Today, I saw the ocean for the First Time in My Whole Life. It was unbelievably beautiful. The sun was shining, the little birdies were cheeping, and my dear friend and I were playing in the surf and generally having a day of the quality that normally is only found on tampon commercials.
What could be better?
Well, we found out. A whole boatload of fucking goat-felching redneck fishermen appeared on the horizon. They brought their boat within about 20 feet of shore, trailing at least six razor-sharp hooks into the very water in which we had been swimming.
Fortunately, we were shell-hunting, and so we were not lacerated into sharkbait by the hooks.
The big white boat kept coming closer and closer to shore, until we could not only read the name of their boat (it was “Gal-O-Mine,” if you’re curious), but we could also easily count the stars on the confederate flags on their greasy bandanas.
So, as we are just crazy enough to not like being run over by giant boats while sharp hooks drive through our delicate girl parts, we stayed on the shore and waited for them to go away.
Instead of going away, they noticed us, two beautiful women sitting in out bathing suits on the shore, and started going back and forth in front of us, ever closer, sounding the traditional redneck mating cries, such as “Woo Hoo!” and “Hey baby!”
They were now so close to the shore that we were honestly afraid they might hit the bottom and tip over. And we’d have been right out there, swimming out there to rescue them from drowning. Just as soon as we finished our sandwiches, and perhaps got a cold beverage.
We finally gave up and went away, and the dolphin-fucking fishermen defeated us. May their wives bring home venereal diseases, may their dogs eat their best huntin’ boots, may their bald heads get peeling, blistering sunburns. May their boat be confiscated by the IRS and sold to the NAACP. May rats nest in their satellite dish.