posted 12-13-2001 12:13 AM ET (US)            

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"I"m trying to think...but nothing happens..

Duh..it's true (see above)

posted 12-13-2001 11:25 AM ET (US)         

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"PEOPLE WHO CAN'T CHOOSE WHEN TO GO OUT, CHOOSE TO GO OUT IN A BOSTON WHALER "

Famous BW ad from the late 80's, showing a US Coast Guard 22 Guardian, with twin OMC 100's, in bad weather off Cape Hatteras.

The BW ad showing the 18 Outrage overturned on a beach with a 44 ton bulldozer sitting on it was also part of this series.

posted 12-13-2001 11:40 AM ET (US)         

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Don't ask me how that happened. I hit some magic function key by mistake and look what I got. This must be the record for instant multiple posts.

I was in the process of typing that this was another of Whaler's early well known ads, showing a Montauk.

posted 12-13-2001 11:47 AM ET (US)         

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OK, here's one more, and it's most appropriate for this Classic Whaler website:

"THE LONGER YOU OWN IT, THE BETTER IT LOOKS"

BW ad showing a 16' Sakonnet and a VW Beetle on a beach.

All of these ads were indicative of the kind of Company BW used to be. They had a culture and a creativity all their own! It's too bad so much of this has been lost. Now look at BW's boring ads.

posted 12-13-2001 11:55 AM ET (US)         

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Maybe the ad should read:

"If you want to find calm water, a gas dock or a dockside watering hole, follow a Sea Ray".

posted 12-13-2001 11:58 AM ET (US)         

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I'm on a roll. Here's another one for Sea Ray:

"The longer you own it, the less fashionable it looks".

posted 12-13-2001 01:06 PM ET (US)            

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my wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun never

(on a lifted Ford pickup in central Florida)

posted 12-13-2001 01:17 PM ET (US)         

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A toast:

"To wives and girlfriends,
May they never meet."

posted 12-13-2001 01:23 PM ET (US)            

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With some of the currrent threads, maybe our web site tattoo should be

"Born to be Riled"

posted 12-13-2001 01:31 PM ET (US)            

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If you can't spell vasectomy, you probably need one.

Some people see the glass as half emty, some people see it as half full, I see the glass and wonder what's in it.

We need people with multiple personalities to offset the people who don't have one.

posted 12-13-2001 01:39 PM ET (US)            

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those last 3 are pretty good and the next toast I do I will surely not remember them.

I drink therefore I am!

No brain, no pain!

posted 12-13-2001 02:23 PM ET (US)            

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Bridges and tunnels are proof that we will not be denied.

Big breast preclude the need for a personality.

Boston Whalers have more to offer than other religions.

posted 12-13-2001 02:43 PM ET (US)         

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From Shakespeare and reportedly Stalin:

"The first thing you do is kill all of the lawyers."

Which reminds me of a bawdy tale:

A man walks into a bar, and slams down a whiskey and shouts, "all lawyers are as--oles!" Whereby, a man on the next stool says, "I take exception to that." The first man says " Oh I'm sorry are you a lawyer?" The second man responds, " No I'm an as--ole!!"

Sorry to pick on laywers, but they do make easy prey.

posted 12-14-2001 12:12 AM ET (US)            

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On my old twin engined sunbridge:
"My boat runs on gas, not thanks"

On my workbench in my garage:
"I'm so happy here, I could just fart"

On my whaler:
"Cape Cod Nude Beach Parking Permit No: 97356"

posted 12-14-2001 09:28 AM ET (US)            

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Originally by the great Samuel Clements "Mark Twain' and I think very fitting for this forum

"Don't tell fish tells where they know you, expecially don't tell fish tales where they know the fish"

Thanks, Jim Armstrong

posted 12-14-2001 01:40 PM ET (US)            

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A few favorites from the Monroe Fish Market in Monroe, CT:
"Lobster spoken here"

"We cheat the other guys and pass the savings on to you."

On the front of my PC monitor at work:
"Surf First. Work Later."

Finally, a popular gag that Cape Cod locals play on the tourists, an official looking decal for the car bumber that says "Cape Cod Canal Tunnel Resdient-Only Permit # OU812"

posted 12-14-2001 02:10 PM ET (US)            

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Seen on a septic tank pumper truck in Manitoba:

"great BIG sucker"

Red sky at night. . .
JB :)

posted 12-14-2001 06:34 PM ET (US)            

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I think Glenn needs to find the SeaRay forum and since he thinks we're rookies he probably shouldn't even waste his time here.

Mark

Lets put the fun back in disfunctional
a bumper sticker I saw recently.

posted 12-15-2001 04:29 AM ET (US)            

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"I fish...therefore I lie"

So many lures...so little time"

posted 12-15-2001 07:45 AM ET (US)            

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Diplomacy is being able to tell somone to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

The world could be divided into winners and whiners.

posted 12-19-2001 07:20 AM ET (US)            

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"Managed Care is Neither"

"All Mothers are Working Mothers"

posted 12-19-2001 05:02 PM ET (US)            

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My dad owned a cesspool pumping business. His business sales pitches included.

"9 out of 10 turds prefer Cano Bros. Pumping Service"

"You dump it, we pump it"

"We are a member, in good standing, of the Southern California Honey Dippers Association"

posted 12-19-2001 08:19 PM ET (US)         

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One bumper sticker
"If we are not supposed to eat them, then why are they made of meat?"

3 rules of the road..

1. don't know what it is, dont touch it
2. gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough( dumber you are the tougher you got to be)
3. watch what you wish for, cause you might get it.

posted 12-20-2001 08:08 AM ET (US)            

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Mark, I have always like Ben Franklin's original quote which is more telling than the popular versions. It goes:

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn from no other.

posted 12-20-2001 09:21 AM ET (US)            

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Love is Grand, Divorce is a Hundred Grand!

Total maybe adjusted, but thought is there

posted 12-20-2001 10:04 AM ET (US)            

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"the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in times of peace and tranquility, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy." - MLK Jr.

Could be modified for whalers...

"The ultimate measure of a boat is not how it performs on placid lakes and streams, but how it performs in times of tempest and storm-tossed seas...." Stick with the boat, you know it will continue to float no matter what (if you bought a whaler)

posted 12-20-2001 10:39 AM ET (US)            

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Apropos-

"No man's opinion is any better than his background, his experience and his general common sense."

"The intelligent person learns by experience, and the wise person learns from the experience of others."

Jack O'Connor

posted 12-20-2001 03:39 PM ET (US)            

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On the window of a Mustang convertible with blonde driver

"Move on...I just looked interested."

posted 12-20-2001 06:04 PM ET (US)            

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A Boston Whaler will get you through times of no money, better than money will get you through times of no Whaler...

dd

posted 12-20-2001 07:30 PM ET (US)            

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Seen on the hitch receiver of an SUV on the way home tonight: "Toys go here!"

Tom

posted 12-21-2001 12:45 PM ET (US)            

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Above the bar at my favorite local watering hole
"Sit long, talk much, laugh often"

At the Pelican Inn near San Francisco
"Fear knocked at the door"
"Faith answered"
"No one was there"

posted 12-21-2001 05:48 PM ET (US)            

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dd,

Great post. Since I am retired, I guess that's why I can do both. Anxious to hear what my ladyfriend thinks of that. HehHeh (laugh of dirty old man - Lady lover and Whaler lover)

posted 12-22-2001 05:05 PM ET (US)            

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"Beer is proof God loves man"

Ben Fraklin

posted 12-23-2001 02:43 PM ET (US)            

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A Toast:

To honor!...
...Get honor and stay honor!

posted 12-23-2001 03:55 PM ET (US)            

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On my friend's ski boat,
"This boat runs on gas, NOT Thanks!"

WANTED: A good woman is rich, loves sex, can cook and clean, and owns a Whaler. Please send picture of Whaler!"

posted 12-30-2001 10:56 AM ET (US)            

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Seen on a Mercedes wagon yesterday:

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep
like grandpa, not terrified and screaming
like the passengers in his car."

The license plate: SFTY 1ST

Chuck

posted 01-06-2002 11:43 AM ET (US)         

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"At either end of the social spectrum there lies a leisure class." (Eric Beck)

"We may be lost, but we're making good time." (Jim Bridwell)