I heard this story on the radio about a guy who had been found dead in a tree after a fire. But he was fully dressed in scuba gear. Apparently, he had been picked up by one of those helicopters that scoop up water in the ocean with a big net and then drop it on the fire. Well, the helicopter scooped up some water, but caught this guy mid-scuba and dropped him in a firey tree. I know it’s a terrible story and way to die. You are minding your own business scuba-ing around in the ocean looking at fish and stuff. The next thing you know, you’re in the air trapped in this net and then released on a fire. What a crappy recreational death. The guy on the radio said he didn’t even know if it was true or not, but he just heard it. But when I first heard that there was a dead guy in a burned tree in full scuba gear, I started to laugh thinking, “What the heck was he doing up there in that scuba gear? How did he even climb the tree.” My mind started going wild with excuses as to why this man could have been up in the tree with his flippers and air tank, and each one was hilarious. And then the DJ started to finish the story, and it wasn’t funny any more.
Isn’t it kind of amazing how fast you can think random thoughts before you hear the rest of a story? I don’t know about you guys, but my mind wonders like crazy in such a short time frame. I could start thinking about, I don’t know, ducks or something, and ten seconds later, I’m wondering what Tapanga from “Boy Meets World” looks like now. Why does that happen? I have no idea. Does anyone else ever ask a question out loud and realize they probably should have kept those random thoughts to themselves? Maybe that only happens to me…
There are some funny, funny pictures on the internet. When I typed in “scuba” into google images, the last thing I 
expected to find was a horse in scuba gear. Man, that’s just priceless. And this little guy holding a blow-up doll? I know, totally inappropriate, but regardless. I mean……Come on!!!!
I also heard this story about a scuba diver who went scuba diving off the coast of Florida and happened to find a sunken ship. He gathered enough courage to swim inside and ended up finding a sunken treasure chest full of gold. He then becomes a millionaire. Now that’s pretty cool. I wouldn’t mind going diving over there. But not where there are any fires. No thanks. I’d rather stay on land than be in water during a fire. Isn’t that ironic? That scuba guy probably thought he was in the safest place if there was ever a fire. Little did he know….
I keep saying scuba guy like there’s no such word as scuba diver. Dangit. Come on College Knowledge. Turn on. I didn’t even put that together before I just wrote it.
What is this?
common knowledge
Little common knowledge. Get it? Maybe it was one of those jokes that were funnier in my head and should have just stayed there. Dangit. I can’t believe another one of you guys escaped…
I was just thinking about the word “Ironic” and I think Alanis Morisette kinda skewed the general public’s definition of what irony is. These are some examples from Wikianswers (this blog should just be a dedication to how awesome I think Wikipedia is)
Irony is something that contradicts itself, such as:
The Ludites, an anti-technology group, launching a website to spread their ideas.
A town council full of anarchists.
A vegan founding a slaughterhouse.
Alanis said that irony is “a free ride, when you’ve already paid.” No Alanis, that’s called stupidity. Who are you paying for free rides? And I highly doubt that she’s talking about paying a friend for a ride to a party or something. That’s technically a free ride, but you pay cause the other person is doing a favor. So is that really a free ride if a favor comes with it? Them driving one time will almost certainly mean you’ll be responsible for driving one other time. Interesting…
You’re hanging out with the wrong crowd, Alanis, if people are taking your money for free rides. And what about “a traffic jam when you’re already late.” That sounds like poor planning to me. Stop trying to attribute your mistakes to irony.
A man dead in a tree in scuba gear? Ironic? I think that’s more like…unfortunate. Irony is a tough cookie to place for me.
Dangit, was I going anywhere with this post? Part of me thinks no.
I heard Dr. Dre’s 20-year-old son died today. I didn’t make the effort to go out and look how he died, but that’s got to be hard. And I was thinking. I know he’s not a real doctor or anything, but it has to be hard for real doctors when their children die. You’re in the business of saving people, and you’re not able to save your own kid. I couldn’t even imagine that. But in some aspects, it’s good if you can work on someone you love, because you know you’re doing everything you can in your power to save him/her. I’m not totally sure if they are allowed to just because of that fact. I think I saw that fact on an episode of “House.” I hate to admit it, but that show is actually interesting.
Wow, well I hope you guys are ok with reading that useless little blurb that I just jotted down, cause I’m not sure if I’m going to re-read it. I’m not sure if it’s worth it. haha.
Thanks for reading, scuba dudes.
-Captain Irony
