And the Real Man Award goes to...

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-02-16 05:31am

"Would you mind taking this shark off my leg?"

Click, read, and be amazed...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-02-16 05:53am

Kudos to the man for sheer guts.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-16 06:00am

Once again the bar has been raised.

How can that be topped?

EDIT: Just thought of one, a few years ago, my Dad was nearly crushed by a few tonnes of falling machinery. They were expecting to pull out a corpse. Luckily he only smashed his wrist. Kept working until his boss told him just to have it checked. Apparently his right wrist/hand was completely broken, he'd never have more than 50% strength back in it again, and it was horribly inflexible. 2 years later he proved them wrong.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-02-16 06:13am

Hey it was an Australian too!

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-02-16 07:11am

Amazing things happen in Australia.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-02-16 07:50am

evilcat4000 wrote:Amazing things happen in Australia.

Considering the sheer nastiness of the animals than live there, not to mention the general unfriendliness of the environment there, it's no big surprise that there are lots of people there with steel guts.

But then again, that's probably why the Brits chose it for their penal colony.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-02-16 08:00am

Shinova wrote:But then again, that's probably why the Brits chose it for their penal colony.

True, but thats mainly cos America stopped accepting them.

And it didnt really matter if the convicts escaped. Were are they going to go?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-16 08:02am

ggs wrote:
Shinova wrote:But then again, that's probably why the Brits chose it for their penal colony.
True, but thats mainly cos America stopped accepting them.

And it didnt really matter if the convicts escaped. Were are they going to go?

In the Vinegar Hill uprising, some convicts planned to pinch some boats and head for Ireland.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-02-16 08:31am

Woh! That's on par with the guy that hacked off hs own arm when it got trapped by a rockfall!

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-02-16 08:39am

I saw a picture of this, too, but I can't find it now... that was one fugly fish. On the bright side, if I ever have a saltwater shark latched onto my calf, I now know how to de-shark myself.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-02-16 08:46am

wtf... why didn't it die when he took it out of the water

GySgt. Hartman · Post by **GySgt. Hartman** » 2004-02-16 08:49am

tough sucker - both of them.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-02-16 09:49am

What would have been his reaction if it bit him on his....?

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-02-16 10:11am

Montcalm wrote:What would have been his reaction if it bit him on his....?

Don't say such evil things.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-02-16 10:35am

Zac Naloen wrote:wtf... why didn't it die when he took it out of the water

Takes a bit more than a few hours without saltwater to kill those suckers.

Gandalf wrote:In the Vinegar Hill uprising, some convicts planned to pinch some boats and head for Ireland.

Crazy, Crazy people. Makes DarkStar look sane.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-02-16 10:55am

Zac Naloen wrote:wtf... why didn't it die when he took it out of the water

You will be amazed at how resilient that species can be. As long as its gills are wet, it survives.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-02-16 11:18am

beyond hope wrote:
Montcalm wrote:What would have been his reaction if it bit him on his....?

Don't say such evil things.

I didn`t exactly say it i left the rest to your imagination.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-02-16 11:58am

2000AD wrote:Woh! That's on par with the guy that hacked off hs own arm when it got trapped by a rockfall!

i'd place the guy that hacked his arm off one step above the shark guy myself. it takes lots of willpower to chop off your arm with a pocket knife.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-02-16 12:18pm

I agree. Nobody will ever beat pocketknife-man.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2004-02-16 05:06pm

Speaking of pocket-knife, did no one in the surf club have a knife with which to cut the damned fish's head off? Was drowning it the fastest possible method?

Cornelius · Post by **Cornelius** » 2004-02-16 05:19pm

Wait a minute....he swam 300 yards, then drove to the hospital with the shark still on his leg?

At this point, no one could remove the shark, so they dunk it in freshwater to kill it......

1. I would estimate it would take a while to swim 300 yards and then reach the beach, especially with a shark dangling from one leg. A few minutes at least, mabe 7?

2. He then got to the beach, sought help (probably VERY nearby), and the help sumarilly tried (for a period of time) to pry the shark off its bite.

3. They then drove a mile to the nearest hospital.

4. Still could not get the shark off at the first-aid station, so they had to instead dunk it in buckets of freshwater to drown it.

My question is...why didn't the shark die of suffocation or something prior to having to be drowned?

I know wales and dolphins can hold their breath for 1 hour and 7-15 minutes accordingly, but sharks don't have lungs. Wouldn't the thing have died?

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-02-16 08:02pm

And I find amusing to drown a fish.

That's what happens when you clean the beaches: no broken glass, no stone to hammer the bastard.

Cornelius · Post by **Cornelius** » 2004-02-17 12:19am

I just thought it was weird as hell that the thing didn't suffocate before they killed it by drowning. That is also weird, since sharks can survive in fresh water for a period of time. Tiger and Great Whites are known to swim into (some) lakes. I don't know a ton about the type of shark the guy had on his leg, but it still seems weird.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-02-17 12:44am

[jk]Doesn't mean anything. Those austrailians have brains so small that he probably didn't feel the bite till about 5 hours after he pried the shark off. [/jk]

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2004-02-17 01:00am

College Humor labelesd this article as "Americans, Australlian for pussy"