Land Shark?

[desertrat]

...for everyone who makes it, that would be great! So then the gene pool is filled with what?

Only the strongest? Well, sometimes the gators and lions get the strongest one because he slipped or broke his leg stepping in a hole at full speed or because the weaker idiots behind him crashed into him and pushed him into the river.

The smartest? Or only the most single minded?

The healthiest? Or maybe just the ones closest to mom as the braver or more curious or more active ones were just out of safeties reach as the hyenas attacked?

The compassionate? Or just the ones who pushed everyone else out of the way to reach safety first?

Survival of the fittest sounds great on paper when we're talking about someone doing something totally idiotic but nature is not smart nor selective. Nature is thoughtless, plan less, absent of justice and absolutely remorseless.

Only man is capable of compassion and reason and thinking and acting past his stomach and his wiener.

If I was confronted with raptors I'd extermiante them. Maybe save a few for the zoo.

Before they exterminate me.

That would be the fun part! It's all been done for us though.. been done, but not even because we directly were threatened. If wolves killed the cattle they were poisoned. If coyotes ate a few sheep. they were hunted and trapped. If grizzlies came too close to our homes they were wipped out (can't blame them there) We are the ulimate predator, top of the food chain. The only thing we have to fear is ourselves. And that is pretty damn scary.

 

[itsbob]

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The healthiest? Or maybe just the ones closest to mom as the braver or more curious or more active ones were just out of safeties reach as the hyenas attacked?


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Mom should have used a leash ...

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

"If you can dream it, you can be it."

That's the first thing I thought of after I stopped laughing about the SNL skit


What if everything we ever imagined came to life?

 

[Dixie]

"If you can dream it, you can be it."

That's the first thing I thought of after I stopped laughing about the SNL skit


What if everything we ever imagined came to life?

I'd be sleeping with George Clooney on a daily basis. Who would you be sleeping with?

 

[Dixie]

I'd be sleeping with George Clooney on a daily basis. Who would you be sleeping with?

And all the guys in the Eagles. Eric Clapton, Mel Gibson (he'd have to look like he did in Braveheart though). Bob Dylans son. Can't remember his name.

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

I'd be sleeping with George Clooney on a daily basis. Who would you be sleeping with?

None of those guys I'd just make animals and trees talk and give myself the power to make duct tape instantly appear anywhere I wish...

Then I'd sleep with
You know I lust after him and all

 

[Dixie]

None of those guys I'd just make animals and trees talk and give myself the power to make duct tape instantly appear anywhere I wish...

Then I'd sleep with
You know I lust after him and all

Are you using the duct (duck?) tape when you sleep with

What would be your biggest fear come true? Mine is really sharks. I'm scared to death of them.

 

[desertrat]

Are you using the duct (duck?) tape when you sleep with

What would be your biggest fear come true? Mine is really sharks. I'm scared to death of them.

Those freakin' beatles in "The Mummy". By the way, since sharks are real, what do you mean by "come true"? Find one in your bathtub?

 

[BS Gal]

I'd go freaky on you!

Do NOT, under any circumstances, tell him where you live. His jokes are not funny at all.

 

[Dixie]

Those freakin' beatles in "The Mummy". By the way, since sharks are real, what do you mean by "come true"? Find one in your bathtub?

don't, you're freakin me out! Lakes, fresh water streams, puddles, you name it.

 

[Dixie]

Do NOT, under any circumstances, tell him where you live. His jokes are not funny at all.

something to share with the rest of the class? (kidding)

 

[desertrat]

don't, you're freakin me out! Lakes, fresh water streams, puddles, you name it.

I have no idea where I got the idea, but when I was about 4 years old my Dad was trying to get me to enter a little swimming hole in a very small trout stream. The water was maybe 3 feet deep. I told him "no way,there could be a shark in there". This was South Dakota.

 

[Larry Gude]

I guess...

That would be the fun part! It's all been done for us though.. been done, but not even because we directly were threatened. If wolves killed the cattle they were poisoned. If coyotes ate a few sheep. they were hunted and trapped. If grizzlies came too close to our homes they were wipped out (can't blame them there) We are the ulimate predator, top of the food chain. The only thing we have to fear is ourselves. And that is pretty damn scary.

...simpler times. And you're darn right; we're the scary ones!

 

[Dixie]

I have no idea where I got the idea, but when I was about 4 years old my Dad was trying to get me to enter a little swimming hole in a very small trout stream. The water was maybe 3 feet deep. I told him "no way,there could be a shark in there". This was South Dakota.

You get me then, you really get me!

Are the Badlands in South Dakota? Camped there once, it's beautiful country.

 

[desertrat]

You get me then, you really get me!

Are the Badlands in South Dakota? Camped there once, it's beautiful country.

Badlands, Devils tower, Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills all within a couple hours.

 

[desertrat]

You get me then, you really get me!

But I got over that unreasonable fear. We used to swim at night off the beach near San Diego (probably not too smart) right up until I saw Jaws. Back to square one. Well almost.

 

[Dixie]

Badlands, Devils tower, Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills all within a couple hours.

I had forgotten that and went to all of them! Was Hole in the Wall there too? I begged the guy I was with to take me there, kept seeing all those signs Hole in the Wall Drugstore 892 miles, Hole in the Wall Drugstore 697 miles. Surprised he didn't leave me there.

 

[Dixie]

You get me then, you really get me!

But I got over that unreasonable fear. We used to swim at night off the beach near San Diego (probably not too smart) right up until I saw Jaws. Back to square one. Well almost.

That's what happened to me! When I saw Jaws II, I worried about people on jet skis being chased by sharks. Jaws III made me realize that sharks really are hell bent on revenge. Can you imagine coming face to face with one in the water?

 

[Mousebaby]

Those freakin' beatles in "The Mummy". By the way, since sharks are real, what do you mean by "come true"? Find one in your bathtub?

My 9 yr. old daughter REFUSES to take a shower with the curtain closed because she is scared to death a shark is going to get her!!!! She saw a model of the Megladon (sp?) in the Marine Museum and has been terrified ever since!

 

[rack'm]

That's what happened to me! When I saw Jaws II, I worried about people on jet skis being chased by sharks. Jaws III made me realize that sharks really are hell bent on revenge. Can you imagine coming face to face with one in the water?

Yeah, the chances are, the shark would go the other way.......