BoatBanter.com - For noah, the name

So I put the name on the boat, and the next day I told my students I'd
named the boat. They asked what I'd named it, and I told them, "Poco
Loco."

Then one of the students (13 year-olds) asked why I'd named it that. I
told her it was because I wanted to name the boat "Good Fisherman" in
Spanish, and a friend told me to use "Poco Loco." (I told them this
with my best 'believe me' look on my face.) (They did!)

None of them said anything for a few seconds, which is a long silence
in the 8th grade, and finally one of the Hispanics got brave and said,
"Mr. Herring, poco loco doesn't mean 'good fisherman'. I argued,
believably, that it did. I told them that my friend spoke spanish, and
wouldn't lie to me. This went on for a couple minutes, with me
starting to look very worried, and some of them looking very sorry for
me.

Finally, one of the kids brought his Spanish book to the front of the
room, and without saying anything pointed to 'poco' in the translation
dictionary in the back of the book. I looked astonished. Then he
silently pointed to 'loco' in the book. I looked like I was going to
cry.

The whole class was totally silent, and finally one girl said, "He's
faking it! He knew all the time!"

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!