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How to Translate Coxswain

Over the years I've noticed that what I say to the rowers and what I mean are often quite different. So, spilling the beans on what we, the coxswains, really mean:

Coxie: "I did not eat a donut."

Truth: "I had two. OK, three."

Coxie: "Let it run."

Truth: "I think this is a nice place to stop, don't you?"

Coxie: "Let it run let it run let it run!"

Truth: "Wow, that bridge abutment really snuck up on me."

 

Coxie: "Bow four, sit up to row"

Truth: "Stern four says they're tired and I'm scared of stroke."

Coxie: "That boat has good set."

Truth: "We don't."


Coxie: "I wonder where that crew's from."

Truth: "They're hot."


Coxie: "Check out those cool blades/boat/unis!"

Truth: "They're hot."


Coxie: "I don't think they're in our race."

Truth: "I hope not, 'cause they'll beat us."


Coxie: "I do so know what lane we're in!"

Truth: "Damn."


Coxie: "I saw it! I was steering precisely."

Truth: "Yes, that was blind luck I didn't hit it."


Coxie: "This is a nice course."

Truth: "Wish I had my pole, to do some trolling."


Coxie: "The goose was suicidal."

Truth: "I steered for it."


Coxie: "Eyes in the boat!"

Truth: "Yeah, they were hot."





and now, the other side of the coin:

Lies Rowers Tell Their Coxswains (but we notice!)



Rower: "The coxbox isn't working....."

Truth: "I unplugged the speaker."



Rower: "The coach said turn around at the bridge."

Truth: "The one 5km downriver."



Rower: "My slide broke."

Truth: "I sawed it before practice."



Rower: "We need a water break here!"

Truth: "There's a hot crew here!"



Rower: "I think I heard thunder."

Truth: "I'm hungry and want to stop rowing."



Rower: "I was admiring their timing!"

Truth: "Fill-in-appropriate-body-part-here."


 

Dyslexiacox


User Comments:

 

Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on 2002-10-26 19:56:53
Comment:
LoL! i like that cuz its 2 tru!

Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on 2003-06-12 09:45:12
Comment:
Novice Coxswain: "Last 10!"


Truth 1: "Last 500!"


Truth 2: "I've no idea where the finish is."


Truth 3: It's third time he's said it (and he'll say it twice more).

 

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Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on 2003-06-26 14:01:11
Comment:
Very true! I'm a novice coxswain and I'll call the Final 40...then 10 more...10 more again...okay only 5 more...just a few more! One thing I'm doing to fix that is at practice I guess to myself how many strokes to a certain point and then see how far off I was. Hopefully next season I will actually call a Final 40.

 

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Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by fOxY*cOxIe ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) on 2003-10-23 19:53:51  website:http://
Comment:
40's kind of a big number to call, try for 20 next time

Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by coxboxroxmysox (-) on 2004-01-30 01:40:42  website:http://
Comment:
it's okay. we were doing a timed piece once, so I called last minute, then my coach said to keep going, so i called another last minute...boy was my stroke PISSED.

Subject: Re: How to Translate Coxswain ~ And Lies Rowers tell their Coxswains
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on 2004-10-08 17:39:01
Comment:
Ah, too true, too true. Fortunatly for my own skin, and the sanity of my rowers, I quickly learned to NOT call things like that. stupid red buoys....

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