Comments on: You only think your job is a pain in the a** http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bruce Jones http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-423002 Bruce Jones Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:42:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-423002 While the jellyfish' body would be pureed, it's the tendrils that have the stingers. The stingers themselves are actually cells, so even if the pump tore the tendrils apart, whatever got dumped in the suit would make the dive unpleasant. While the jellyfish’ body would be pureed, it’s the tendrils that have the stingers. The stingers themselves are actually cells, so even if the pump tore the tendrils apart, whatever got dumped in the suit would make the dive unpleasant.

]]> By: Idaho Joe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-423001 Idaho Joe Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:02:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-423001 When you check Snopes.com on this ones validity, it says "undetermined," but they lean towards probably not. Still makes me pucker in all the wrong places reading it though. When you check Snopes.com on this ones validity, it says “undetermined,” but they lean towards probably not.

Still makes me pucker in all the wrong places reading it though.

]]> By: Humble1390 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-423000 Humble1390 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:43:45 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-423000 I have to say its hilarious, albeit dubious at best. I'm not a hard hat guy, but I do run trimix through my regs on a pretty regular basis. If he was breathing surface-supplied air (as is stated), he would need to have spent greater than 30 minutes at 130 ft to need all that deco time AND a chamber ride. Also, a jellyfish through a garden hose? They're not THAT supple. True, the jelly could have been pulverized by the pump, but why would it have then only attacked his buttocks? I don't buy it. I have to say its hilarious, albeit dubious at best. I’m not a hard hat guy, but I do run trimix through my regs on a pretty regular basis. If he was breathing surface-supplied air (as is stated), he would need to have spent greater than 30 minutes at 130 ft to need all that deco time AND a chamber ride. Also, a jellyfish through a garden hose? They’re not THAT supple. True, the jelly could have been pulverized by the pump, but why would it have then only attacked his buttocks? I don’t buy it.

]]> By: fmr_grunt http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-422999 fmr_grunt Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:42:18 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-422999 Have to agree with Andrew, I don't think the story is true. Funny as h*ll but unlikely. While I think a pulverized jellyfish's venom would still be active, I don't recall ever seeing jellyfish in water deep enough for compression dives in the winter (probably wrong on that count - there normally isn't a lot of work in the winter so I didn't spend a lot of time offshore from Oct - March). Have to agree with Andrew, I don’t think the story is true. Funny as h*ll but unlikely. While I think a pulverized jellyfish’s venom would still be active, I don’t recall ever seeing jellyfish in water deep enough for compression dives in the winter (probably wrong on that count – there normally isn’t a lot of work in the winter so I didn’t spend a lot of time offshore from Oct – March).

]]> By: Andrew http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-422998 Andrew Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-422998 I first saw this story back in the mid 1990s and its still funny. True or not (and I don't think it is), its still a great story for breaking up a normal day and to remind us, our jobs may not be perfect, but others have worst jobs. I first saw this story back in the mid 1990s and its still funny. True or not (and I don’t think it is), its still a great story for breaking up a normal day and to remind us, our jobs may not be perfect, but others have worst jobs.

]]> By: Lee http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/comment-page-1/#comment-423006 Lee Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:19:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/02/13/you-only-think-your-job-is-a-pain-in-the-a/#comment-423006 Not sure of any pumps out there that'd suck up a jelly, then spit it out again without cuisinarting the mass into bits of harmless goo... Then again, does jelly fish goo still have the ability to sting? I've never chopped one to bits and tried. Not sure of any pumps out there that’d suck up a jelly, then spit it out again without cuisinarting the mass into bits of harmless goo…
Then again, does jelly fish goo still have the ability to sting? I’ve never chopped one to bits and tried.

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