You know you're a rower when...
...everything you do is "in 2...".
...you need to have a small pushy person around telling you what to do all the time.
...you can get up, get dressed and get out of college before your eyes are fully open.
...the phrase "cox box" doesn't make you giggle.
...you believe the world wouldn't exist without lycra.
...you only recognize your friends from behind.
...you stick water bottles in your shorts for no reason at all.
...you feel naked without clothing enough for 10 people on.
...you believe all authority figures carry a megaphone.
...you sit in lectures leaning to your rigger.
...half your body is bigger than the other.
...you blame bad moods on "the balance".
...your friends need a rowing translator to decipher your language.
...you can wear the same thing every morning for a week and not think twice.
...you think sleeping late is waking up at 8:30.
...everything's a race: you walk quickly to lectures, just so you can pass people
...when someone mentions being awake, you turn parallel and set up for it.
...when you sit down, you look for the tie-in shoes.
...you constantly check the tightness of nuts in handrails, chairs, door handles, etc.
...you bring up the beauty of the dawn, and people give you blank stares.
...overhearing people talk about how little sleep they got causes you to smirk.
...you admire the man who wears boxers under his lycra much more than a woman wearing a g-string under hers.
...you watch videos together, and it's ok to say "She's looking really long."
...you dress and undress one-handed so you don't have to take your hand off the blade.
...every time you sit in a chair you are mildly surprised to discover that it doesn't slide back and forth.
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