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I was flipping through the channels tonight and stopped on the Late Show (David Letterman) because there's this guy sitting there with his right arm in a sling. Hmmmmm.... Turns out, he's an Australian abalone diver who fought off a great white shark attack. Watched the whole segment and I was VERY impressed with his demeanor, stark humor, and the story. Had to look it up and found this: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21104597-2,00.htmlThat is one tough fellow!!! One quote there caught my attention: Between 1995 and 2005, Australia reported 74 shark attacks, second only to the US state of Florida, according to the US-based International Shark Attack File.Interesting in that I've surfed up and down the Florida east coast for many years and although have encountered sharks (you paddle with your fingertips!  ), I've never seen anyone bit....
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(ahh...the old jokes are still the best ones, aren't they?!) 
That was a joke?
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(ahh...the old jokes are still the best ones, aren't they?!)
That was a joke?
WATCH IT EARL!!! 
Don't forget...I just watched a guy on TV tell me how to handle snarky...er...SHARKY things!!!
(yeah...OKAY! I admit it! That one was pretty lame too!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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(yeah...OKAY! I admit it! That one was pretty lame too!!!)
Don't worry, we'll just add it to the list! 
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(ahh...the old jokes are still the best ones, aren't they?!)
That was a joke?
Not much of a joke when it's true
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OK first off go easy on lawyers!! They aren't all defending OJ..
Secondly, last year for halloween my friend wanted to go as a "shark with a fricken laser beam on its head" like in Austin Powers, so he dressed in a suit (as a lawyer) and put a laser pointer on his head in a bad wig. IT was REALLY funny.
Benny
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I've always enjoyed when, after a shark bite, the news reporter says "Sharks! They are lurking in our beaches. Tonight at 10." Since when did they become our beaches and not the sharks?
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I've always enjoyed when, after a shark bite, the news reporter says "Sharks! They are lurking in our beaches. Tonight at 10."
Since when did they become our beaches and not the sharks?
And why do they always lurk at 10? 
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I was in a hotel in Lewiston Idaho and the teaser story was "How to avoid shark attack." Keep in mind, this was in IDAHO!!!! If you are being attacked by a fish 1200 miles from the ocean, God wants you dead.
I worked at the National Aquarium here in Baltimore for a long time. Got to feed the sharks a few times. Pretty cool. You know, a fair number of people survive Great White attacks. One theory is that they take a test bite, see if your edible, then swim off. Another one, that makes more sense to me, is that often great whites will strike a seal or whatever, then let it go and circle out of site, wait for the prey to go into shock and eat it with no worry of damage to their sensory packed snout.
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When I was working in Hawaii in 2001 a local guy was trying to teach me to surf we were in the water and a 6 foot shadow cruised by (my brain melts down) but i asked was that a shark? And the reply was "don't worry brotha they just like dogs" I beat the wave to shore
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I live by some very sensible rules.
I wont go anywhere where i might get eaten.
I wont go in the ocean.
I wont walk in long grass.
Sharks dont bother me in my house, and i see no reason to bother them in theirs.
Good snake is a dead snake.
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Dido on the snakes !!! I rather fight a great white with a stick then have to f**k with a snake.
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I ate rattle snake once...tastes just like rattle snake.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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I've surfed up and down the Florida east coast for many years
I just added something to my "to do" list: Go surfing with Phil! Don't you know we'll look absolutely dashing? I think I can surf wearing my thong, straw hat and wing tip shoes. Oh, I forgot the Argyle Socks.
AND.... to everyone else,
Don't worry about snakes. Have you ever seen what a weed eater will do to a snake? Rips them to pieces. A weed eater is great for whipping kids, but deadly to a snake.
Ride Safe,
Dennis
Triumph, it's how I live and what I ride.
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