After retiring from his very lucrative job in the music business, Kreutzmann decided to learn to scuba (水中呼吸器)dive. He spent thousands of dollars for lessons, then spent thousands more for the finest suits, tanks, mask, and other related gear. Buying a boat and sailing to Hawaii, he felt a surge of pride as he went down into the water.

Photographing the coral and the fish, and using a waterproof pen and pad to make notes, he was surprised to find a man swimming several dozen feet below him with no equipment at all.

Outraged, Kreutzmann flippered over and tapped the man on the shoulder and wrote on his pad, "I spend thousands on scuba diving and here you are in bathing suit. What gives?"

The man took the pad and pen and wrote , "You asshole - I'm drowning."