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What can I say? It is a holiday and we are holidaying. Is that a verb? Well, if not I have verbified it.
Minimal post today
20 Questions Tuesday to be unleashed tomorrow
I cannot say that I am surprised that Steve Irwin was killed by an animal
I am surprised it was not a reptile that killed him
I am bit saddened by his passing
He was clearly a man who enjoyed life to its fullest
We need to get to the grocery store
The cupboards are bare
Well, not entirely bare
I have to get back to playing with Little Man and Wifey
Labels: Holidays, mad ramblings, Nothing
6 Comments:
You are so lucky, we have no more holidays in England until Christmas.
CG:
Ah, but the day is nigh over, and the boy is to bed. Tomorrow will just be a typical day, and you won't have to worry about being envious anymore.
I have no idea why blogger decided to post for me twice. I guess it was feeling generous. I erased the double post for those of you not fortunate enough to have seen it.
Hi SRH! I don't know, I may be thick, but I AM suprised by the manner of Steve Irwin's demise. Poor guy. I liked him, too.
Though very saddened, I'm not the least bit surprised by the general cause of Steve's death. I used to remark that it must be very calming for him to know exactly what was going to bring about his end -- sort of like having your own Delphic Oracle.
But it turns out that Steve's Oracle had the requisite dollop of irony, since a sting ray is one of the least dangerous animals he's handled on television, at least in terms of temperament. I've personally held one as part of a snorkeling tour, and as Steve would say, it was completely disinclined to attack. (It was actually wondering when I was going to fork over some chunks of squid, and it left disappointed.)
When people are stung by these critters, it's almost always in the leg or foot as the ray reacts to being stepped on. For the sting to pierce Steve's heart -- that's an amazingly unlikely event.
Poor guy. He probably had his guard down, expecting an easy dive.
Lynn:
I personally felt that he had tempted fate for a really long time in his dealings with the critters. I am surprised that it was a ray that got him though.
B.
I imagine he was hovering over the critter when it stung him. Where most barbs tag the leg, the trajectory placed it in his chest. Truly an oddity. I imagine if there is an afterlife, he is simply ticked that he went down to a ray when he has basically danced with the black mamba and the green mamba.
I 'spect the ray was watching the cameraman in front of him when Steve suddenly loomed directly above, startling it into a jab. As you say, an oddity.
I remember his FedEx commercial, when he pretended to get bitten by a fear snake and keel over because the antivenin was being delivered by one of FedEx's competitors. At the time, I thought: Wow. That's just asking for karma to sit up and take notice -- and not in a good way.
But you're probably right -- wherever he is, he's probably equating Killed By Sting Ray with being nibbled to death by a box turtle.
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