OKC Kayak Word Soup

Well, it is finally true. I am officially famous. For those of your who possess one of the few copies in circulation of my very own “Mail Order Husband Catalog,” I told you that it would be worth it to hang onto this until the day I made it big time. For the rest of you who don’t have a clue as to what I am speaking about, I totally deny ever creating a sixteen page, full color catalog of a “dozen or so, not so datable selections,” featuring no other than myself, in a sad attempt to court some girl.

I am certain that this latest attempt to destroy my impeccable reputation (Ha!) is just another one of these unethical and sad maneuvers to try and frame me. Now I know how the politicians must feel. What happened is, I put on a three hour kayak program for St. Mary’s School in Edmond. This end of the school year party was full of fun, and included an engaging kayak lesson with a highly qualified and skilled guide (and humble, too!) In addition to the hands-on instruction, we rotated over 40 kids into and out of kayaks on the school pond as they practiced what they had just learned. The parents, headmaster, teachers, and kids all loved it.

Boy, was I excited when a friend called to tell me that this event had made the Edmond Sun Newspaper. Yippee, FREE ADVERTISING!!! He sent it to me, and I was thrilled to see that it also included several nice color photos of the kids and myself in kayaks. But, wait just a second, the photo with the caption “Dave Lindo of OKC Kayak shows the kids how to paddle,” was a photo of me holding my paddle with my hands gripping it from the underside and the paddle turned around backwards.

Anyone know a good kayak instructor? (photo: Edmond Sun)

What!!!! I regularly chastise others for holding the paddle incorrectly, and here I was flat busted. Now the photographer could have used film to capture one of the nearly seventy thousand rolls that I performed (flawlessly, I might add). Or, she could have pictured the school group as they were captivated by my engaging lesson. ….but NOOOOO!!!!! Now, I am certain that this photo is in the same realm as bigfoot, Nessy, and ivory billed woodpeckers (look it up online). TOTALLY BOGUS!!!!

Anyway, as we all know, you can’t believe everything you see or read. And if you, by chance, do happen to have a fictitious copy of a Mail Order Husband Catalog featuring me, I am now offering even more money to retrieve these, and get them out of circulation. (I told you they would be worth something some day!)

Lastly, if you would like to read the article purely for its content go to: http://www.edmondsun.com/schools/local_story_147113806.html

Thank you, Patty Miller and the Edmond Sun for writing and running this story. We actually loved it, including the photos!