rake the beach (I am not kidding, this really happened)

[blas]

Dave, Dave, Dave.....it never ever stops with the Dave, does it?

[Supermarket Slave Girl]

"Dave, when you're done raking the beach go warm up the ocean, it's too cold and I want a heated ocean!

[calulu]

"Dave, I demand you cool down the beach sands too. The heat is burning my feet and when you're done with that you need to strain the ocean to remove all the jellyfish.."

[Sheldonrs]

"Dave, when you're done raking the beach go warm up the ocean, it's too cold and I want a heated ocean!

Sure thing! I needed to pee anyway! Thanks!

[flutes_and_fabric]

I actually don't like when people rake the beach. Beaches are beautiful (at least at night when it doesn't look like a sea of umbrellas) and raking the beach just makes it look too tidy and unnatural.

A permit is actually needed if a resort wishes to rake their beach mechanically since it is actually very endangering to the environment. The rakes used can't change the grain size of the sand. they cannot go into the part of beach where water touches since aquatic vegetation could be affected, and sand cannot be removed from the beach. It is actually illegal to rake for aesthetic purposes (with a mechanical rake), it must be for cleaning and health reasons only. No raking of the drift zone, where the waves wash up, may be done, even with hand rakes. All trash in that area must be picked up by hand. (I'm a biology minor and one day our class kinda hijacked a school bus, meaning the driver felt like going to the beach, and drove the 2 hour ride down to the ocean. It was great.)

That said, expecting someone to go out with a rake and make your beach look pretty is a ridiculous request. Be happy that you're there, it looks good enough the way mother nature decorated it.

[blas]

What in the hell is a beach?

[Javarod]

Yea i've seen this too.
But yea i've seen the tractor/plow set up.

Anyone know WHY the sand gets raked sometimes? Like whats the reason?

Aesthetics and safety, it looks prettier, important for a tourist town, and all those divots formed by people walking on the beach create a trip hazard. Neither reason is all that good of a reason, that's why they didn't do it all that often, maybe once a week peak season if that.

[trunks2k]

Anyone know WHY the sand gets raked sometimes? Like whats the reason?

The ones I've seen are actually picking up trash and sticks and stuff.

[Nekojin]

What in the hell is a beach?

It's like the shore of a lake, but bigger.

[Food Lady]

I'm on mobile web, so it doesn't show who the OP is, but when I saw the title, I KNEW it was one of Dave's posts.

Dark Helmet: Found anything yet? Guy with Comb: We an't found sh*t. Epic movie, perfect for this.

hahahahahahaha! Love that scene.

[elsporko]

My grandma rakes the beach at the family camp all the time. She doesn't like the reeds that grow on it so she rakes them up along with grass.

[Nohbody]

And while you're at it, why not sort the sand by color and size?

(Sadly, though, I know of a person or two who would ask something like that, completely seriously. )

[LadyAndreca]

Aesthetics and safety, it looks prettier, important for a tourist town, and all those divots formed by people walking on the beach create a trip hazard. Neither reason is all that good of a reason, that's why they didn't do it all that often, maybe once a week peak season if that.

*nod* Raking picks up glass and trash left behind by tourists, and makes it look nice and pretty and picturesque in the mornings. Towns that have private beaches (require paid beach badges) tend to do this nightly during tourist season, while ones with public beaches (don't need beach badges) do it much less often, if at all. At least, on the part of the Jersey shore they do.

[MiddleofNowhere]

Down Cancun way, they had some sort of device they drug behind an old John Deere to 'rake the beach'.

We called it...

The Sandboni!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

And while you're at it, why not sort the sand by color and size?

Shhhhhhhh! *puts finger to lips*

Somebody may hear you and call Dave to ask for that by the end of next week.