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(Houston Chronicle) Scary Bad day: scuba divers swept away in strong currents must scramble to remote island. Worse: then had to fight off Komodo dragon   (chron.com) divider line 107
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Irregardless 2008-06-08 02:28:49 PM  
In my day we fought off Komodo Dragons and we didn't have those fancy rocks and sticks. We only had toothpaste and a wet towel, and we were gosh darn thankful that we had that, and weeeeeeeeeee liked it!

 
LavenderWolf 2008-06-08 03:53:19 PM  
Pretty harsh for a three hour tour.

 
CelesX 2008-06-08 03:55:15 PM  
Hardcore.

 
Porous Horace 2008-06-08 03:55:24 PM  
Dragon poachers?

 
ultraholland 2008-06-08 03:55:28 PM  
The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

 
kilgorn 2008-06-08 03:56:51 PM  
My island, get off

 
Your booty shivers me timbers 2008-06-08 03:58:33 PM  
Hey, it could have been worse... it could have been The Others! Ok, yes I'm a LOST dork farkette

 
robbiedo 2008-06-08 03:59:53 PM  
Bobby Shaftoe runs screaming into the night.

//too obscure?

 
Cyno01 [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:01:07 PM  
Uhg, komodo dragons arent something to fark around with. Theyre not poisinous, but they might as well be. Their mouths are so riddled with bacteria, they just bite their prey once and then follow it around untill it dies of sepsis.

 
Ghastly [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:01:36 PM  
Komodo dragons are pretty nasty beasties. They carry a soup of deadly bacteria in their mouths so even a little nip can end up killing you slowly and painfully from a nasty infection.

Good to hear they survived. Also good to hear they didn't have to kill any of the Komodo Dragons defending themselves because they're an endangered species.

 
OlafTheBent [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:03:02 PM  
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

 
queezyweezel 2008-06-08 04:04:20 PM  
Irregardless: In my day we fought off Komodo Dragons and we didn't have those fancy rocks and sticks. We only had toothpaste and a wet towel, and we were gosh darn thankful that we had that, and weeeeeeeeeee liked it!

The mental image of some guy fighting off a Komodo dragon by snapping it with a wet towel is full of win!

 
freakdiablo 2008-06-08 04:05:37 PM  
ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Nice way to start the thread off with a bang.

 
Curbstomp Jesus 2008-06-08 04:06:15 PM  
Komodo dragons have these small "pockets" along the ridges of their teeth, which catch and hold meat, where it rots to produce a septic bacterial toxin which they use to "poison" their prey. They often will bite their prey and let them succumb to disease from their saliva.

You know who else had ridges in their teeth just like a komodo dragon? The T-rex. So it is hypothesized that the T-rex could have used the same hunting style.

Take that, creationists.

 
frangelico_y_flamingo 2008-06-08 04:06:22 PM  
LavenderWolf: Pretty harsh for a three hour tour.

I'd call that tremendous value.

/ "Exceeded expectations. Would buy again."

 
bullock. 2008-06-08 04:06:37 PM  
Ghastly
Also good to hear they didn't have to kill any of the Komodo Dragons defending themselves because they're an endangered species.

??

They are the enemy, psycho.

What if that Komodo dragon then starved to death? Would you still be happy they got away?

 
brap [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:06:42 PM  
If Toho taught me one thing it was to always pack an extra pair of MechaKomodos.

 
paulieY2J [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:11:25 PM  
ultrahollandThe French diver scared it off with his white flag.

I lol'd

 
coarsesalt 2008-06-08 04:11:28 PM  
farm4.static.flickr.com

 
OregonVet [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:11:44 PM  
FTA: fiyeroarjiki wrote:
the English tried to appease the dragon, the French surrendered and the Swede slept with it!too bad no Cajuns were there, they would have made a gumbo!
6/8/2008 12:16:44 PM


LOL

Curbstomp Jesus: Take that, creationists.

Way to be a dick.

 
robbiedo 2008-06-08 04:14:44 PM  
ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. The only reason that Americans buy into this tired rhetoric is that the French don't roll over to American bullying. As you all know, without the help of the French, there would be no United States. One of the great symbols of American freedom and promise is the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French. No other nation has ever received such an amazing work of art from such a friend. So, should we tear it down, or call it "Freedom Fries." So freaking stupid.

Yes , the French were rapidly defeated at the outset of World War 2. I get it. The Maginot Line was a joke, and did not account foe the incredible changes in war strategies and technologies developed by the Nazis to almost take over the whole of Europe, who ultimately made the same mistake as the French: Conquest of Russia in the winter.

 
mark12A 2008-06-08 04:14:51 PM  
Tres cool when your life resembles an action adventure movie...

 
Unknown_Poltroon [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:16:08 PM  
Ghastly: Komodo dragons are pretty nasty beasties. They carry a soup of deadly bacteria in their mouths so even a little nip can end up killing you slowly and painfully from a nasty infection.

Good to hear they survived. Also good to hear they didn't have to kill any of the Komodo Dragons defending themselves because they're an endangered species.


Then they shouldn't be farking trying to eat me unless they want to be farking extinct.

 
OregonVet [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:16:32 PM  
robbiedo: ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. ....


You are like 18 or something, aren't you?

 
ChicagoJohn 2008-06-08 04:17:37 PM  
robbiedo: ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. The only reason that Americans buy into this tired rhetoric is that the French don't roll over to American bullying. As you all know, without the help of the French, there would be no United States. One of the great symbols of American freedom and promise is the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French. No other nation has ever received such an amazing work of art from such a friend. So, should we tear it down, or call it "Freedom Fries." So freaking stupid.

Yes , the French were rapidly defeated at the outset of World War 2. I get it. The Maginot Line was a joke, and did not account foe the incredible changes in war strategies and technologies developed by the Nazis to almost take over the whole of Europe, who ultimately made the same mistake as the French: Conquest of Russia in the winter.


Everyone makes fun of the French, not just the US. That means it's ok and deserved.

 
turntable slave 2008-06-08 04:17:44 PM  
i118.photobucket.com

 
Hollie Maea 2008-06-08 04:19:15 PM  
robbiedo: //too obscure?


Riiiight...

 
ultraholland 2008-06-08 04:25:13 PM  
robbiedo: Such a le tired joke.

fixed

 
Jarhead_h 2008-06-08 04:26:06 PM  
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7g6LenMQ5E&feature=related

Couldn't find one with even a REMOTELY scuba-ish theme. Hav to get some clips from the Abyss or maybe some National Geographic shows or something.

 
Glass Joe 2008-06-08 04:27:06 PM  
Authorities are MONITORING the situation.

 
sorhed 2008-06-08 04:28:30 PM  
Seriously, for the two countries forged out of emancipating revolution, America and France suck.

 
turntable slave 2008-06-08 04:28:48 PM  
i118.photobucket.com

/bored at work

 
necrotizing_fasciitis 2008-06-08 04:29:21 PM  
Glass Joe: Authorities are MONITORING the situation.

LOL!111ONEONEONEONEONE!!!111ONEONE!!!!!!

 
bemaha 2008-06-08 04:31:49 PM  
Glass Joe: Authorities are MONITORING the situation.

Sigh. Go stand in the corner. Don't give me that look. You know what you did!

 
OregonVet [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:32:46 PM  
sorhed: Seriously, for the two countries forged out of emancipating revolution, America and France suck.

Oh, shut up. You wouldn't exist if we didn't want you to.

 
robbiedo 2008-06-08 04:38:47 PM  
OregonVet: robbiedo: ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. ....

You are like 18 or something, aren't you?


I see your tag says OregonVet. I assume you are a Vet. I served 6 years in a MI Army Battalion. I guess I get a little tired hearing people criticize something they know so little about from personal experience. It is easy to criticize the life and death of war and military service when the closest many Americans get is "Call of Duty."

 
Biff Spiffy [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:38:53 PM  
Is this you, Irregardless?

i177.photobucket.com

 
Je5tEr 2008-06-08 04:41:33 PM  
OregonVet: sorhed: Seriously, for the two countries forged out of emancipating revolution, America and France suck.

Oh, shut up. You wouldn't exist if we didn't want you to.


Uh, Louisiana Purchase? American Revolution (nice navy there colonists)

Idiot.

 
Dick_Hertz 2008-06-08 04:43:36 PM  
robbiedo Quote 2008-06-08 04:14:44 PM
ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. The only reason that Americans buy into this tired rhetoric is that the French don't roll over to American bullying. As you all know, without the help of the French, there would be no United States. One of the great symbols of American freedom and promise is the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French. No other nation has ever received such an amazing work of art from such a friend. So, should we tear it down, or call it "Freedom Fries." So freaking stupid.
Yes , the French were rapidly defeated at the outset of World War 2. I get it. The Maginot Line was a joke, and did not account foe the incredible changes in war strategies and technologies developed by the Nazis to almost take over the whole of Europe, who ultimately made the same mistake as the French: Conquest of Russia in the winter.



You never tire of displaying your ignorance, do you Robbiedo??!!!

 
sorhed 2008-06-08 04:44:26 PM  
OregonVet: sorhed: Seriously, for the two countries forged out of emancipating revolution, America and France suck.

Oh, shut up. You wouldn't exist if we didn't want you to.


Is this threat coming from a Frenchman or an American?

Either way, BNA whooped your ass on at least one occasion.

 
hdhale 2008-06-08 04:48:09 PM  
robbiedo: ultraholland: The French diver scared it off with his white flag.

Such a tired joke. The only reason that Americans buy into this tired rhetoric is that the French don't roll over to American bullying. As you all know, without the help of the French, there would be no United States. One of the great symbols of American freedom and promise is the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French. No other nation has ever received such an amazing work of art from such a friend. So, should we tear it down, or call it "Freedom Fries." So freaking stupid.

Yes , the French were rapidly defeated at the outset of World War 2. I get it. The Maginot Line was a joke, and did not account foe the incredible changes in war strategies and technologies developed by the Nazis to almost take over the whole of Europe, who ultimately made the same mistake as the French: Conquest of Russia in the winter.


If this were just about them failing to comprehend that they actually had *superior* tanks for the most part in 1940 and pissed away their advantage by deploying them stupidly, then there would be no joke. Let's also not forget that during the 1950s they took a crap load of American equipment and got their ass handed to them by Ho Chi Minh. Or the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s. Or the French attempt to create a puppet state in Mexico in the 1860s.

No, France's war record since 1814 has been appalling. Even before that they lost more than one major war to Britain, which is why New France no longer exists. They botched up the Hundred Year's War so badly that England ruled virtually all of France worth mentioning and were it not for a French peasant girl some say was inspired by God, there is a good chance the primary language of France would be English.

Certainly you can point to a few victories here and there. The gains made during the Thirty Years War because they were able to take advantage of the chaos in the Holy Roman Empire; Napoleon, a Corsican, not a Frenchmen, managed to lead them to some glory before getting gang up on and defeated; and they did manage to outlast the Germans in World War I with the help way too much British blood. But for every stereotype, there is a reason for that stereotype...some much more deserving than others. That France exists as it does is as much proof of God as it is some sort of twisted good luck.

On topic: those divers clearly didn't take the warning on the map, "Beyond This Point There Be Dragons" seriously...let that be a lesson to all of you.

 
Glass Joe 2008-06-08 04:53:35 PM  
www.dragonmuse.com

 
OregonVet [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 04:53:52 PM  
robbiedo: I served 6 years in a MI Army Battalion.

Hah. Those recruits at Devens were a bunch of dorks. Hopefully you were in Huachuca(sp).

 
Je5tEr 2008-06-08 04:54:13 PM  
hdhale:

Careful, the American record isnt looking so good since WW2.

Which would be roughly 1/4 of the time the country has existed.

 
Ironclad2 2008-06-08 04:54:24 PM  
robbiedo: Bobby Shaftoe runs screaming into the night.

//too obscure?


Enoch Root rolls his eyes.

 
Jarhead_h 2008-06-08 04:54:49 PM  
Think that I've got it this time....

Jurassic Park: Food, Glorious Food!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcEGN28wpo&feature=related

The lost world- You had a bad day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-n6sC1Cts

 
robbiedo 2008-06-08 04:56:03 PM  
OregonVet: robbiedo: I served 6 years in a MI Army Battalion.

Hah. Those recruits at Devens were a bunch of dorks. Hopefully you were in Huachuca(sp).


144th MI Battalion Bell, Ca

 
OregonVet [TotalFark] 2008-06-08 05:03:13 PM  
robbiedo: 144th MI Battalion Bell, Ca

There's MI training in CA?

 
Oznog 2008-06-08 05:04:02 PM  
www.wired.com

Fortunately I had my Sword of Division, which does +3 damage against all scaled creatures.
AND, someone in our group has Magic Missile, also very helpful.

 
sorhed 2008-06-08 05:04:19 PM  
Je5tEr: hdhale:

Careful, the American record isnt looking so good since WW2.

Which would be roughly 1/4 of the time the country has existed.


The key is Canada. Canada's never lost a war.

 
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