Doug Kanter wrote:

.... Or, the knuckleheads who
need help docking on a windy day, and when they toss you their line, it's
always 2 feet shorter than the distance from the boat to the dock. Wouldn't
want to buy a 15 ft rope when a 3 footer will work just as well. Sort of.
:-)

Usually this sort of stupidity is self punishing. But the problem is that the
stupid don't learn better no matter how many times it happens.

DSK