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50 things your coxswains should never say
- Keep going, they might catch a crab.
- Just going through the umpire's wash
- Faster up the slide!
- (with a hint of hope) They're not going away as fast now
- ...97,98,99 ...
- (On the way to the start), Is that OUR race going by ?
- You're going to lose, DO SOMETHING!!
- Pull with your hands (!)
- Heard after 20 pretty good strokes of a 25k steady state row ... "that's good, one minute gone."
- Give me another hard one!
- Two, watch the buoy.
- It looks shallow here...
- Pull harder guys...my dad is watching!
- Take a 10! You're dying!
- Let's focus on our technique now (as you cross over the 500m down mark).
- Are we at full pressure?
- Weigh enough...so three can recover from his crab.
- We are walking on the official's launch.
- When does our race start?
- Boy, those guys are fast!
- Last 10 strokes to the finish! 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 okay only 5 more!
- Let it run......in two.
- Hold water All!!
- They're going faster than us!
- We are going to lose...
- Hey guys, it looks terrible but feels great.
- They expect me to know what `Weigh Enough' means?
- Does anybody know which side the sandbar's on here?
- OH SHIT!!
- (Used while practicing for the Charles..) Now guys, this is the hardest turn in the course, Oh Shit, Weigh'nuf!!
- (While your coach screams) "SAVE THE EQUIPMENT!!!"
- One, Two, Three, Seven, Five.... (during a power ten)
- Skeg?? what skeg?
- Take ten to focus
- Last minute....last fifty strokes...power twenty...power ten.. ..Almost There!!! (Head of the Connecticut)
- Guys, I don't think this is our race.
- We're not gonna let the varsity beat us, we're the novice men!!
- Boy, I cant see anything in this fog.
- Look at that!!
- 'cmon guys, that sculler is beating us
- What are these strings for??
- Don't get tired...
- (During one of your first hard pieces in training): "Come on, pull harder than you have ever pulled in your life before!"
- What the hell does that sail boat think it's doing?!!
- (Before you push off from the dock) How does this thing work?
- Give me a power ten. One. . .Two. . .Three. (yawn) .Four. . . .
- We're four boat lengths down...keep up the good work.
- (Head of The Connecticut) " I think I see the finish line, guys."
- Is there a reason that no one takes this arch?
- (After a brutal crab) "Hey, where does three think he's going?"
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