Monday, September 04, 2006
Crikey!
by Greg at 2:38 PM
Who had "Stingray Attack" in the Steve Irwin death pool? I actually read one story that called it "shocking". Really? Shocking? Waking up to news that Irwin died when he slipped on his bathroom floor would have been shocking. But when a guy that makes his living tempting death by playing with wild animals dies while hanging out with deadly stingrays, shocking it is not. It's sad and tragic for the Irwin's kids but certainly not shocking.
"An electric eel attack would REALLY have been shocking," says my 2 week old son, Jack.
I bet if you go outside and listen closely, you'll be able to hear the sound of half of the world's stand-up comics scrambling to rewrite tonight's act to replace their 15 minute Crocodile Hunter bit with more airline food jokes.
"The other half of them were too busy doing blow and banging road fatties today so they missed the news," says Jack.
