No doubt about it, even the most loyal readers are groaning at the above headline. But much to the horror of my 32-year-old son and 27-year-old daughter, I never miss a chance to use a painful pun or a good dad-joke.
True story? I sent my daughter to her fifth-grade talent-show armed with pun-laced dad-jokes. She didn’t speak to me again for a couple of weeks. Such are the pains of having a daily writer for a father.
But the headline above was irresistible, and not just because I’m a hack. Fort Myers Offshore already has 60 boats registered for this Friday’s Turkey Run. Registration opened just six days ago and nonprofit scholarship fundraising club’s annual post-Thanksgiving affair already has 60 members signed up for the event.
The Fort Myers Offshore affair has already surpassed its 50-something-boat record for the lunch run. Registration is still open and a healthy contingent of club-members are well-known for signing up at the last minute. The fleet is guaranteed to grow larger.
“We’re not going to cap it,” said Cyndee Hill, a Fort Myers Offshore board-member and the wife of club president Tim Hill.
The Naples Hyatt House will once again host the annual happening, and the venue’s dock space hasn’t exactly expanded at a rapid pace. But when it comes to rafting up and making use of every available inch for boats from 20-something to 50-plus feet, Fort Myers Offshore members are masters.
Strike that. They are magicians. Like a Thanksgiving-day turkey, the Hyatt House docks will be stuffed.
OK. You can groan again.