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#1917
FINS or flippers?
DiveGirl55 - 9/29/2008 9:51 PM
Category: Survey
Replies: 68

okay, don’t you hate it when beginners call them FLIPPERS?
#547
ScoobahJim - 7/05/2017 11:36 AM
[Choose #1] I call them fins, But I have no Right to force someone to call them something different. I just ignore it.
#1347
Pixel - 11/20/2008 9:17 AM
[Choose #1] I will kill the person that DARES call my Volo Powers "flippers"
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castanagajt - 10/30/2008 4:36 PM
[Choose #1] I don’t hate it when they call them flippers, I have done it too.
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SKEETER - 10/25/2008 7:38 PM
[Choose #1] but no it is OK
#2157
MouthBreather - 10/11/2008 11:56 AM
[Choose #1] Yes! And the thing protecting the side of the boat is a FENDER. Geesh!
#2802
legaleagle - 10/01/2008 3:25 PM
[Choose #1] Unless they come from Sweden, then I call them Swedes
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seawolfdiving - 9/30/2008 5:44 PM
[Choose #1] I ate flipper for dinner...Arrrrr....!
#3066
mukashi - 9/30/2008 5:43 PM
[Choose #1] Split Fins ONLY ror me.
#415
herefishyfishyfishy - 9/30/2008 1:03 PM
[Choose #2] But then again, I am new :-)
#2322
iScuba - 9/30/2008 10:20 AM
[Choose #1] yes, i hate it. but it doesn’t matter, we all know what they mean...
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Greg - 9/30/2008 10:13 AM
[Choose #1] Or how about "Floppy Feet" :)
#2209
rustymich - 9/30/2008 7:22 AM
[Choose #1] I was new once though...
#3091
divemaiden - 9/30/2008 5:22 AM
[Choose #1] I don’t hate it when people call them flippers. People can call them whatever they like.
#6537
MonkeyDiver - 9/30/2008 12:02 AM
[Choose #1] Manual SCUBA propulsion devices