I was watching Discovery HD today. It rocks. HD television is absolutely incredible. It makes football better than ever. You feel like you are sitting in the middle of the field. Holly Crap! Each blade of grass is visible. It didn't help the football much on Saturday, though. Alabama still lost. There's a shocker. Back to HD television.
On the discovery channel there was a show about the best aquariums. Water and fish are really cool on HD too. These folks were swimming around in an aquarium with sharks. The sharks weren't bothering them. Of course the commentator, as always, had to reassure everyone that sharks aren't naturally aggressive. They always feel the need to make us think that sharks don't attack unprovoked. They seem to ignore the human carnage that consistently appears on the shores as a result of these non-aggressive creatures. I love the way that they try to make us feel better about swimming with the sharks. I love the statistic they use to convince us. The commentator said, "You are five times more likely to be struck by lightening than you are to be attacked by a shark." How about you are also about one thousand more times to actually be walking in a storm than you are to be anywhere near a shark ever. I don't know about you, but I don't even get in the ocean more than a couple of weeks out of an entire year. However, I am in a storm pretty regularly. Sometimes I am even in a storm at the beach. I might even only be in the ocean for a few minutes a day when I am at the beach. I usually get in the pool. Last time I was there, I didn't see any sharks walking across the beach and jumping in the pool. Of course your chances of being lightening struck are higher. What are these idiots thinking?
While we are on the subject, let's talk about the people who handle snakes. No, I am not talking about the folks up on Sand Mountain. I am talking about people like the late Steve Irwin. He was a great guy. But, the man picked up the most poisonous creatures in the world. I loved it when he would pick up the most deadly snake in the world. He wold look it in the eyes and say to us, "This is the most deadly snake in the world. But, it isn't aggressive." Is that so? Well, what if it has a headache today? That is what I always wondered. I'm not aggressive either. But if you catch me in the wrong mood or with a headache, I might just open can on your tail. Ask around. Nothing really important here. I just thought it was interesting.
Tim
On the discovery channel there was a show about the best aquariums. Water and fish are really cool on HD too. These folks were swimming around in an aquarium with sharks. The sharks weren't bothering them. Of course the commentator, as always, had to reassure everyone that sharks aren't naturally aggressive. They always feel the need to make us think that sharks don't attack unprovoked. They seem to ignore the human carnage that consistently appears on the shores as a result of these non-aggressive creatures. I love the way that they try to make us feel better about swimming with the sharks. I love the statistic they use to convince us. The commentator said, "You are five times more likely to be struck by lightening than you are to be attacked by a shark." How about you are also about one thousand more times to actually be walking in a storm than you are to be anywhere near a shark ever. I don't know about you, but I don't even get in the ocean more than a couple of weeks out of an entire year. However, I am in a storm pretty regularly. Sometimes I am even in a storm at the beach. I might even only be in the ocean for a few minutes a day when I am at the beach. I usually get in the pool. Last time I was there, I didn't see any sharks walking across the beach and jumping in the pool. Of course your chances of being lightening struck are higher. What are these idiots thinking?
While we are on the subject, let's talk about the people who handle snakes. No, I am not talking about the folks up on Sand Mountain. I am talking about people like the late Steve Irwin. He was a great guy. But, the man picked up the most poisonous creatures in the world. I loved it when he would pick up the most deadly snake in the world. He wold look it in the eyes and say to us, "This is the most deadly snake in the world. But, it isn't aggressive." Is that so? Well, what if it has a headache today? That is what I always wondered. I'm not aggressive either. But if you catch me in the wrong mood or with a headache, I might just open can on your tail. Ask around. Nothing really important here. I just thought it was interesting.
Tim
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