Sponge DaVe Crabby Pants
According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures, the deadliest job is still fishing; particularly crab fishing! As some of you may know, The Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch series is premiering it’s fourth season tonight. I am avid, rabid fan. I love this show and I can’t get enough of it.
Deadliest Catch documents the jobs and lives of men (and women) working onboard fishing boats in the Alaskan Barring Sea typically in the hunt for Snow and King Crab. This profession is rout with tradition and harrowing tails of tragedy and overcoming insurmountable odds.
If you have never seen this show, let me indulge you with my description. Imagine working in the worst conditions imaginable, working the longest hours imaginable, hunting some of the foulest creatures imaginable for quick fortunes that are equitable to the days of the gold rush. Much like any other hunting season, you have a certain amount of time to get your quota of crab. These boats are tossing and bobbing in and out of 30 foot waves, pulling metal cages in and out of the water that are full of tons of live crabs. Imagine doing this in negative 10 degree weather. Ugh! The conditions are sooooo bad; you can just empathize with these guys while you are watching.
In discussing this show with friends, I’ve often thought that if I’d know about this earlier in life, I might have given it a try for a season or two. Despite being in the harshest environment, this job choice really would turn you into a man quickly. It appears to all be about repetition, brawn and endurance. If you can be on a crab boat, that is like having a black belt in toughness. You just respect someone that has that kind of fortitude.
Here are some reasons that I can NEVER work on a crab boat:
- No one would take my pirate talk seriously.
- Being new to the boat (a greenhorn), I would probably wear a viking helmet with painted green horns on deck. (I might even were a giant clock around my neck too).
- I would consider trying to water skiing behind the boat in a survival suit (hey, they did it on Mythbusters).
- Don’t like seafood.
- I get sea-sick.
- I’m lazy.
- I’m relatively wimpy. “Ouch, this crab pinched me!”
- I would be thrown overboard for constantly singing the theme song to Sponge Bob Square Pants. “Ooooohh, Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?”
Deadliest Catch premieres tonight. Enjoy the show.
If you can think of some addition reasons that I should not be on a crab boat, please leave me a comment.
I love this show too! Did you watch the marathon over the weekend? Reasons for you not to be on the show… no internet… no cell phones… no receiving pic messages
Next time you get hurt playing vball and start whining I’m going to remind you of the crab fisherman pain(s).
This show is so cool!!! Reasons for you not to be on the show….I must say you are not a person I see getting dirty, cold, and wet unless it benefits you in one form or another.
1. They don’t have an internet connection at sea aka NO BLOGS
2. No Qdoba
3. You’d giggle everytime someone refered to another as “seaman”