I don’t know Daniel Tosh or what Sea-Doo. Can you explain this quote to me in like plain English where I don’t have to search something?
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Daniel tosh is a comedian and a sea-doo is a brand of jet ski. A jet ski is like a water motorcycle.
Well you've gotten that far, what's a comedian, water, and a motorcycle?
Unfortunately those three terms happen to be irreducible.
Got it! I’ll explain them simply using only the 1,000 most common English words (like in the style of “Simple English” or the “Up-Goer Five” idea).
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Water: The clear stuff that falls from the sky as rain. We drink it, wash with it, and it is in rivers, lakes, and the big blue parts of the world. It has no color, no taste, and no smell. Without it, people, animals, and plants cannot live.
Motorcycle: A road car that has two wheels instead of four. You sit on it, hold the handles, and move fast. It is smaller than a car and can go between other cars. You need to wear a hard head cover to stay safe.
Comedian: A person whose job is to make other people laugh by telling funny stories, jokes, or acting in a silly way. They often talk to groups of people and try to make them happy by being funny.
Also called an aquabike or a jetski.
I was going to complain about the baby-talk naming system, but frankly I’m not sure the others are much better…
Sea-Doo is a derivative of Ski-Doo. Both are made by Bombardier Recreational Products; the Sea-Doo is a “personal watercraft,” and the Ski-Doo is a snowmobile. The Ski-Doo came first, and I’m guessing the name is a pun on “twenty-three skidoo”, which Wikipedia says originally referred to “leaving quickly”, something like “skedaddle”. Obviously, a snowmobile allows one to travel quickly over the snow.
So the etymology appears to be Skedaddle -> 23 Skidoo -> Ski-Doo -> Sea-Doo.
(Edit: I’m wrong! Wikipedia says the Ski-Doo was originally supposed to be called the “Ski-Dog”, but someone made a typo and they stuck with it! So much for my attempt to reconstruct a derivation!)
Jet Ski is also a trademark used by Kawasaki for their personal watercraft. It was designed by the same guy who designed the Sea-Doo for Bombardier.