Shark Attack

[John Arton]

For all of those members who live by the sea and enjoy sea bathing but can be put off by the presence of Great White Sharks in the area, this should reassure you.
Apparently no one has ever been eaten whole by a great white. The theory is that the signals and scents given off by a human swimming in the seas (nothing to do with looking like a seal) attracts the great white and out of curiosity it takes a bite out of you to see what you taste like. Disliking the taste it then moves off to find better tasting food more to its liking.
You may die from blood loss due to the chunk of you that the great white has taken out of you, but rest assured it will not eat you whole.
Now is that not reassuring so its safe to go back in the water, dur du, durr du, dur du!!!!!
Just another bit of QI trivia.
rgds
JA

[j.sabourn]

There is quite a number of the usual surfers where I live and it does not seem to perturb the ones who have done it all their lives. The two surfers who were murdered in Mexico recently were two such and only lived along the road from me and can remember seeing them with their surf boards. Ironical that they had to go to a foreign country and be murdered by their fellow man, whilst probably never thought twice about sharks. Myself I would be the first out of the water if any sighting of such, I hate the bloody things. Cheers JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John A
When I was on the NZ coast I went to dive in the harbour in New Plymouth for a swim, not thinking of sharks in those days, I looked down and there was a huge hammer head gliding past, a recent pic from Western Aus reminded me of that day.

Hammer head.jpg


Another pick of what a white pointer can do.
Cheers Des

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[cappy]

as the captains wife said to the bosun ....if i was attacked by a great white would it eat me whole .........no said the bosun .....it would probably spit that out ..........the old ones are the best ......regards cappy

[cappy]

##as a boy on ist trip i and my mate swam out in adelaide ......i think it was called flagbeach or similar .....we went to see possibly a shark on the other side .......when we got out there there was a gap yu could drive a double decker bus through......never new i could swim back so fast ........second time when the boat turned over when coming back at night in sydney harbour ....swam for the gang way with one hand covering me nuts ......scared wasnt a strong enough word ......regards cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

#r ...swam for the gang way with one hand covering me nuts ...........regards cappy

Think of the opportunities you may have missed

Man soprano on Britain's got talent
Lady boy in Shields

I'm sure there must be others

[John Arton]

Think of the opportunities you may have missed

Man soprano on Britain's got talent
Lady boy in Shields

I'm sure there must be others

Now then Ivan, don't be putting Cappy down as even with his nuts intact there are at least two sopranos from Shields, one in a group called Caballoro? and the other a Joe Mcsomething.
Don't know if Cappy has any relationship to this two guys?
As for ladyboys a trip to the Mechanics Arms in the 70's could have resulted in a near miss.
These days there is a guy who does charity runs (Great North Run etc.) dressed in a pink dress but one look at him and you realise that there is no Ladyboy under that pink dress!!!!!!
rgds
JA

[cappy]

strangely enough off to shields in an hour or so for lunch but not at the mechanics for sure.....regards cappy in deepest voice possible....

[j.sabourn]

You get yourself down to the Ferryboat Inn Cappy and get among all those ruffy tuffy ferry boat crews. You know the ones who put the eye on the bitts. Tell them you started off life just like them working the River traffic. Cheers JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.S
Cappy couldn't lie he would have to tell them he was working the Street.
Cheers Des

chloe.jpg OOH you are cheeky