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Title: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tale on October 18, 2006, 08:40:24 PM teh link (http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/stingray-leaps-on-boat-stabs-man-in-chest/2006/10/19/1160851034108.html)
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: NiX on October 18, 2006, 09:11:55 PM Quote The stingray was being kept in a garbage bag at the fire station. Wait till they beat it with doorknobs. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Oban on October 19, 2006, 06:27:02 AM I hear pickaxe handles are the best defense against stingrays.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: WayAbvPar on October 19, 2006, 09:44:59 AM This just proves that Steve Irwin was a huge pussy.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Morfiend on October 19, 2006, 10:57:50 AM OH MY GOD THEY ARE INVADING. YOU ARE NO LONGER SAFE IN YOUR BOAT!!!!
Quote MIAMI - An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest in an incident recalling the one that killed Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin last month. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Righ on October 19, 2006, 11:10:13 AM Stingray leaped out of the water, into the boat, sneaked up on an 81 year old man and stung him near the heart? I call bullshit. Sounds about as likely as the stories people tell doctors when they arrive in ER wearing a household appliance on their penis.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Oban on October 19, 2006, 06:50:41 PM Yeah, Miele really needs to put a warning on those things...
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Merusk on October 19, 2006, 07:20:59 PM Yeah, Miele really needs to put a warning on those things... (http://home.insightbb.com/~jcmounteer/screwdriver_kit.jpg) Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tale on October 19, 2006, 10:50:35 PM I live next to the sea. Maybe I should close the windows.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tebonas on October 20, 2006, 01:42:47 AM WTF?
Let me guess, that screwdriver manufacturer lost a lawsuit against a stupid fuck that did the exact thing? One of this times the judge really should laugh one of those people out of court and fine him for being an idiot. From all I read you can make a living by being an idiot if you have a good lawyer. Thats just wrong. On topic: Don't buy that Ninja stingray story either. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: XboxGod on October 20, 2006, 03:42:42 AM Yeah, it definitely appears as though stingrays are hellbent on exterminating the human race. I am so glad I don't live near the ocean. How does this guy live, but Steve Irwin dies?
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Signe on October 20, 2006, 05:19:32 AM Maybe the Steve Irwin one was closer to the heart? I think it was said that he also pulled it out, maybe that's what did him in? Anyway, when we move back to Portsmouth, I'll get nets. We're right on the water's edge. Stingrays and other fishy type are completely baffled by nets! And that way, I still get the lovely sea breeze through the house. :-)
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Llava on October 20, 2006, 06:01:53 AM Did stingrays just recently have a meeting that we should maybe know about?
"Guys, I know we're usually docile, but let's just start fucking with people." "Thank GOD you said it first. I am totally behind this." Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Ironwood on October 20, 2006, 06:09:52 AM I'm surprised they started it. I was expecting Whales with Aqua gear to start crawling o'er the land.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Sky on October 20, 2006, 06:57:48 AM It's the dolphins (http://home.twcny.rr.com/iamthey/images/abu_dolphin.jpg), man.
I'll just put it as a link because I got in trouble last time I posted my work here ;) NSFW Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tebonas on October 20, 2006, 07:31:30 AM I think about this one Simpsons episode as well since I read this thread.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Yegolev on October 20, 2006, 08:24:04 AM Let me guess, that screwdriver manufacturer lost a lawsuit against a stupid fuck that did the exact thing? Oh, I'm sorry. The correct answer was "What is Photoshop?" It's the dolphins (http://home.twcny.rr.com/iamthey/images/abu_dolphin.jpg), man. You like that picture just a little too much. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tebonas on October 20, 2006, 08:57:47 AM Guess things like this:
http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos/knifelabelweb.JPG (http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos/knifelabelweb.JPG) and this: http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos/heatgunlabelweb.JPG (http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos/heatgunlabelweb.JPG) made me think such a warning label is not beyond the realm of possibility. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Big Gulp on October 20, 2006, 05:04:49 PM made me think such a warning label is not beyond the realm of possibility. That last image makes me think of the machine shop I work at. We have to heat treat certain parts, and we've got giant ovens for doing precisely that. It's not uncommon around lunch time to see that base charge air cooler baking away right next to a large pepperoni pizza. Beyond the obvious stuff like pizza, people also manage to create some truly impressive gastronomic delights (I've seen cordon bleu cooking in the heat treat ovens, for instance). Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: XboxGod on October 23, 2006, 02:06:06 AM Maybe the Steve Irwin one was closer to the heart? I think it was said that he also pulled it out, maybe that's what did him in? Anyway, when we move back to Portsmouth, I'll get nets. We're right on the water's edge. Stingrays and other fishy type are completely baffled by nets! And that way, I still get the lovely sea breeze through the house. :-) That would make sense. So did Irwin die from bleeding to death then? And genius plan, but I am sure the stingray community has already considered this and has taken preventative steps. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Lantyssa on October 23, 2006, 08:31:10 AM [Educated speculation:] The stinger does a lot more damage being pulled out than pushed in. In large part because of the barb but also because a quick insertion is a smoother movement. Anytime someone suffers an implailing wound it is far better to leave the object in place because it puts pressure on the wounded area and reduces bleeding. (There was a story a few years ago about a young girl who fell on her pencil which pierced her heart. She survived because the teacher knew to leave it.)
Irwin likely tore his heart tissue by pulling the stinger out. If the immediate trauma didn't shock his heart into stopping, he likely bled to death or his heart chamber(s) lost too much pressure to be able to pump blood. He might have survived had he not pulled it out, but people don't act rationally once they go into shock. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Righ on October 23, 2006, 10:31:09 AM [Condescending query] Is there a reason that you're emulating HK-47?
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Tebonas on October 23, 2006, 10:33:55 AM [Iinquisitive rebuttal] Does there need to be one?
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Signe on October 23, 2006, 10:56:05 AM [Christian Interjection] Yes! There is a reason for everything, turn, turn, turn! God said so!
Or maybe that was a season. And it might have been The Byrds and not God. Whatever. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Llava on October 23, 2006, 12:21:58 PM What just happened in this thread?
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Roac on October 23, 2006, 06:16:59 PM What just happened in this thread? The enlightened but sadistic Christian android changed colors and fell. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Lantyssa on October 24, 2006, 11:11:46 AM [Childish retort:] :-P
It wasn't on purpose. Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Furiously on October 24, 2006, 12:59:51 PM [Query] Are you positive?
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: tazelbain on October 24, 2006, 01:28:58 PM {Square brackets} are cool.
Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Lantyssa on October 25, 2006, 01:52:27 PM [Query] Are you positive? Yes, and I think you're the father. Now you need to come up with two names. :cry:Title: Re: Stingrays maintain the rage Post by: Furiously on October 30, 2006, 08:01:50 PM [statement] I hope it's a girl - it's easy then.
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