Steve Irwin killed by stingray while filming a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest". Way to prove your thesis, Steve.
From the AP story:
...he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous bard on their tails
A poisonous bard? Oscar Wilde? G.B. Shaw?
"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,"
Make a note: stingrays aren't into that kinky shit.
Posted by monk at 04.09.06 07:54Rimbaud?
Posted by: MrBaliHai at 04.09.06 08:44Yeah, Rimbaud would've worked better. It was early, I was on my first cup of coffee.
It occurs to me that my post might seem crass, but Irwin always kinda bugged me. His M.O. was to harass animals to make them react for TV. No matter how much you say "don't do this", you're still promoting the general view that nature should be appreciated through interference, rather than passive observation. So I don't believe in any kind of divine justice, but I do believe in "don't mess with mother nature".
I'm also a bit of the opinion that if your job is to put yourself in danger for no particularly good reason (as opposed to, say, firemen, who do it for a very good reason), and you hatch yourself some children, maybe it's time to think about a safer job. You know -- like maybe become the producer of a show that has some other guy out there taunting the critters with giant pointy teeth, rather than be the show's star.
You just know there had to be Steve Irwin dead pools out there. Bet no one had their money on "stingray", though. If I were the bettin' kind (which I'm not), I'd have said "snake."
Posted by: czeltic girl at 05.09.06 18:22