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From: "Gertje" <gert.je@wo*.nl*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Florida panel bans shark feeding
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:04:04 +0200
Or better; let people pay and watch a known nono in diving fight a great
white.
If the shark wins, he/she is free to go. If the diver wins, well there has
to be a bigger shark somewere around. ;-)

Gertjan

> Wendell Grogan wrote:
>
> > 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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