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To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 06:40:54 -0400
From: Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Florida panel bans shark feeding
Oh, wait, a new PADI specialty course!
Wendell

> "Duane Liptak Jr." wrote:
> 
> Fellas, we're missing out on a cash cow opportunity here.  If the
> shark feeds were popular, imagine the draw to "shark spearfishing".
>     "Yes, you and your friends can take on the devils of the deep
> armed only with a speargun, a dive knife, and your god given
> stupidity...er, I mean manliness.  If you got a thrill out of shark
> feeding dives, imagine the rush of going one on one with a man-eater!"
>     We could sell it to the Florida panel as a solution to all their
> problems.  The shark feed dive operators could stay in business,
> continuing to cash in on man's seemingly limitless stupidity, and the
> shark population would be decreased, allaying the fears of Florida's
> ocean-going tourists.  Also, Darwin would get a little help in
> thinning the herd, as hopefully, we'd lose more than a few of the
> idiots who think it's a good idea to mess with apex predators for any
> reason.
>     Of course, payment in full would have to be received in advance.
> :-))
> 
> S/F,
> Duane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >I think you're on to something, but how about we start a rumor that
> zebra mussels are an ancient holistic aphrodesiac!  Better than
> Viagra, more reliable than mandrake
> >root.  Plus, the shells give you extra calcium!!!!
> >I like the  idea of getting rid of small insect vermin, but I don't
> think anybody will buy it, whereas the ancient secret from the depths
> of the pirmordial sea will be a hot item.
> >Wendell
> >
> >9/9/01 10:35:46 AM, Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> wrote:
> >
> >>All I can say is thank goodness the Florida board did not ban shark
> finning,
> >>or else how could I afford this expensive sport...
> >>
> >>And thank goodness those wacky Chinese will buy anything that puts
> lead in
> >>their pencils. Personally I think the sharks are just plain getting
> pissed.
> >>
> >>We ought to start a rumor that Ancient Chinese Remedy for impotence
> is a
> >>drink made of the gonads of mosquitoes, ticks and bottfiles. In one
> stroke
> >>would get rid of malaria, lyme disease, and dengue fever.
> >>
> >>   Jim
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