Dealdliest Catch....

...so I told you we went to see three guys from the hit show "The Deadliest Catch" this week. It was a speaking thing and they were supposed to chat about fishing and their experiences. There were two hosts for the night, a man and a woman who work for a local radio station. They were also taking questions from the audience. I gotta say, I wasn't overly impressed. It was alright and they did have some funny moments but overall I wouldn't go running back to see them. They are just fisherman....nothing fancier than that....and they have the same stories like the many fisherman from around here. They also didn't realize that the Bay of Fundy has the biggest tides in the world....hummm.....I found that odd.

I guess what started the bad taste in my mouth was at the beginning of the show. A man stands up and clearly has a disability. His speech was a little slow and he had obvious physical disabilities. He had one of the Captain's books and said he had read it twice and wanted them to sign it. One of the Captain's then responds back to him mimicking his speech. I didn't find that funny at all....this guy paid money for the book and money to go see these men....and this money pays for their lifestyles....there was no need to mock him....it was RUDE. I assume they were a little looser with their lips due to the fact they were all drunk when they got on stage. Seriously?? You couldn't have waited till after?? We paid $117 to go see three drunk Captain's who also felt the need to ask the female host on stage to show them her "tits". Common! That was rude too. I'm not easily offended and can take lots of sexual and vulgar comments, but I just felt they were so drunk that they took it a little too far. That same lady went and got a question from the audience, of course she was female, and as soon as she stood up the Captain's were asking her to show them her tits too. Geesh guys....could you please come back to reality, we're not on Jerry Springer! Woman are more than that.

One lady stood up and mentioned that there were 4 fisherman missing off of Digby and they sounded generally interested for a minute and were nice....but then back to vulgar and drunk men talk. I don't know....I did laugh but they just weren't anything special.

I ended up meeting one of them later on in the evening at a bar. I was introduced and we shook hands, but then me and a friend just left. I didn't want him to think we felt like he was a celeb. He really isn't. He's a fisherman just like many around here. The difference is that I think most men from here wouldn't have acted that way - most are gentlemen.

"RESPECT, find out what it means to me" - Aretha Franklin