing I always have - the Hawaiian slipper thing (AKA Peter Wright Sandal) with the toe loop. Great things. Driving a boat - gotta be the Crocs. Chunking tuna in Hatteras - go with the Wanchese slippers. All tools of the trade and good for their intended purpose.

I must admit though, the lime green, pink and yellow Crocs don't do a lot for me !!