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dtravel · Post by **dtravel** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:11 pm

Great White Sharks are not exactly common around here (SF Bay Area) but we do get them. The local beaches get closed every couple of years in response to sightings and a few people have been attacked over the decades IIRC.

Mynok · Post by **Mynok** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:15 pm

So there was an underwear change! [:D][:D][:D]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:18 pm

Most Great White attacks are not fatal. Some think that people are not as tasty as their preferred prey, nice fatty seals and sealions which people might be mistaken for (especially while wearing black wet suits.) Of course, biting into neoprene probably isn't terribly tasty either...

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:19 pm

ORIGINAL: Mynok

So there was an underwear change! [:D][:D][:D]

yeah, probably by the USNI staff who awarded the prize - after they found out about the fakery![:D][:'(][:D][:'(]

niceguy2005 · Post by **niceguy2005** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:38 pm

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Most Great White attacks are not fatal. Some think that people are not as tasty as their preferred prey, nice fatty seals and sealions which people might be mistaken for (especially while wearing black wet suits.) Of course, biting into neoprene probably isn't terribly tasty either...

LOL. I never have thought of sharks as picky eaters. I figured they swallowed whatever got in the way. Of course, I have known some divers that could be mistaken for a sealion or even a walrus in their wetsuits.

Mynok · Post by **Mynok** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:41 pm

Divers? Do you mean floaters? [:D]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:47 pm

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Most Great White attacks are not fatal. Some think that people are not as tasty as their preferred prey, nice fatty seals and sealions which people might be mistaken for (especially while wearing black wet suits.) Of course, biting into neoprene probably isn't terribly tasty either...

LOL. I never have thought of sharks as picky eaters. I figured they swallowed whatever got in the way. Of course, I have known some divers that could be mistaken for a sealion or even a walrus in their wetsuits.

Well, i think they do swallow what they bit off - but usually they don't bother to come back to totally devour the person involved (as they would a seal, for instance). IIRC, most of the fatalities are from uncontrolled arterial bleeding. We're just not tasty enough, i guess...[:'(][:'(]

Mynok · Post by **Mynok** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:52 pm

We're just not tasty enough, i guess...

Small comfort to the half-eaten morsel........ [:(] Now he's injured AND rejected........

RUPD3658 · Post by **RUPD3658** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:09 pm

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

OK - i have several pics of these guys, and they are all hideous. So i'll post the most "photogenic" of these rascals (well, there are several of them):

THE NAKED MOLE RAT!!!

No, they are not moles, and neither are they rats! You've guys have guessed at them almost every time (until today!![X(])

The one day I take off and you use the one I always guess![:@]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:14 pm

The one day I take off and you use the one I always guess!

Ah - two weeks ago you were off on Wednesday.

Last week you were off on Tuesday, iirc. So i figured *THIS* Tuesday you would be here - and used it, figuring you (or someone else) would get it... But you did not appear, alas[:(].

Would it have made you feel better had i used it today???[:'(]

i did note right after this that i thought you'd be p!ssed!!!

RUPD3658 · Post by **RUPD3658** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:47 pm

I am beginning to think this is fixed (just like the stock market, football and baseball- I am a very paranoid person[:'(]).

It seems that you always use whatever has not been guessed that day even if it was used before. Nice Guy is an evil genius and always seems to win. My guess is that he is in on this somehow.

The day that Nik is not on line and a naked cat (punted or otherwise) is the naked animal of the day I will know for sure that something is fishy. [:-]

Got to sign off now. That black helicopter has been hovering over my house for too long and I am getting worried.

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:57 pm

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

I am beginning to think this is fixed (just like the stock market, football and baseball- I am a very paranoid person[:'(]).

It seems that you always use whatever has not been guessed that day even if it was used before. Nice Guy is an evil genius and always seems to win. My guess is that he is in on this somehow.

The day that Nik is not on line and a naked cat (punted or otherwise) is the naked animal of the day I will know for sure that something is fishy. [:-]

Got to sign off now. That black helicopter has been hovering over my house for too long and I am getting worried.

[:D][:D][:D]

No - i have never "fixed" one of these... not even with my friends in the Black Helicopters.

So far, Speedy, Fabertong, and Niceguy have made correct guesses, and about half have not been guessed in the time period.

i will admit i have been surprised at which ones have been guessed, and which ones missed - i thought the rattlesnake would never have been guessed (it had not been guessed before, nor since), and ones that had been almost continually guessed have been missed on the days i "lobbed" them slowly over the middle of the plate.[&:][X(][&:][X(][&:][X(]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:04 pm

I am beginning to think this is fixed (just like the stock market, football and baseball- I am a very paranoid person ).

BTW - thinking that the stock market, football and baseball are fixed isn't paranoid, but clear thinking.[:D][:D]

niceguy2005 · Post by **niceguy2005** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:42 pm

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

I am beginning to think this is fixed (just like the stock market, football and baseball- I am a very paranoid person[:'(]).

It seems that you always use whatever has not been guessed that day even if it was used before. Nice Guy is an evil genius and always seems to win. My guess is that he is in on this somehow.

The day that Nik is not on line and a naked cat (punted or otherwise) is the naked animal of the day I will know for sure that something is fishy. [:-]

Got to sign off now. That black helicopter has been hovering over my house for too long and I am getting worried.

[:D][:D][:D]

No - i have never "fixed" one of these... not even with my friends in the Black Helicopters.

So far, Speedy, Fabertong, and Niceguy have made correct guesses, and about half have not been guessed in the time period.

i will admit i have been surprised at which ones have been guessed, and which ones missed - i thought the rattlesnake would never have been guessed (it had not been guessed before, nor since), and ones that had been almost continually guessed have been missed on the days i "lobbed" them slowly over the middle of the plate.[&:][X(][&:][X(][&:][X(]

Hey, I'm the current naked animal contest champ,

with a total of 2...or is it 3. Not sure what that says about my life though[8|]

I do think a vague hint at the beginning of the contest would be good. It adds a little spice to the game. Operative word though is vague.

rogueusmc · Post by **rogueusmc** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:54 pm

How do you be vague about a naked animal?

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:37 am

Hey, I'm the current naked animal contest champ, with a total of 2...or is it 3. Not sure what that says about my life though

I do think a vague hint at the beginning of the contest would be good. It adds a little spice to the game. Operative word though is vague.

You have 3 wins, Faber has 2, Speedy has 1.

Hmmm.... vague hint - well, i can be vague...[:D]

Speedysteve · Post by **Speedysteve** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:05 am

You sure Faber has 2?

Wouldn't want my fellow country man to be too far ahead....

Christ it's late here. 4 hours of playing Star Wars Empire at War. Night fellow threaders.....

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:41 am

ORIGINAL: Speedy

You sure Faber has 2?

Wouldn't want my fellow country man to be too far ahead....

Christ it's late here. 4 hours of playing Star Wars Empire at War. Night fellow threaders.....

Yes - i don't remember his first animal, but i remember the cartoon i made (snowboarding penguins). His second win was the unexpected guess of the rattlesnake, resulting in the Penguin Eiffel tower cartoon (that you wanted removed from your AAR...)[:'(][:D]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:47 am

I do think a vague hint at the beginning of the contest would be good. It adds a little spice to the game. Operative word though is vague.

Thinking on this, i actually **HAVE** been giving a very vague hint at the beginning of the contest.

If i think it is going to be a difficult NAKED ANIMAL, i give you more time. If it is an easier one, i'll give less time. i might say it is because of work pressures - and it is, but in that case (work pressure) i try to use the "easier" ones.

How's that for vague!!![8D]

dtravel · Post by **dtravel** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:31 am

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

Hey, I'm the current naked animal contest champ, with a total of 2...or is it 3. Not sure what that says about my life though[8|]

That you spend too much time thinking about naked animals? [:'(]

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