Steve Irwin The Crocodile Hunter Dead at 44

Discussion in 'Discussion Group' started by kdc1970, Sep 4, 2006.

  1. concernedperson

    concernedperson Well-Known Member

    Regardless what the media said about his fatherhood, I believe Steve Irwin was a good husband and great dad. But, again, you play with fire and eventually, you'll get burnt. I can probably go out on a limb and say whenever some of us watched him wrestling alligators or saw him dangling poisonous snakes, we all probably wandered, he'll probably die from doing this one day. I will say that I really enjoyed his programs. His personality is what made those shows and he truely will be missed.
     
  2. kaci

    kaci Well-Known Member

    Actually it could be called a "freak" accident. On the news at lunch time they are saying it was not the poison from the stingray that killed him but the fact that it hit him right in the heart causing him to bleed out.
     
  3. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member

    :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

    Some folks can be so assanine sometimes. They just don't know when to sit down and shut the hell up and let the rest of us mourn.
     
  4. kdc1970

    kdc1970 Guest

    Ken, I actually have to take issue with you deciding it's not a "freak" accident. According to several published reports, only 3 people in the last hundred years have been killed by a sting ray. Also today, it was reported that the entire incident was filmed, he had not provoked the ray. What are the odds the thing would puncture his heart? That's what makes it a "freak" accident to me, not that he was killed while doing his job. You play with fire long enough, you are bound to get burned, but carry on.......................... :wink:
     
  5. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member

    Has anybody else noticed that when you "get Ken's goat" his only defense is to start picking apart your grammar? :roll:

    Yes, Ken my comments were directed at you. Did I spell everything correctly that time? :roll:
     
  6. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member


    You're so funny :lol: I'm not even gonna waste my time on you.
     
  7. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member

  8. Oy Yayoy

    Oy Yayoy Well-Known Member

    Made me think of the Julia Child skit on SNL.
     
  9. Oy Yayoy

    Oy Yayoy Well-Known Member

    Babboons have red asses.
     
  10. kdc1970

    kdc1970 Guest

    Ken, I think you missed my point. It is a freak accident because the stingrays barb went straight into his heart. Most of the time people are stung on their extremities. Is that a little more clear?!?
     
  11. kdc1970

    kdc1970 Guest

    I give up! LOL!

    The fact remains it is a tragedy, no matter how you look at it, "freak" accident or not. ( I still think it was! :wink: ) I personally enjoyed his shows and his enthusiasm for his work, his life, and his family and will miss him. We should all be so lucky to find something we feel that passionate about.
     
  12. dangerboy

    dangerboy Well-Known Member


    it's "grammar"....



    and your punctuation is horrendous...



    "No that would be spelling not grammer and I think most would agree you should know what you are saying to someone if you wish to insult them."

    should read:

    "No, that would be spelling, not grammar. I think most would agree that you should know what you are saying to someone, if you wish to insult them."




    "As usual you have stepped in here when it was not about you to critique me without having the ability of reading comprehension to understand what is being said. It is another one of your ignorant knee jerk reactions."

    should read:

    "As usual, you have stepped in here, when it was not about you, to critique me without having the ability of reading comprehension to understand what is being said. It is another one of your ignorant, knee-jerk reactions."





    "If only praying for your stupidity would help, but it will not, so why should I try."

    should at least be:

    "If only praying for your stupidity would help, but it will not, so why should i try?"

    the syntax of that sentence is pathetic, by the way...




    and

    "So next time you want to insult me when you didn't understand what I said try using words you know. I am sure in that short little monosyllabic vocabulary you will find just the perfect thing that expresses your unexplainable and very non-Christian malice for me yet shows you for the ignorant cretin you are!!!!"

    should read:

    "So, next time you want to insult me when you didn't understand what I said, try using words you know. I am sure in that short, little, monosyllabic vocabulary you will find just the perfect thing that expresses your unexplainable and very non-Christian malice for me, yet shows you for the ignorant cretin you are!!!!"





    i'm just sayin....stop being the spelling/grammar police, especially when your own posts are laced with inaccuracies....
     
  13. dangerboy

    dangerboy Well-Known Member

    LOL at the chopper thing

    i read the whole thread, but you're constantly being the spelling and grammar police around here. you seem fairly smart. in fact, i find many of your posts interesting. but, this is an informal message board, man, chill.....

    is "crikey" a word? probably not, but we understand what it means, right? well, maybe not chopper, but the rest of us get it, right?
     
  14. Clif

    Clif Guest

    Ok, back to the question as to whether or not it was a "freak accident".

    Encarta defines "freak" as "a highly unusual or unlikely occurrence, often brought about by a unique or very rare combination of circumstances." There are other definitions, but this fits with the discussion at hand.

    I spent a couple hours searching and could not find any other documented case of a stingray's barb puncturing a person's heart. Ergo, it would seem that the accident (I doubt if Mr. Irwin did this on purpose) was indeed a freak.
     
  15. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member

    Dangerboy . . . you rock!

    Ken . . . put on your big girl panties and get over it. :lol:

    Clif . . . the CBS news special tonight had a marine biologist on there and he said that what happened to Steve was a FREAK accident and that the odds were probably one in a million of that type of accident ever happening again. I totally agree with you that it was a very freak thing.

    I always thought a snake or croc would be what got Steve in the end.

    It's a terrible tragedy either way and my heart goes out to his family. They have a nice tribute to him on www.discovery.com.
     
  16. PirateGirl

    PirateGirl Well-Known Member

    Good Gosh! Bottom line is the poor man is dead and left behind a family to pick up the pieces. Some of you would argue about anything!
     
  17. concernedperson

    concernedperson Well-Known Member

    It's amazing to me that half the threads that get started on this board, get completly side tracked. Personally, I don't think anyone on here, (including myself) are going to win the noble prize for intelligence or grammar scholarships to Yale anytime soon. :roll:
     
  18. michelle

    michelle Well-Known Member

    I agree. Huked on fonix wurked fur me jest fin! Of course, by the time it got passed around the trailer park and finally got to me over half of the pieces were missing. I never did figure out what happened to Dick and Jane and where did Spot go? :D

    Seriously, do you guys think they will ever show the video tape of his death. The lady from Animal Planet said that they would never show it on their station. I'm pretty sure it will appear on the internet before the weekend. I hope not, but you know how these things go.
     
  19. concernedperson

    concernedperson Well-Known Member

    Give it a little time and more than likely, some sicko will have it on the internet.
     
  20. MamaApe

    MamaApe Well-Known Member

    A mom called into G105 this afternoon and said that her child had seen it on TV at school, the teacher let the whole class watch it...where they saw it I have no idea...
     

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