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Post by stvfishy on Aug 15, 2007 12:09:55 GMT -8
This new thread is to encourage people's oh brothers    such as: ...but he let us know that there were killer whales in Active Pass. The killer whales were in the bay by the government dock, however, they were underwater, just swimming under the surface. "Excuse me. What time does the whale show start?"   3rd-4th(5,6,7,8.....) hand->question posed to a BC ferries employee. |
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Post by stvfishy on Aug 15, 2007 12:13:01 GMT -8
And everyone heard the story soooooo... many times in '05 of the guy who jumped off in active pass so he could get to a wedding. He was probably gonna miss his puddle hopper in Schwartz. He is now on BC ferries cannot ride list. I heard it sooooooooo many times it kinda took on a life of it's own. |
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Post by kylefossett on Aug 15, 2007 14:48:21 GMT -8
And everyone heard the story soooooo... many times in '05 of the guy who jumped off in active pass so he could get to a wedding. He was probably gonna miss his puddle hopper in Schwartz. He is now on BC ferries cannot ride list. I heard it sooooooooo many times it kinda took on a life of it's own. he was late for a softball game. he then showed up at swartz bay a couple weeks later drunk trying to get on a ferry to mayne |
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Post by Neil on Aug 15, 2007 16:48:20 GMT -8
One thing that Herr Brinkmann hasn't mentioned is the "kneeling" feature on the three new Flensburger ferries... the boats can be temporarily submerged at one end, so that kayakers can float right off.
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Post by Mike C on Aug 16, 2007 8:04:25 GMT -8
You want 'Oh Brother?' I got that and a whole lot more
-A family south-westerners on the Alberni teaching their kids that 'Ferry' is spelt F-E-R-R-I-E
-People on Rte 30 wondering when they're going to arrive in Victoria
-Passengers at Little River freaked out because the ferry is in the dock at 1:30, and sitting in their cars ready to board at 1:45, even though their lining up for the 3:15 sailing
-People at the terminal wondering what the fastest way to Mayne is (the ferry)
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Aug 16, 2007 9:23:42 GMT -8
Another oh brother
-when dumb tourists think the Spirits are cruiseships
-even local people cannot pronounce the vessel names right
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Post by Mac Write on Aug 16, 2007 14:10:51 GMT -8
How about with know it alls say people are dumb because they don't spend all there time knowing everything about ferries.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Aug 16, 2007 14:36:43 GMT -8
It is not a matter of being a know it all, it is a matter of basic knowledge and knowing of where the heck you are going and a bit of common sense.
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Post by Barnacle on Aug 16, 2007 14:53:59 GMT -8
No, no, I think Mac has a very good point. If I had a dollar--US or Canadian, take your choice--for everyone I've met who knows how to run a ferry system better than those in charge, I wouldn't need the job...
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Post by BrianWilliams on Aug 16, 2007 22:46:14 GMT -8
Oh Brother! I never thought I'd get a chance to repeat this story:
August 1976, my first wife and I were touring Yellowstone NP in our VW bus. We were lucky to have a week in Old Faithful campground, and we enjoyed Old Faithful Lodge for breakfast several days - wow, a 1930's landmark. We enjoyed the geyser's spouts many times as well.
One evening, a sour note. Hundreds gathered for the faithful Old Faithful geyser show. The time came and passed. OF sputtered a bit.
A middle-aged couple near us (cashmere golf sweater, Rolex, etc.) stalked off in disgust. True quote: "Someone should look into this! Damn Carter government."
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Post by Nucksrule on Aug 26, 2007 10:47:57 GMT -8
not quite he same but funny anyhow, waiting to get on the ferry, the SBC is in dock but its taking forever to load and as a truck driver runs beside our lane, a snob in the car behind us shouts hurry up, you're first in line and the guy shouts back "shut the f**k up" flips the bird keeps on runnin and trips as he looks back.
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Post by Scott on Sept 23, 2007 23:27:13 GMT -8
Fifteen minutes after leaving Duke Point Sunday evening, an announcement came one asking someone to come down to their car because they had left it running.
Another "oh brother" would be my sister-in-law locking her keys in her van on the 7PM from Swartz Bay on Saturday night. When she realized it at Tsawwassen, they tried to break into the van with no luck for quite a while. They unloaded the ship, loaded the ship, and told her (and the 5 passengers) that they would have to go back to Victoria to get towed off. At the last minute, they got it open and drove off!
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Post by hwy19man on Sept 27, 2007 23:40:19 GMT -8
People on Rte 30 wondering when they're going to arrive in Victoria I have to agree and laugh big time here. That is so true mainlander, so many people get caught on that. However, it must be rare but, I have heard it the other way around on route 1 heading to SWB that some are wondering when they will make it to Nanaimo.  |
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Post by PCL Driver on Sept 28, 2007 5:45:44 GMT -8
My personal favorite:
About 7 or 8 years ago I was on the SOVI, at the PCL desk selling tickets, when this nice young American fella came up to me (toting his wife and two little ones) and asked if I could help him find his car. I replied that it's probably downstairs on the car deck where he left it....he had a kind of confused look on his face, and said:
"Car deck? What Car deck? I thought they drove the car on for us?"
He had thought that BC Ferries drove the vehicles on for people, so he left his car in the lane with the keys in the ignition.
I sent him down to the Chief Stewards Office....seems that staff at Tsa were searching for the owner of this car, and thought it could be a possible suicide...his car followed an hour later on the Saanich...
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Post by Koastal Karl on Sept 28, 2007 8:47:26 GMT -8
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Post by Balfour on Sept 28, 2007 13:28:12 GMT -8
Yeah I've read that. I've had people ask me questions just as stupid as those on the mountain, or even on the bus.
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Post by Ferryman on Sept 28, 2007 14:24:58 GMT -8
For those who aren't Facebook members, here's the highlights as to what Karl posted the link to.
A tourist with a VERY obvious Southern drawl asks one of the deckhands, "What is that line in the water?" (she is referring to the muddy water of the Fraser River mixing with the waters of the Georgia Strait).
The response: "That, ma'am, is the Canada-US border. The clear, blue water is Canada, and the muddy dirty water is America."
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Other classics are:
"When do we arrive?" (asked by someone who had just purchased a ticket and parked the car in the lanes of the terminal...thinking that they were already on the ferry...)
"What time does the free whale show start?"
"Why do I have to pay for the ferry?" (asked by a woman from Texas driving a massive SUV; when I replied that there were fuel costs, employees, etc, she demanded to know why the taxpayers didn't subsidize HER travel...
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Best ever... Someone complained that there meal was cold... so they took it back to the cashier... the cashier looked around then turned to the passenger and was like " i don't see anywhere here where it says we serve hot food".... enough said lol!!!!!
the best answer EVER!!!
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I think the stupidest question came from a Southern AMerican woman when she asked my Dad, Glen Campsall "how does the boats get across the water in the winter...when it freezes" he answered "well way up here in Canada we just get the inuit people to chip away the ice in front of the ferry-on dog sleds of course" (the last time I checked the pacific ocean doesnt freeze..hmm- we got a bright one here)
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"What lake is this?"
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"Can you count out this change, I don't understand your money here!"
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Here's one from this weekend on the way to Swartz Bay.
A 55ish american woman comes through the line up.
"$18.55, please" I say to her. As her husband takes out an american $20, she waves franticly at his hand and says "Put that away, we will get Canadian change, we don't want Canadian change. We will get Canadian change, wont we?" She asks looking to me. I nod to her with a blank look on my face, expressing the stupidty of the question through my expression to the passengers behind them. After searching for smaller american bills for half a minute or so, she gives up with an exasperated sigh and hands me the $20 out of her husbands wallet. I give her the change. She looks at it. "I will be able to spend this while I am in Canada, right?"
I pause and reply with a stupified "uhh, yeah" I wish I had a better reply for her, I usualy try to be a smart ass in some way, shape or form. I guess it was just too early and I wasn't on my A game.
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Isn't it amazing they are all Americans? I heard of one American Ggentelman drove his truck on board the SOVI, walked of the walkway, found a TA and asked ,where do I pick up my truck?
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Do the life-jacket lockers have locks on them?
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meals are free right? because we paid to get on.
and just because I hear them all the time, I still love them, which way is the front? and where are we going?
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on the northern route
when do we see the whales?
reply- we release them from the hold in an hour
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"Where's your ass?"
"My...ass?"
"I want some ass water."
"Ummm...we don't have any...ass water..."
Say "ice" with a thick southern accent and it will all make sense.
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Wouldn't really call this a question, more of a statement. Was working in the Buffet on the SOBC a few years ago, an American (yes can you believe it....an American) gentlemen asked me when we had moved these islands here (refering to the Gulf Islands) because when he can here 10 years ago these islands weren't here. Of course his wife is looking a me trying her best not to laugh, when I explain that these islands are on barges and we move them around every couple of years because we like the change of scenery. Me thinks the wife was a little smarter then the hubby
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 28, 2007 20:57:07 GMT -8
Thanks Chris, those were a riot!!! ;D
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Post by Mac Write on Sept 28, 2007 20:59:33 GMT -8
Allot of those are legit questions geez. Just because people don't live and breath ferries doesn't mean they know everything. You go to a foreign country and I bet they will make these jokes about you.
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Post by Balfour on Sept 28, 2007 21:50:01 GMT -8
If you read those closely Mac, they are questions where common sense is the answer, not ferry knowledge, that's why it's funny.
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Post by Nick on Sept 28, 2007 22:29:33 GMT -8
I love those. My dad told me this story once:
He had just finished loading the SOBC and had it cleared for departure at S.B. when a very irate man came to him and told him "You have to call that ferry back. I need to be with my brother who is on that ferry". When my dad replied that it was full, and he'll have to wait an hour for the next one (this was during the summer), he replied that "I don't care. You need to call that boat back and take someone off so I can go on.". My dad just said "not gonna happen" and walked away.
Talk about a "me" mentality eh?
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