13 Feb 97 08:36, Dennis Seavey wrote to Joe Dzurinda:
 SE->> I learned to dive through a YMCA class almost 30 years ago, back when
 SE->> the instructors were still ripping off your masks and turning
 SE->> off your air during their "stress tests".  I'm not sure that it made
 DS> Just to make the observation here that we don't do this anymore.  There
 DS> was joke on this echo some time back that asked "what is the difference
 DS> between a NAUI instructor and a PADI instructor?  The NAUI instructor is
 DS> allowed to HIT their students."  I only responded to this one because I
 DS> actually had someone ask me if we really do that when they were looking
 DS> over my message files.  Oh well.
My assistants and I used to have a playful competition on the last night of 
class where no holds were barred (among ourselves).  The students were not 
encouraged to participate, but they were free to watch how experienced divers 
don't run off to the surface just because one or two things go wrong.
Popping masks was just the beginning.  Sneaking up behind someone and 
serreptitiously turning off their air, then while they're dealing with that, 
flood the mask or release the tank from the backpack.  Flooding the mask and 
then undoing a bra was another favorite......(back in the days when this 
wasn't considered so politically incorrect).
 DS> Go blow some bubbles.
Who's bubbles?  I don't go for that......
Jay
PADI M-9033
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