video interview with the guy in the pic in the linked story

fwiw, the guy that swam to shore for help is this guy:

Why are the waters always "shark infested"? Would the sharks describe the waters as "human polluted"?

Megain: video interview with the guy in the pic in the linked story

fwiw, the guy that swam to shore for help is this guy:

That is the gayest picture that I have ever seen.

Not From the CIA: Why are the waters always "shark infested"? Would the sharks describe the waters as "human polluted"?

http://...lame/

All ocean waters have sharks...

Hero? Come on, it's not as though he bought a flag-sticker and went shopping for groceries, for over 30 minutes, or anything truly heroic like that.

/snark

Bgdojo: Megain: video interview with the guy in the pic in the linked story

fwiw, the guy that swam to shore for help is this guy:

That is the gayest picture that I have ever seen.

I don't care if he's Richard Simmons, that guy is the farking MAN.

Nice ad for this article:

"Louis, let's get outta dese waters, it's lousy with sharks"

"Youse ain't just whistling dixie, boss"

But did he salute an American flag sticker?

Martin: Hey, what day is this?
Hooper: It's Wednesday, uh, it's Tuesday I think.
Martin: I think the tide's with us.
Hooper: Keep kicking.
Martin: Huh huh, I used to hate the water.
Hooper: Huh huh, I can't imagine why.

/farewell & adieu

Hero tag well deserved.

Fish Infested Waters!! OH noooooes!

If the waters are 'shark infested', isn't only fair that the hotel room in Vegas is 'rich with ricin'?

Bgdojo : That is the gayest picture that I have ever seen.

The subject of that "gay" picture could kick your ass.

Not From the CIA: Why are the waters always "shark infested"? Would the sharks describe the waters as "human polluted"?

I guess they would, given that they tend to spit us out after the first bite. Turns out we taste nothing like seal, which is nice to know, I s'pose. Unfortunately, a shark developed internet is a couplea millennia away, so they won't be posting their opinions on Fark anytime soon.

FTA:Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I have determination like no other person. I wasn't going to die out there mate, no way."

Not to belittle his experience hanging on to a cooler to survive, but I think we can say that the guy who swam the whole way to get help had at least as much determination, no?


/Best use of hero tag I've seen in awhile.

FTA: "I've got determination like no other person," Mr Jarrett, who could barely speak from exhaustion, said. "I wasn't going to die out there, no way."

He has determination like no other person, EXCEPT Michael Williams, who is the person who swam to shore while he (Jarrett) was clinging to debris like a little girl. Seriously, Jarrett would have been dead if it wasn't for Williams amazing swim to shore to get help, and yet Jarrett didn't thank him in the interview.

I entered this thread for comparisons between this use of the hero tag and the flag sticker thread.

/my faith in Farkers abides

TFA: Mr Jarrett, 41, who has since told friends he will never go back to the ocean, was found holding onto a cooler box and airlifted to Ballina Hospital.

I wonder why.

Mr Jarrett, 41, who has since told friends he will never go back to the ocean, was found holding onto a cooler box and airlifted to Ballina Hospital.

There's an epiphany for ya. Like clinging to the toilet bowl, saying "I'll never drink Southern Comfort again"

So he pushed his friend off of the ice chest so he could survive?

Yep, this Aussie is a great American hero!

Eat your heart out, JFK.

tonesskin: So he pushed his friend off of the ice chest so he could survive?

actually, after reading a few articles, that thought still lingers

JeffreyScott: Ha! Six seconds.

picturescrazy: FTA:Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I have determination like no other person. I wasn't going to die out there mate, no way."

Not to belittle his experience hanging on to a cooler to survive, but I think we can say that the guy who swam the whole way to get help had at least as much determination, no?

Same thing I was thinking. He's going on about how he's the baddest hardass ever to grace the planet, but it was the other guy who swam to shore while he hung on and hoped that the other dude could make it. Still not something I want to go through, but you would think he'd give the other guy some props.

JeffreyScott: FTA: "I've got determination like no other person," Mr Jarrett, who could barely speak from exhaustion, said. "I wasn't going to die out there, no way."

He has determination like no other person, EXCEPT Michael Williams, who is the person who swam to shore while he (Jarrett) was clinging to debris like a little girl. Seriously, Jarrett would have been dead if it wasn't for Williams amazing swim to shore to get help, and yet Jarrett didn't thank him in the interview.

1. Dear noodlenuts: They didn't interview the hanging-on-to-cooler guy. The interview was with a bystander who saw cooler-man wheeled into the hospital.

2. What in the Sam Hill makes you think the media shows us all of interviews anyway?

/the stoopid is strong with you

SharpieFiend: Yep, this Aussie is a great American hero!

TFA:

"The pair became separated with television reports suggesting the trawler's exhausted skipper was unable to keep hold."

Wait, What?

Hey Aussies, Is that considered a well formed sentence down under?

southaustin: JeffreyScott: FTA: "I've got determination like no other person," Mr Jarrett, who could barely speak from exhaustion, said. "I wasn't going to die out there, no way."

He has determination like no other person, EXCEPT Michael Williams, who is the person who swam to shore while he (Jarrett) was clinging to debris like a little girl. Seriously, Jarrett would have been dead if it wasn't for Williams amazing swim to shore to get help, and yet Jarrett didn't thank him in the interview.

1. Dear noodlenuts: They didn't interview the hanging-on-to-cooler guy. The interview was with a bystander who saw cooler-man wheeled into the hospital.

2. What in the Sam Hill makes you think the media shows us all of interviews anyway?

/the stoopid is strong with you


FTA: Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I have determination like no other person. I wasn't going to die out there mate, no way."

He said he and Mr Picton had clung to an upside down ice cooler, also known as an esky, while kicking and paddling to stay afloat

So you're wrong southaustin.

No radios aboard that ship? Emergency beacon and all?

Just keeping this whole "hero" thing in perspective before you Farkers get carried away.

picturescrazy:
FTA: Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I have determination like no other person. I wasn't going to die out there mate, no way."

He said he and Mr Picton had clung to an upside down ice cooler, also known as an esky, while kicking and paddling to stay afloat

So you're wrong southaustin.

Ah. So an on-camera, lengthy interview was shown, and I'm supposed to know you were referring to the two sentences quoted within the article? Okay.

Still, what makes you think this guy DIDN'T thank his rescuer? Because the all-encompassing media didn't quote it?

Run down to Wal-Mart and purchase a grip.

They didn't have life jackets or any other good floatation aids? That's really dumb. Never go out in the ocean without the means to float without effort (at a minimum).

Maybe the two killed the skipper, sunk the ship, and pretended they were in trouble.

gund: Maybe the two killed the skipper, sunk the ship, and pretended they were in trouble.

cue the tin-foil hat guy

theewhiterhino: gund: Maybe the two killed the skipper, sunk the ship, and pretended they were in trouble.

cue the tin-foil hat guy

Or the perfect crime :)

southaustin: Ah. So an on-camera, lengthy interview was shown, and I'm supposed to know you were referring to the two sentences quoted within the article? Okay.

Yes, actually.

No comment.

pu-lease.

I keed

theewhiterhino: pu-lease.

I keed

I was supposed to quote the conspiracy theorist gund there.

my bad, my bad.

I've been out in those waters in a ocean kayak, shark infested is putting it mildly. I've seen them out there and though they are beautiful creates they are there big time!

Big Silky, Bronze Whalers, and of course White Pointers (Great Whites) all hang out near Byron Bay (fun town though) that dude is amazingly lucky.

I'm going to go with the guy who is missing just didn't have the desire to live and gave up. I can't believe his fishing partner off'd him like what some people might think.

But to swim 12 hours, unfarkingbelievalbe!! Somebody owes him some VB and a whole big steak!

Good on you sir!!

theewhiterhino: There's an epiphany for ya. Like clinging to the toilet bowl, saying "I'll never drink Southern Comfort again"

I can relate. It's Jack Daniels for me, tho.

//Once it hits your lips, it's so good!

Where is the "Bad Ass" Tag?

dcbrian: No comment.

Eddie would go.

Respect.

This so called "hero" was a moron. Had he been smart enough he wouldn't have been the first fool to step into the water. Had he forced his other fishing mates into the water at least he'd have a better chance of survival since they'd be good shark decoys, but I guess he wasn't creative enough for that? Only a Darwin candidate would not use his resources.

Plus, had he calmed the fark down and not panicked like a little woman by jumping into the water for 12 hrs, he at least would have had my respect even if he starved on the overturned vessel debris. Instead, he's alive but looks like a damn fool for trying to do like in the movies.

Naive fools like him don't last long. You know what they say? A fool and his money are soon parted. Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame douche.

yes bad ass tag needed.
I'm surprised he didn't sink from his massive balls.