# "There's a Jet Ski on my porch.  That can't be good."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-jet-ski-on-my-porch-that-cant-be-good/127833>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 10, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-jet-ski-on-my-porch-that-cant-be-good/127833 "2002-09-10T19:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-jet-ski-on-my-porch-that-cant-be-good/127833/1 "2002-09-10T19:05:34Z")

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[3-year-old drives water scooter into home](http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/weird_news/4036955.htm)

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> …Caralina’s father, Joseph Santiago, told [the neighbor] he was in the water behind his home in the Lake Forest neighborhood next to the Yamaha when the child took off. …Santiago told him that he and the girl ride the water scooter together often and that the girl knows how to turn on the watercraft.
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> …Her 75- to 100-foot journey through the backyard of the home bypassed a large tree and stopped short of a sliding glass door…
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> She was not wearing a helmet …(but was wearing a life vest)…, but [Broward County Fire-Rescue spokesman Todd] LeDuc said her relatively good condition “is a testament to the resiliency of small children.”

The child was not hurt, but I’m staying off the road when she’s learning how to drive. Hell, I’m staying out of Broward County.

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**Author:** ![elshatan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@elshatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elshatan)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-jet-ski-on-my-porch-that-cant-be-good/127833/2 "2002-09-10T20:44:49Z")

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That kid’s gonna have a hell of a story…

Aww, geez, I’m over 50 posts.

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**Author:** ![elshatan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@elshatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elshatan)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-jet-ski-on-my-porch-that-cant-be-good/127833/3 "2002-09-10T20:54:03Z")

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That kid’s gonna have a hell of a story…

Aww, geez, I’m over 50 posts.