September 4, 2006
Crocodile Hunter, Hunted!
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News has broken this morning of the death of Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter (to give him his full title). It appears that he was filming on the Great Barrier Reef, and his chest was peirced by the barb of a Stingray. Despite the efforts of the paramedic team who were on-site, they weren’t able to save him. He’ll be remembered for tackling some of the most fearsome creatures on the planet in front of film crews, and also for his work in the conservation area. On a slightly lighter note, seems the world may now be a safer place for all those crocodiles….
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The real shame of it is the fact that it was a stingray and not a crocogator that got him! That would have been proper poetic justice.
Although it does at least mean he’s been spared the “Ho ho, the crocodiles got you in the end” type headlines, I suppose.
Very true Mr. Local… Although you have to feel that with ‘Sting’rays, the clue is in the name!!
Why, do they start singing the introduction to “Money For Nothing” at inopportune moments?
No, but then thats probably because Sting was never a member of Dire Straits!!
Well, Mr. Monkey, to be pedantic, Sting features prominently in the introduction to Money For Nothing as guest vocalist (the snivelling whiney voice singing “I want my MTV” – that’s him, that is). Unless you’ve only got the original 7″ radio edit, in which case the song started with the famous guitar riff. The 12″ and LP versions have got Sting plastered all over them in all his tantric glory.
He also sings harmony vocals in the choruses, and I think I’m right in saying he also gets one of the “We’ve got to install microwave ovens” all to himself.
The joke loses a lot in the translation.
Yeah these things are never as funny when you have to explain them!! However I am always one to hold up my hands when I’m wrong…. Now all I need is a smiley with his hands up!!