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Post by Repat Van on Jun 8, 2020 4:29:17 GMT
This made me chuckle:
“The shark bit the leg of the surfer, aged between 50 and 60, off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney.”
That location is faaaaar closer to Brisbane but they have decided anybody reading that will only know about Sydney, no other Australian city.
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Post by yord on Jun 9, 2020 0:42:25 GMT
I wish I was a swimmer
Tumbling in the sea
3 miles out from dry land
With a shark chasing me
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Jun 9, 2020 8:32:12 GMT
Post by redanchor1 on Jun 9, 2020 8:32:12 GMT
Shark bit that fella's leg clean off and he bled out. Be quite a surprise I expect ! He wasn't even surfing at dusk or dawn (like an not a very nice person) so he was unlucky
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Jun 16, 2020 15:38:24 GMT
Post by flatandy on Jun 16, 2020 15:38:24 GMT
I felt a bit like I was in Australia this morning. Went out to water some jacaranda striplings and found a black widow spider just sitting on the outside tap, totally chilled out.
Just to be clear: it was totally chilled out. I wasn't.
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Post by mids on Jun 16, 2020 16:00:15 GMT
That's very cool. Did you take a pic? Did you try to get it to bite you to see what it would be like?
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Jun 16, 2020 16:19:05 GMT
Post by flatandy on Jun 16, 2020 16:19:05 GMT
Nope. I was a total pussy and backed away quickly and went inside.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:11:39 GMT
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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Jun 16, 2020 18:11:39 GMT
When I was working as a brickies labourer in Oz, often when you worked out of town, the bricks had been sitting around for a while.
The stacks would be full of red backs. When you picked up the bricks you had to grab them hard so if you stuck your finger on a red back you squashed it. If you fannied about you were in a world of trouble.
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Post by mids on Feb 16, 2022 12:50:34 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 16, 2022 19:32:04 GMT
The swimmer suffered "catastrophic injuries". Oh FFS.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 17, 2022 7:49:48 GMT
Hahaha... makes a change from 'massive' and 'life-changing' I suppose. really upsets the 'loved ones', repeated hyberbole.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Feb 17, 2022 12:48:20 GMT
he needs our "thoughts and prayers"...going out to him.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 17, 2022 13:49:28 GMT
"The indivual concerned in this tragic incident".
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Post by happyhammerhead on Feb 17, 2022 15:15:37 GMT
Come on guys, I'm sure the family have asked for their privacy to be respected, at this difficult time.
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mids
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Post by mids on Feb 17, 2022 15:19:58 GMT
He died doing what he loved most.
Screaming?
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2022 8:19:00 GMT
Penzance boy, it turns out. Both Australian shark attack fatalities this year have been expat Brits. Van?
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mids
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2022 8:20:41 GMT
Tried. Couldn't get her down.
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Post by Repat Van on Feb 18, 2022 10:32:22 GMT
Penzance boy, it turns out. Both Australian shark attack fatalities this year have been expat Brits. Van? If I woke up and saw I had become a white dude I would willingly throw myself to the sharks. |
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Post by happyhammerhead on Feb 18, 2022 10:49:40 GMT
Racist...
(Sorry, thought I'd try and beat mids to it)
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2022 11:04:16 GMT
You can beat me any time you want...
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Post by happyhammerhead on Feb 18, 2022 14:11:13 GMT
Cool.
I usually have to pay for that service.
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