{"id":154,"date":"2009-11-21T08:09:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/11-2\/wheat-from-the-chaff-things-you-learn-on-a-ferry-trip"},"modified":"2011-07-13T19:47:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T02:47:59","slug":"wheat-from-the-chaff-things-you-learn-on-a-ferry-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/154","title":{"rendered":"Things You Learn On A Ferry Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/154\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"blog\"><!-- back and forward --><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogbody\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Things you learn on a Wednesday evening ferry trip!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">You know things aren&#8217;t right when&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; you hear your ferry is canceled when you&#8217;re already half way there. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; your alternative ferry terminal, Horseshoe Bay, is so windy that you don&#8217;t leave your vehicle to go to the bathroom. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; you find out your 5:00 pm ferry is the last one to leave for Vancouver Island. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; the swells are so bad that you don&#8217;t feel like eating dinner. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; the Captain says we will be making a hard turn and that we need to sit down, hold on, and brace ourselves &#8211; and then concludes gravely, &#8220;Here we go!&#8221; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; while he is saying this, you&#8217;re in a toilet stall with your pants down. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; you quickly pull your pants up [unrelieved] and hold on to the walls of the stall. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; you go to the bathroom quickly, waiting for the big Poseidon wave that&#8230; thankfully never hits. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; grown but panicked men are asking the crew, &#8220;Is this normal?&#8221; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; the passengers clap with gratitude when we hear the Captain&#8217;s address at the end of the ferry trip. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230; there are hardly any other vehicles on the highway from Nanaimo to Victoria (because only idiots would be driving in a storm). <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">&#8230;. another storm is coming the following night, when we are coming home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Wonderful. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posted\">Posted by <a href=\"mailto:cwelch@lexiconic.net\">Colin Welch<\/a> at 11:30 AM<br \/>\n<em>Edited on: Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:22 PM<\/em><br \/>\nCategories: <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_experiences.html\">Experiences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_humour.html\">Humour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things you learn on a Wednesday evening ferry trip! 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