Boater pumps 100 gallons of gas in wrong hole

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | May 13, 2008

[kingattax]

thats a pretty dadgum expensive mistake.

[andy58-in-nh]

I know someone who made a similar mistake once. Or claimed to have.

[mgc1122]

Hold muh beer ... I’m going to light a match to see if I can find the fuel door.

[eastforker]

As an avid boater, boat repairman and been around boats all my adult life, it never ceases to amaze me how stupid some people are and shouldn’t even be allowed around a boat.

[quark]

Pumping the wrong hole is a common problem...

[wideawake]

Presumably before he spent his time pumping gasoline into his fishing rod hole he had already spent some time pumping beer into his piehole.

[Triple]

I feel sorry for this guy’s wife.

[DCBryan1]

pumping in the wrong hole can cause a helluva reaction in some people.

[wideawake]

People do things in and to their boats that they would never dream of doing with their cars.

[fungoking]

Hey be a little more tolerant! sarcasm off

[bigfootbob]

“Marina employees said it’s not uncommon to see boaters pump fuel into fishing rod holders because the holder is often close to the fuel tank hole.”

I don’t believe that.

[woofie]

Good time to light a cigarette...he coulda made the evening news

[bigfootbob]

Without a doubt.

[lesser_satan]

The marinas in my area are all full-service (usually with really good-looking high school and college girls in bikinis pumping the gas) so they’d be liable for spills, I’d imagine. With the way prices are going I’ll probably just trailer mine to a gas station and fill up there this summer.

[Kozak]

Turn her over....

[Sax]

a boater pumped gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank.

HA! Just watching a public boat launch can be entertaining. I know of a tiki bar that overlooks one. At the end of the day after a fishing tourney, it's a great place to watch, some appear drunk, some inept, some fly in and out with expert precision, which is fun to watch too. You always want to be on your A game when your launching or returning there, since you're "on stage."

[thulldud]

Nothing like the reaction he woulda got if he’d done a Billy Jeff and tried a cigar in there afterwards. (Lit, of course.)

[taxesareforever]

“Not uncommon”?

Maybe only in Florida it’s not uncommon.

[Domandred]

I wanna know how big this boat was. I would have started noticing something was wrong right about 10 gallons. That is of course first assuming I was stupid enough to confuse my rod holder with the gas tank...

[brydic1]

Most likely can not punch a hole in a ballot either. LOL