02-14-2003, 03:39 PM
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02-14-2003, 03:59 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by I see dead people
Tell me the answer to life, the universe, and everything. | 42!
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02-15-2003, 12:12 AM
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| Last time I went to Midwest Fencing Championships, I decided to save some scratch by sharing a hotel room with two other guys. When we got there and checked in, the bell hop dude alone at the front desk told us the room conveniently cost $30. We each coughed up ten bucks and went off to catch some z's.
The manager came back and realized that we had been over-charged -- there was a fencing special that made the room $25. The manager gave the bell hop five ones and told him to bring them to us in the room. Bell hop boy decided to be all clever -- since we didn't know what the rebate was, he figured he would pocket $2 and give us the rest.
After we got the change, we had each paid $9 for the room adding up to $27, plus the $2 the bell hop stole made $29. Where did the other buck go?
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02-15-2003, 12:18 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Purple Fencer
42!
RIP, Doug Adams | 42 doesn't really count, because then you will have to tell me what is the question to which the answer is 42.  | |
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02-15-2003, 11:12 PM
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| ~To answer your question Dav3ey, yes, we do have a large amount of the Australian populace live along the coastline. Yes, an as such we enjoy the beach. Yes, there are a lot of nasties in the sea, like sharks, jellyfish (box), and various other animals with sharp pointy teeth and stingers, like wierd conical shaped crab things that have a sharp stinger on the end of it's shell. 
However though the use of persistent media advertising we do not have such a problem with it. Just remember to 'swim between the flags'...
Yeah, we stare down the reaper. And the Crocodile hunter is a really amazing man. 
~Dav3ey,Dav3ey,Dav3ey...The hotel actually jibbed you, ( ) it was actually $20.00, so the bellhop got the $2, and the manager pocketed the other $8.00.
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02-15-2003, 11:36 PM
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02-15-2003, 11:44 PM
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| The Croc Hunter is just about the coolest guy on Earth!
My ex-girlfriend and I practically lived on Croc Hunter episodes during the spring of 2001 when we were studying for our respective bar exams.
(Yes, I'm an attorney. From New York City. But honestly I don't suck blood. Often.)
I have to say what really changed his show from your run-of-the-mill man-plays-with-deadly-animals show to an honest to goodness obsession were the stories about his life.
My ex liked the story about how he met his wife best of all. And while that is a great story, I was always partial to how he got his dog.
Oh, and don't think that I didn't notice that you weaseled out of the puzzle.... No big deal, though. After all, you said ask questions -- not that we'd like the answers, that you'd play fair, .... 
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02-16-2003, 02:38 AM
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| ICK Crocodile hunter.....I hate the guy....but then again it might be because I am a biologist.
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02-16-2003, 02:45 AM
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| Uh Oh...she's a grumpy one!
But seriously, why would being a biologist run counter to liking Croc Hunter? I'd be sad to find out that he dishes out bunk zoology.
What kind of biology?
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02-17-2003, 01:14 AM
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| Dav3ey, I don't believe you understand fully the average Australian's point of view on The Crocodile Hunter. You see, everyone around the world bases who we are through our tv shows and movies. Unfortunately, Crocodile Dundee and the Crocodile hunter fall into this category 
Some movies I would like to recommend are: 'Crackerjack', 'The Castle' and 'Looking for Alibrandi'.
So, other then fencing, we don't wrestle crocodiles, surf all day or work on cattle stations, contrary to popular opinion.
Hehehehe...did anyone catch the South park episode where Eric cartman plays the Croc hunter?! 
I think that Steve Erwin is a very funny man. Like when he pocketed cougar dung while he was in the Arizona desert because he thought it was an aphrodisiac. 
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02-17-2003, 01:49 AM
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| Sabress, I don't believe you understand fully the average American's point of view on being pre-judged. You see, everyone around the world bases who we are through our tv shows and politicians. Unfortunately, they are both pretty stupid.
I can only wish that when I travelled and showed someone my passport, people associated me with either a scientist or Crocodile Dundee (a fellow who, for all his unfamiliarity with the big city, was a gentleman). Most American tourists don't even notice, but it makes me rather sad.
So, can we agree that Steve Erwin is, in his individual capacity alone and not in his representative capacity as an Austrailian, cool and his show, in it's portrayal of research activities of a biologist and such persons as may be associated therewith, is fun to watch, but any similarity to the lives, attitudes, sentiments or conduct of other Austrailians is wholly coincidental and no reliance thereon is justified as to expectations regarding the nature of Austraila or the inhabitants thereof?
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02-17-2003, 03:13 AM
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| Dav3ey, sit down. Firstly I was not pre-judgeing Americans as I was not refering solely to the American populace. I was refering to everyone around the world, be it New Zealand, Papua New Guinea or Sweden. You are correct in my refering to everyone seeing Aussies as bla bla bla...I should have said 'a lot of people'. I have travelled overseas and have been asked stuff like if I surfed and why I didn't have a tan, therefore I can say I speak from experience.
I never said the Crocodile Hunter was 'cool'. I simply said he was a very funny guy. I actually think he's a real bogan.
I'm glad you don't associate Australians with the aforementioned movies. However, thats not to say that there are not people around the world, not just the US, who do associate Aussies with those movies because that is all they are exposed to.
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02-17-2003, 03:27 AM
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| Not grumpy....just have a pathalogical loathing of the guy. [RANT] His presentation style annoys me no end (I have a Assoc Diploma in Speech and drama), he presents no real information on any of the animals he presents, he makes everything look like its a big joke while not highlighting the due caution which is required around many of the animals he handles. Having gone to University with people who have worked with him, he is apparently a total dofus. Give me Sir Richard Attenbourgh, or David Bellemy ANY day!!! [/Rant]
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02-17-2003, 04:47 AM
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| Yeah I have my reservations about Steve Erwin as well
[RANT] He doesn't give due respect to the animals that he's handling, it's almost like a side show freak trying to play lion tamer. To me it looks like he goes all out to get a wound on every show, just so the camera can do a closeup of it. In that Komodo Dragon episode I was so hoping that he'd get bitten by one of them. Apperently the bacteria living in the mouth of the Komodo Dragon can cause such a degree of septic shock that you'd die in 24 hrs. All he got was a tail swipe.
He makes handling of these dangerous animals look safe and easy, the warning the he gives is more an ego boost to himself than a warning, he's always saying that he's a qualified Herpatologist and knows what he is doing blah blah blah, (seriously some people don't even hear that part), and some people are inclined to give it a go just because Steve can do it. I feel that the risks he takes to get that kind of footage is just plain stupid and pure showmanship. I don't feel that any useful information is transmitted at all. Worse I think some disinformation is being promoted, albiet inadvertently, that is, that if you do it like Steve does it then it should be safe to handle these animals. [/RANT]
There I've been waiting to get that off my chest for a while.
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02-17-2003, 07:17 AM
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| 74, you put it so much better then I did!! Besides the fact that there is no qualification for herepatology as such, and that most animal handling skills are learnt "on the job"so to speak he really is an annoying git!!!
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02-17-2003, 07:56 AM
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| Um...it's Irwin. Actually for all his hulla-paloova he does indeed do some neat things for the environment, like rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals. I think he simply puts on a big act. Otherwise, who'd be interested in someone who is mediochre about helping mend a wallaby?.....or a crocodile. Still, if there was a 6 ft croc in my backyard, I'd rather him come along to get it out than myself.
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02-17-2003, 07:59 AM
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| Er...can we please stop talking about Steve Irwin? There's only so much to be said about him.
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02-17-2003, 10:33 AM
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| *Yipe* Thinking that something got lost in the translation/late-night-typing/ether of the web.
Sorry if i got anyone's dander up -- especially Sabress, since this is kinda your thread.
Got a favorite food?
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02-17-2003, 01:03 PM
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02-17-2003, 01:49 PM
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| Ever written poetry? How many? Funny or serious, or both?
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