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Topics => The Departed => Topic started by: Libertas on February 27, 2013, 07:40:51 AM

Title: Don't know this fella but this no way to go
Post by: Libertas on February 27, 2013, 07:40:51 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285192/Swimmer-mauled-death-Great-White-shark-New-Zealand-beach-despite-police-rescue-bid.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285192/Swimmer-mauled-death-Great-White-shark-New-Zealand-beach-despite-police-rescue-bid.html)

Don't like sharks!  Don't want to be around them, don't want to see them!

About the only real fear I ever had being in the Navy!

 ::speechless::

Title: Re: Don't know this fella but this in no way to go
Post by: RickZ on February 27, 2013, 08:04:45 AM

I've heard the theory that getting bitten by a shark in on the same order of risk as being hit by lightning.  I disagree with that.  You can't avoid lightning, but if you don't go in the ocean, you won't get bitten by a shark.

The only thing that ever bit me in the water at the beach was a crab.  I kicked my leg out of the water and the little bugger went flying.  (Jellyfish don't bite, but I've been stung plenty of times.)

Title: Re: Don't know this fella but this in no way to go
Post by: ToddF on February 27, 2013, 08:45:03 AM

Unlike the 10's of thousands of auto deaths a year, when this happens, it's world news.

Proportion and all.

Title: Re: Don't know this fella but this no way to go
Post by: IronDioPriest on February 27, 2013, 11:19:15 AM

I used to work with a fella when I was much younger who compared swimming in the ocean to living in a world where sharks could fly.

He had a point.

Title: Re: Don't know this fella but this no way to go
Post by: John Florida on February 27, 2013, 02:05:29 PM

  Horrible way to go. RIP