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cool scuba diver kite

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yeah, i know this is kinda silly, but...

i was down in the SF bay area last week and saw this kite flying at the berkeley marina. i thought it was pretty darn cool. i love the little fish that follows the diver.


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Wow...that's really elaborate, and cool!
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Totally not DIR [-X
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Yeah, but he's got awesome buoyancy control! :rr:
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Calvin wrote:Totally not DIR [-X
I dunno ... black suit, horizontal trim, and those definitely look like Jet fins.

Ah, but now I see what you mean ... no dive buddy ... [-X

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That is WAY COOL!!!!!!!!!!!

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this is the company that was renting the kites:
http://www.highlinekites.com/

the guy i talked to said the diver kite cost about $500 (!).

i wonder how much the octopi run:

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NICE!! jeff wonders where he can get one?.
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spatman wrote:i wonder how much the octopi run:
Ooooh did I get my hand slapped when I used the term "octopi" once!!! I'll save you the embarassment of public capital punishment!!! As I understand it, "octopuses" is the correct term for multiple octos. I think it's more fun to say "octopuseseseses." :book: :salute:
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Sounder wrote:Ooooh did I get my hand slapped when I used the term "octopi" once!!! I'll save you the embarassment of public capital punishment!!! As I understand it, "octopuses" is the correct term for multiple octos. I think it's more fun to say "octopuseseseses."
well, buddy, looks like you may have gotten slapped for naught. according to wikipedia:

"There are up to three forms of the plural of octopus: octopuses, octopi and (rare) octopodes."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus


although "octopusseseseses" sure is fun to say! :supz:
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jeff98208 wrote:NICE!! jeff wonders where he can get one?.
try the rental place (the link above the octopi). if they don't sell them, they probably know where to get them.
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Hmmm - Websters says either is fine too.

Janna? John?

Whatever - I'm sticking to octopuseseseseseses.
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Oc - to - po - des....

I like it! \:D/
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I also Like the...

"octopuseseseseseses."

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I think we should get a diver kite and fly it at club events. It will be like our own Bat Signal! :supz:

A note on the plural: Fowler states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses", and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic. Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin. But it isn't; it is Greek, from oktopous. If the word were Latin, it would be octoped and the plural octopedes, analogous to centipedes and millipedes.

That said, Merriam-Webster now accepts octopi as a plural form. The collective form octopus is also used, but is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.

From here: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.o ... on/octopus

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I think Milton Love (or Andy Lamb, can't recall for sure) also said the proper term was Octopuses.

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Thats okay Penelope!
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