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<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Two surfers are at getting ready to paddle out: Surfer one: &#8220;Hey, guess what! I got a new longboard for my wife!&#8221; Surfer two: &#8220;Great trade!!!!&#8221; </span></strong>Funny Surf jokes</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">4 guys are discussing how they get their wives to let them surf every Sunday morning. The first says &#8220;Every Saturday night I take my wife out to an expensive </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">dinner&#8221;. The second says &#8220;Every Saturday I clean the house for my wife&#8221;. The third says &#8220;Every Saturday I let my wife go shopping and she can buy whatever she wants.&#8221; The fourth guy looks at the other three and just shakes his head. &#8220;You guys got it all wrong.&#8221; On Sunday morning I get up at 5:00am, shake my wife and say surfing or intercourse? </span></strong>Funny Surf jokes and surfing humor</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Moondoggie and three of his surfing buddies have gone surfing every Saturday for nearly thirty years. One Saturday, the guys are surfing near a highway when a funeral processional drives by. Well, Moondoggie lays down his pool, stands up on his board and places his hand over his heart. This processional is huge and takes nearly five minutes to pass. Once it passes, Kent sits down on his board and waits for the next wave. Needless to say his buddies are floored by his actions. One of &#8216;em finally speaks up and says, &#8220;that sure was a respectful thing you did there when they went by.&#8221; Kent replied, &#8220;It seems the least I could do seeing as how I&#8217;ve been married to the woman for over thirty years!&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The best thing about surfing is that even though you&#8217;re scared enough to wet your pants, nobody notices.</span></strong></p>
<h4>Funny Surf jokes  <span id="more-105"></span></h4>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Reasons Why Surfboards Are Better Than the Opposite Sex&#8230;</span></strong></h4>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards curves never sag.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards last longer.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards don&#8217;t get pregnant.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You can ride a Surfboards any time of the month.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards don&#8217;t have in-laws.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards don&#8217;t care about how many other surfboards you have ridden.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards don&#8217;t care about how many other surfboards you have.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Boats don&#8217;t mind if you look at other surfboards, or if you buy surfboard magazines.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">If you say bad things to your surfboard, you don&#8217;t have to apologize before you can ride it again.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You can ride a surfboard as long as you want and it won&#8217;t get sore.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Surfboards don&#8217;t care if you are late.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You don&#8217;t have to take a shower before riding your surfboard.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You can&#8217;t get diseases from a surfboard you don&#8217;t know very well.</span></strong></p>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Famous last words from Surfers</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> What&#8217;s the worst that could happen? </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> It doesn&#8217;t look <em>that</em> big. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> It&#8217;s a little big for a beginner, but      you&#8217;ll do fine! </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> You catch this one, I&#8217;ll be right behind      you. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> So this is how tow in surfing is done! </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Let&#8217;s both go, this wave is big enough      for two people! </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Let&#8217;s see who can hold their breath the      longest! </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> I&#8217;m a traditionalist, leashes are for      wimps. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> You mean you replace your leash <em>every</em> year? </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Check this out, I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; take off fins      first! </span></strong></li>
</ul>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Let me have this wave, would you?       My girlfriend is watching from the beach. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> It&#8217;s safe to sleep in the beach; just      like the old days. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Things You Always Wanted to Say to Another Surfer &#8211; </span></strong>Funny Surf jokes and surfing humor<strong><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></strong></h4>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">I want to send my condolences to your      wife.  Every woman makes a mistake now and then. </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Thanks for wasting another wave. . . how many      is that? </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Yes, you got 500 waves with your big board. . .      now maybe you should try a turn or something. </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">What were you thinking when you bought a board      with five fins? </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">I saw you kook-out on that last wave— I’m just      pretending like I didn’t see it out of courtesy. </span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Why You’re Late Coming Home</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> I tried to make it on time, but the      interviews took longer than expected.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Before Paddling Out</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Please don’t let the reporters know I’m      here.  I hate when they follow me around.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Is that Matt Ambrose?  I’ve gotta&#8217; move      North, he’s always bugging me for advice.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">If I don’t come back, you can have my dog.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Alert the media, I’ll be at the Pier.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">When Going for the Impossible Wave</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Hey, watch this!</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Banzai!</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">If I don’t make it, you can have my lawn mower!</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Why am I doing this?</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">After a Great Wipeout</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Damn, I hate it when the seals grab your leash.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Please help me kill the witnesses.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Is it your first day too?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Did I at least get a 10 for artistic      expression?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">I knew I shouldn’t have had group sex last      night.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">After a Good Wave</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Now that I’ve shown you how, its your turn.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Please, no autographs in the line up.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Must of fired some 20 year old neurons.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Do you suppose I’ll be able to do that again in      my lifetime?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">What happened there? </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Sure glad I had my Viagra last night.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">If someone got my picture, I’m quitting surfing      while I’m ahead.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">When the Surf is Horrible</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Let me ask you. . . Why?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Is there a reason we’re out here?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">This is desperation surfing.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Is it still considered surfing when you don’t      catch any waves?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You know, golf sounds pretty good right now.</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">I left a wife and a warm bed for this?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Just shoot me and get it over with.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><span style="color: #000000;">When You Drop in On Your Bro’</span></strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">If you can’t drop in on your friends, who can      you drop in on?</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #000000;">That’s a payback for 1992 when you dropped in      on me.</span></strong></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://idreamnowtravelblog.com">I Dream Now Travel Blog</a></p><p><span style="COLOR: #000000"><strong><strong><span style="COLOR: #000000">So E.Y.D has changed with the fall season to a new look and feel for the moment. </span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>You will find </strong><a href="http://enlightenyourday.com/category/quotes-and-proverbs/"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">enlightened quotes</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #000000;">, </span></strong><a href="http://enlightenyourday.com/category/meditations/"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">meditations</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #000000;">, and </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">philosophies</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> from the great teachers of past and present. Along with Pop culture </span></strong><a href="http://enlightenyourday.com/2008/05/27/inspirational-favorites-from-stumbleupon-for-the-heart-and-soul/"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Zen from StumbleUpon</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #000000;">, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You tube</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">, and </span>other Social Media sites.</strong></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="COLOR: #000000"><strong><span style="COLOR: #000000"><strong><a href="http://enlightenyourday.com/2009/11/17/top-ten-paulo-coelho-videos-on-youtube/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-417" title="Paulo Coelho the road to Santiago" src="http://idreamnowtravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Paulo-Coelho-the-road-to-Santiago-300x300.jpg" alt="Paulo Coelho the road to Santiago 300x300 A Zen Art Blog" width="180" height="180" /></a>“The reason why we are here, I call “The Personal Legend”. All my characters, somehow they have a reason to be here, and they have to struggle to find their place under the sun. Which they do…<br />
…and of course they have to pay a high price.”  <span style="COLOR: #003300">Paulo Coelho</span></strong></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="COLOR: #000000"><strong><span style="COLOR: #000000"><strong><span style="COLOR: #003300"><span style="color: #000000;">My mantra is: To Strive for Love, To seek knowledge, To Find happiness, and Yield not to fear.  Inspired by my favorite poem </span><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.online-literature.com');" href="http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/733/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">Ulysses</span></a><span style="color: #000000;"> by </span><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.netpoets.com');" href="http://www.netpoets.com/classic/poems/064028.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">Lord Alfred Tennyson</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">.  “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”</span></span></strong></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<h4><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The most commonly used phrase in </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Costa Rica</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> is Pura Vida. </span></span></strong></h4>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Everything in </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Costa Rica</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> is Pura Vida!  The simple translation is Pura Life; but the saying has a far more profound meaning to people of </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Costa Rica,</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> and the travelers who fall in love with this majestic country.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The first time I was explained the meaning of Pura Vida, I was enjoying dinner with one of my new friends Sage at Bruno’s restaurant in Tamarindo.  Sage lived in </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Costa Rica</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> a couple months each year to teach surf lessons at Witch’s Rock Surf Camp; he spoke Spanish fluently and was familiar with the local customs and lingo. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sage, “Pura Vida was first explained to me like this”, ‘Only here for a short time, so spread some cheer; and then your gone’.  This ungrammatically correct sentence immediately struck a chord in my heart. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The bank tellers, the restaurant servers, street vendors will all greet you with this saying; as well as say good-bye.  In my short stay, a month that flew by, I couldn’t hear or say this beautiful statement enough.  I was simply a Pura Vida addict.  Pure Life; how simple and wonderful of a statement to live by. </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;" lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The all knowing wikipedia has the following translation.  Pura Vida (POO-rah VEE-dah), used by Costa Ricans since 1956, literally translated means &#8220;Pure Life.&#8221; Contextually, it means &#8220;Full of Life&#8221; &#8220;Purified life&#8221;, &#8220;This is living!&#8221;, &#8220;Going great!&#8221; It is used as a greeting, a farewell, and to express satisfaction. The phrase has become widely known in the USA and Europe. Some foreigners view the phrase as an expression of a leisurely lifestyle, of disregard for time and wanton friendliness. However, Costa Ricans use the phrase to express a philosophy of strong community, perseverance, good spirits, enjoying life slowly, celebrating good fortune, whether small or large.&#8221;</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;" lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;" lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;" lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I was curious to find out the exact origins of the word, and I googled upon this article about it’s origin by Tony Cousins. </span></span><span class="text2"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Indeed, the most credible origin of the word is that it developed from the interaction between the surfing pioneers of the mid 1950’s and the local Costa Ricans (or Ticos) they encountered. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Whatever it’s beginnings there is no doubting that it has become part of the vernacular and Costa Ricans claim it to belong to pachuco, a slang or common speech somewhat removed from Spanish and very particular to Ticos. Used as a greeting, a goodbye, sometimes as an agreement, this versatile phrase, often shortened to a brief pura, signifies something deeper to Costa Ricans. It embodies a philosophy in which communal ties are strong and close; difficulties are overcome with a resilient and happy spirit, where life is enjoyed leisurely and to the full, and where fortune of whatever size is heartily celebrated.” </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">http://www.costaricaholiday.co.uk/News/Pura.htm</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><br />
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">If you have never been to </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Costa Rica</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">, you may hear this statement, but you will never feel this statement: not until you’re relaxing on the beach watching the sunset and feeling content that everyone who walks by gives you the acknowledgement of a smile, nod, or a Pura Vida.  That is one little thing that I will always miss about Costa Rica, and may never understand about North America, the simple hello’s from people passing by.  We’re all here on this earth together as one human race.  So please spread some Pura Vida and cheer before you’re gone and bring some joy to the lives of others.  Even a simple hello can bring light to a gloomy soul.  One love and Pura Vida forever…</span></span></strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p><a href="http://idreamnowtravelblog.com">I Dream Now Travel Blog</a></p><p>A two minute Escape to Surfing beautiful beaches, hot bikinis and never ending parties from the road least traveled. This is Idream Now Travel Blog. Above, is what you can expect over the next month from my new Travel Blog. I tried to think of a creative way to explain my motivations for this trip and [...]</p></p><p><a href="http://idreamnowtravelblog.com/2008/01/15/surfing-to-be-free-surfing-new-enlightened-vibrations/">Surfing to be Free: Surfing new enlightened vibrations</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://idreamnowtravelblog.com">I Dream Now Travel Blog</a></p><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">A two minute Escape to Surfing beautiful beaches, hot bikinis and never ending parties from the road least traveled. <span> </span>This is Idream Now Travel Blog.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Above, is what you can expect over the next month from my new Travel Blog.<span> </span>I tried to think of a creative way to explain my motivations for this trip and the reason why I picked Costa Rica.<span> </span>So, I dug up this little excerpt from one of my previous travel journals that explains my desires to surf from one town to the next in Costa Rica.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">I wrote this entry into one of my travel journal while in San Sebastian; a beautiful town in Northern Spain.<span> </span>I got lost, and happened to arrive at this surf competition and <span> </span>promo party.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The Surf Competition</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></h3>
<h3><span>(There is just something cool about surfing that I cannot really explain.<span> </span>I know that one day I will surf and be a beach bum.<span> </span>It is a way to become one with the Ocean and lose yourself in that majestic place.<span> </span>I got lost on my way today but ended up just where I needed to be.<span> </span>I always say, Fate, while traveling has a way of bringing you to the right place and time, so that you may savor a special moment.) </span></h3>
<h3><span>Surfing to be free… </span></h3>
<h3><span>(They wait in the water like a floating colony, hoping to catch the perfect wave where they lose themselves, only to become free.<span> </span>As they rip across the surf, for a brief moment their soul’s become alive.<span> </span>There is no longer any need to think, it is a time to just be.<span> </span>Be free from the world and all its stressful bull shit.<span> </span>Be alive, be content, be one with their soul.<span> </span>Someday just like them, I will surf to be just me, me who is free. “<span> </span>) </span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Taken from Old JMH Travel Journal archives</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Today, I purchased a new backpack for my trip to Costa Rica.  It’s light weight with track wheels, zip way harness strap, and a zip away day pack.  I love it.  For me the backpack is a universal symbol of freedom and exploration; a traveling colony of brave adventurers wishing to see first hand the different marvels of our world: indulging in the pursuit of pleasure and the adventure of the unknown. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></h3>
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