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The Borderline Sociopathic Navy For Boys

The Borderline Sociopathic Navy For Boys

And to think your mother wouldn’t let you have a BB gun because you’d shoot your eye out.

Of course, a BB gun is no where near as dangerous as a kayak. This fellow no doubt built a submarine out of a kayak to make it safer. If you’re going to end up upside-down with your legs in a knot in a sort of socket, you might as well be watertight.

If someone buys you a kayak, keep an eye on that person. They mean you no good. Have any food they offer you tested. Check under your car when you leave their house. A person that purchases you a kayak is not to be trusted. 

This Activity Needs A Name, And We’re Just The People To Give It One

This Activity Needs A Name, And We’re Just The People To Give It One


We can’t leave this to the usual suspects to name. They name all male activities pretty badly. “Football?” Come on, that’s tantamount to insinuating that placekickers are important or vaguely masculine. They shoulda named it headbonking, or concussion derby, or “I’m not holding, honest.”

We could call it sluicing. Nah. How about guttering? No, that one’s taken for the morning after Saint Patrick’s Day. Weir jumping. I like that a bit. Grinding my kayak down to a nub has too many words. Canal crashing?  Channel slamming?

I know. Ditch-it-deroo.

(Thanks to Gerard at American Digest for sending that one down the pipe)

Altitude. Altitude

Altitude. Altitude

The Borderline Sociopathic Blog For Boys enjoys a certain amount of insouciance in the face of heavy weather like Hurricane Sandy. We approve of dancing in your undershorts in a puddle behind a ridiculous TV news drone clutching a microphone while modeling North Face mountaineering togs that have never been worn anywhere the subway doesn’t run.

But of course, laughing in the face of danger is nothing compared to keeping a straight face and facing danger down while doing something important and serious. The US Coast Guard rescued almost all the crewmen of the Bounty in the middle of a hurricane. That’s the stuff right there.

(Thanks to BSBFB devotee Bond, Stanley Bond for sending that one along)