/clicks to more interesting article

apparently they drowned in 4.5 feet of water, and the family says the son fell out of the boat and dad jumped in to save him

Megain: /clicks to more interesting article

apparently they drowned in 4.5 feet of water, and the family says the son fell out of the boat and dad jumped in to save him

WTF?

Alcohol possibly? Lots of the stupid?

Wow. I was thinking that it couldn't be a joke about them drowning until I clicked the link.

The men apparently fell from their boat shortly after the start of the Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.

Maybe they were trying to walk on water.

Damnit, if you're not going to wear some sort of PFD, at least learn how to farking swim before spending time on the water.

TimeWaste: The men apparently fell from their boat shortly after the start of the Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.

Maybe they were trying to walk on water.

They just needed to be Saved Again Again.

TimeWaste: The men apparently fell from their boat shortly after the start of the Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.


Maybe they were trying to walk on water.

And now they can take lessons in how to do so by the guy who made it famous!

Which reminds me of a joke...

Jesus and Moses are walking around in Heaven one day. They pass by a fountain, and Moses says, "Hang on. I want to see if I still got the ol' touch." He waves his stick and the water in the fountain parts. Jesus yells excitedly, "OK, put it back, put it back! I want to see if I still got the ol' touch!" Moses puts the water back, Jesus gets up on the edge of the fountain, takes one step in and, ker-ploosh! He sinks in up to his waist. As he climbs out, cussing (taking his own name in vain), Moses says, "Hey! Take it easy! That was before you got the holes in your feet!"

otterrr: Damnit, if you're not going to wear some sort of PFD, at least learn how to farking swim stand up before spending time on the water.

FTFY. Second article says they were in 4.5 feet of water. Only thing I can think of is the son fell in backwards and hit his head on a rock, knocking him out. Dad dived in after him, not realizing how shallow it was, and hit his head, too.

I suppose it's also possible alcohol was a factor, but since it was a tournament that strikes me as unlikely.

We all deserve everything bad that happens to us. Sub, you'll get yours.

Remember to learn to float before you go boating in chest deep water.

rodeofrog: We all deserve everything bad that happens to us. Sub, you'll get yours.

rodeofrog: We all deserve everything bad that happens to us. Sub, you'll get yours.

Sand, meet vagina; vagina, meet sand.

After reading the details from TFA, I have to say that this deserved the FAIL tag.

Talk about Shellfish
Does anybody here give a carp?
I bet they didn't do it on Porpoise
Call for kelp!
even cod can't help you now!
I bet everybody else was pretty crabby

/I'll leave now
//Just went to the aquarium
///I play too much animal crossing

Why the hell did this get green lighted?

...it isn't even remotely funny. Two people died in a boating accident. The guy could have had a heart attack and fell in - his son died trying to get him out of the water.

They could have been acting silly and got into trouble...even stupid acts rarely deserve this result

chalupaking: Talk about Shellfish
Does anybody here give a carp?
I bet they didn't do it on Porpoise
Call for kelp!
even cod can't help you now!
I bet everybody else was pretty crabby

/I'll leave now
//Just went to the aquarium
///I play too much animal crossing

Keep going, you've really caught a good wave

Gyrfalcon: Family members said 67-year-old William Reed and his 38-year-old son John Reed were experienced fishermen. Authorities pulled their bodies from the water Saturday during a bass fishing tournament on Lake Okeechobee. The men apparently fell from their boat shortly after the start of the Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.

Neither man was wearing a life jacket.

I'm gonna take a wild guess here, and say that "experienced" and "smart" are not the same thing. And go further out on a limb and speculate that "alcohol was involved" was part of the police report.


I will also take a wild guess, and say that if you're fishing in 4.5 feet of water, your first thought isn't to strap on a life vest. I will agree with your other guess about alcohol, however. The other article mentioned the guess about possibly getting tangled up in the plant life underwater, also.

they are now closer to God, which is what a Christian tournament should be all about I guess :)

At first I was like >: / but then I was like : D

I_Like_Pie: Why the hell did this get green lighted?

...it isn't even remotely funny. Two people died in a boating accident. The guy could have had a heart attack and fell in - his son died trying to get him out of the water.

They could have been acting silly and got into trouble...even stupid acts rarely deserve this result

It's because of the fickleness of fark... if either of the two deceased had even the most remotest connection to fark, then there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth over their deaths, a paypal account would be set up in their memory, no mockery would be allowed in regards to their death, etc.

But since the deceased are in no way connected with Farkistan, then all jokes, mockery, etc are on the table.

Farkistan. It's a very fickle place. It's something you learn to live with if you're to stay here for any length of time.

No one hit their head on a rock. No one had a heart attack. No one keeled overboard from excessive drunkenness. They fell and drowned from Diprivan darts blown by Yazuka hitman. Mark my words.

/headline was surprisingly cold

This is one of the most positive headlines from Fark
~EVAH!

Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.

Neither man was wearing a life jacket.

god wanted them dead. It was all part of this 'plan' people keep harping on about.

Stupid xtians

granolasteak: :(

People, wear your PFDs, even in low amounts of water.

No you don't. How the hell is Darwin supposed to do his job if people don't let him weed out the ones that can't survive in four and a half feet of water?

I guess they didn't like taking showers on the boat.

msheda: chalupaking: Talk about Shellfish
Does anybody here give a carp?
I bet they didn't do it on Porpoise
Call for kelp!
even cod can't help you now!
I bet everybody else was pretty crabby

/I'll leave now
//Just went to the aquarium
///I play too much animal crossing

Keep going, you've really caught a good wave

And this news event is current.

Britney Spear's Speculum: god wanted them dead. It was all part of this 'plan' people keep harping on about. Stupid xtians

With trolling skills like that, you should have easily won the tournament.

I have money on "son fell out of boat and was knocked unconscious" and "father died of heart attack in subsequent rescue attempt". No matter how drunk and how redneck you are, they can handle 4.5 feet of water.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: I_Like_Pie: Why the hell did this get green lighted?

...it isn't even remotely funny. Two people died in a boating accident. The guy could have had a heart attack and fell in - his son died trying to get him out of the water.

They could have been acting silly and got into trouble...even stupid acts rarely deserve this result

It's because of the fickleness of fark... if either of the two deceased had even the most remotest connection to fark, then there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth over their deaths, a paypal account would be set up in their memory, no mockery would be allowed in regards to their death, etc.

But since the deceased are in no way connected with Farkistan, then all jokes, mockery, etc are on the table.

Farkistan. It's a very fickle place. It's something you learn to live with if you're to stay here for any length of time.

The thing is, they're probably Christian, and even if they're not they drink a beer that we find to be inferior, and even if they don't they might be sexually conservative, and they might not even be Obama voters. Point is, if they're not Farkers, and if they're not related to a Farker, then they probably have something wrong with them that makes them not worth caring about.

DinsdalePiranha: With trolling skills like that, you should have easily won the tournament.

oh well, they're dead. ha ha

IonBeam2: Farkistan. It's a very fickle place. It's something you learn to live with if you're to stay here for any length of time.

The thing is, they're probably Christian, and even if they're not they drink a beer that we find to be inferior, and even if they don't they might be sexually conservative, and they might not even be Obama voters. Point is, if they're not Farkers, and if they're not related to a Farker, then they probably have something wrong with them that makes them not worth caring about.

You forgot the number 1 reason. They were in Florida.

Gyrfalcon: OTOH...could have been Drop Elk.

I do hear it's rutting season for Drop Elk, and they are being particularly viscous this year. You may be onto something.

This would have been a lot more interesting if one of the other contestants had hooked them.

TimeWaste: The men apparently fell from their boat shortly after the start of the Christian Team Trails Fishing Tournament.

Maybe they were trying to walk on water.

Turns out the authorities were the fishers of men here.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: I_Like_Pie: Why the hell did this get green lighted?

...it isn't even remotely funny. Two people died in a boating accident. The guy could have had a heart attack and fell in - his son died trying to get him out of the water.

They could have been acting silly and got into trouble...even stupid acts rarely deserve this result

It's because of the fickleness of fark... if either of the two deceased had even the most remotest connection to fark, then there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth over their deaths, a paypal account would be set up in their memory, no mockery would be allowed in regards to their death, etc.

But since the deceased are in no way connected with Farkistan, then all jokes, mockery, etc are on the table.

Farkistan. It's a very fickle place. It's something you learn to live with if you're to stay here for any length of time.

Should Farkers where something like the Medic Alert bracelets? Instead of listing 'allergic to penicillin' have 'Fark account 6676' listed so that we can be properly mourned in Farkistan in case of an untimely demise?

no depth finder/fish finder on the boat???

IonBeam2: I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: I_Like_Pie: Why the hell did this get green lighted?

...it isn't even remotely funny. Two people died in a boating accident. The guy could have had a heart attack and fell in - his son died trying to get him out of the water.

They could have been acting silly and got into trouble...even stupid acts rarely deserve this result

It's because of the fickleness of fark... if either of the two deceased had even the most remotest connection to fark, then there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth over their deaths, a paypal account would be set up in their memory, no mockery would be allowed in regards to their death, etc.

But since the deceased are in no way connected with Farkistan, then all jokes, mockery, etc are on the table.

Farkistan. It's a very fickle place. It's something you learn to live with if you're to stay here for any length of time.

The thing is, they're probably Christian, and even if they're not they drink a beer that we find to be inferior, and even if they don't they might be sexually conservative, and they might not even be Obama voters. Point is, if they're not Farkers, and if they're not related to a Farker, then they probably have something wrong with them that makes them not worth caring about.

Agreed. I mean, how many links did they get greenlit?

*wear

/like it matters
//you know what I meant
///quit harassing me
////probably spelled harrassing wrong too

Saulsa: *wear

/like it matters
//you know what I meant
///quit harassing me
////probably spelled harrassing wrong too

I always thought harrassing was 2 words.

I even spelled it different the 2 times I used it. Figured I'd get it right at least once.

God has a wicked sense of humor.

skinink: "Neither man was wearing a life jacket."
Most important part of the story. For some reason I'm surprised a fishing tournament didn't require them to wear life jackets.

they didn't win because they were disqualified for not wearing them.

/dnrtfa

All it takes:


Or, in this here case:

It seems like these guys were past winners of the tournament. Something is fishy about this. I suspect jealous competition modified a fish finding underwater sonar device into a focused acoustic weapon.