Frankly, if you are in a foreign country that *has* large meat-eating aquatic reptiles? Check around before going for a dip.
IJS.
Prepare to uncouple -- uncouple.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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DCJensen - Oct 29, 2002 8:56:44 am PST #279 of 9843
All is well that ends in pizza.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2002 3:43:46 pm PST #280 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
my personal philosophy.
Nilly - Oct 30, 2002 6:50:11 am PST #281 of 9843
Swouncing
In completely unrelated UnAmerican news, an Israeli football soccer team just beat Manchester United yesterday, 3:0 (!) The victory is doubly sweet because it's the second time that team gets to play against MU, and they've lost on the former round. It's not even lessened by the fact that the Israeli team didn't accumulate enough points to go on the next round of the games.
I didn't get to watch any of the game, but I knew the score thanks to the responses of the watching neighbors all around. I just remembered that when I had mentioned here the former game some people had said things like 'go any team that plays MU', so I thought I'd share that.
Angus G - Oct 30, 2002 6:58:07 am PST #282 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Well done Maccabi Haifa! (Yes, I did have to look that up.)
Fiona - Oct 30, 2002 7:11:09 am PST #283 of 9843
Good on them!
...And in similar news, Bayern München have crashed out in the first round of the Champions League.
Hee heee hee heee hee.
Nilly - Oct 30, 2002 7:15:14 am PST #284 of 9843
Swouncing
And the UnAmerican thread turns again to the soccer thread...
Fiona, belated happy birthday!
Fiona - Oct 30, 2002 7:55:51 am PST #285 of 9843
Thanks, Nilly!
evil jimi - Nov 04, 2002 8:14:24 am PST #286 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I didn't know about the Bali angle but I must admit, I laughed when I read about the German tourist being eaten by a croc. If it's any consolation to her family, the croc would've got really bad heartburn. I've heard they get that after eating morons.
Yeah, I know, I'm a sick fuck but what else can you do but laugh? The billabong had plenty of signs warning against swimming and the signs all contained the No Swimming pictogram, so even a non-English reader would've known what it meant.
Fiona - Nov 04, 2002 8:19:42 am PST #287 of 9843
Maybe it was one of those, "I've cheated death once, nothing can hurt me" kind of things. But I've no idea. And funnily enough, I haven't heard the death reported at all here in Germany (which isn't saying too much, as I don't read a German paper, but still).
John H - Nov 04, 2002 5:26:19 pm PST #288 of 9843
I think the newsworthiness of the poor woman's demise was increased by the fact that they actually had pictures of her from the previous couple of days -- "Pretty Blonde Tourist In Tears At Darwin Airport After Escaping From Bali".