What a Catch!

In case you missed it, last night was the two hour premiere of Deadliest Catch Season 7. As expected, it was chalk full of cold weather, king crab, crazy high seas, swearing crewmen and chain smoking captains. There are even some new skippers this time around, so it’s a good mix of old and new drama. I’m a fan of the show but not to the extent of B. It was like Christmas came early yesterday as I received both texts and emails from him about the premiere.

As we sat down last night to watch it, our usual debate sprang up about whether or not he could hack it on any one of the boats featured on the show. Naturally, I don’t think there’s a chance he would make it 3 hours on a fishing boat much less 3 months and he, naturally, begs to differ. Last night we hashed out a list of our respective reasons:

Reasons Brian Would Survive:

• He likes boats
• Motion sickness is irrelevant in his life
• He loves cold weather & rain
• He’s used to not getting much sleep
• He can get along with anyone, including the crab he would be fishing for
• There aren’t any bugs on the Bering Sea

Reasons Brian Would Not Survive:

• Uncomfortable beds
• Pizza is not a common ship cuisine
• Lack of sports to watch
• He’s klutzy, especially when it comes to his feet (he’d be overboard or toe-less in no time)
• He doesn’t like to fish

I’m not sure there’s a clear winner in this debate. The klutziness is my argument's saving grace.

You may want to set your DVR in advance to record Deadliest Catch Season 8 just in case… you never know what Polish/Irish Chicagoan might be the next addition to the Cornelia Maria.