Going Backward Is Forward Thinking

We’re on a scuba diving tour/school in the Philippines. Our guides’ differing levels of English vary from good to excellent. One of them asks:

Guide: “Any last questions before we start your first open water dive?”

Tourist: *Raises hand.* “Yeah, why do we always go backwards out of the boat?”

Guide: “Well, that is because if you went forward, you’d still be in the boat.”

Always love a technically correct answer!