They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:49 pm
I think that male snakes get covered under Item #1.cougarmagic wrote:http://www.vaildaily.com/article/200907 ... 79963/1062
Top 10 dangerous things in the outdoors....
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Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:57 pm
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:06 pm
No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:11 pm
That guy's punctuation, spelling and grammar are atrocious.
Since the article is about things that actually kill people, I'm not surprised snakes don't make the cut. I gather rattle snakes aren't actually responsible for very many human deaths.
Since the article is about things that actually kill people, I'm not surprised snakes don't make the cut. I gather rattle snakes aren't actually responsible for very many human deaths.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:17 pm
I could'a sworn I saw that one on the list.HikeUp wrote:No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:20 pm
This is meaningless gibberish, isn't it? Is it because there are twice as many hikers on weekends than weekdays during July (i.e. lightning season). Is the data normalized by something like 'number of hikers per day', or does the percentage of hikers getting killed by lightning actual increase as the number of hikers increases? Normalized by number of lightning strikes per day?THREAT NO. 5: LIGHTNING
...Statistically, people are more than twice as likely to be struck dead on a weekend afternoon in July than at any other time
Same thing...are there 8 times more men than women out on the trails?Men are more than eight times as likely to be killed by a strike
Statistics can be so manipulated that without background information they're meaningless.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:04 pm
HikeUp wrote:No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.
wtf with trees? the article title mentions camping....then say people die skiing into trees. wtf
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:10 pm
Yeah, it's a little goofy. Either there are more men hiking in general (yes), or women don't hike in stormy weather, or lightning prefers men....HikeUp wrote:Same thing...are there 8 times more men than women out on the trails?Men are more than eight times as likely to be killed by a strike
So in their recommendations of how to avoid these dangers, one of them is "be a girl". yay for me! I can now take ridiculous risks, with no fear of consequence!
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:56 am
Tarantulas are not venomous to humans.
Gravity should be up there around #1.
The Y-Chromosome one made me think... Captain Safety wrote this.
Gravity should be up there around #1.
The Y-Chromosome one made me think... Captain Safety wrote this.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:44 am
Hike Up Wrote
Whatever you do, don't tresspass or hijack this thread or a bad picture of you will end up here.
In order to make the list you actually have to have the Y-Chromosome - why else wouldn't you put a picture of yourself on the blog sites? Instead you can just put everyone else's picture that isn't dressed according to your idea of what's supposed to be worn in the wilderness?No mention of dying from being an obnoxious USC fan either.
Whatever you do, don't tresspass or hijack this thread or a bad picture of you will end up here.
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:54 pm
wtf is up with No. 8. i have never seen an orange moose or elk!
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:09 pm
The Rabbit of Caerbannog.
ARTHUR: What?
TIM: There he is!
ARTHUR: Where?
TIM: There!
ARTHUR: What, behind the rabbit?
TIM: It is the rabbit!
ARTHUR: You silly sod! You got us all worked up!
TIM: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel,
and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.
ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
TIM: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a
killer!
KNIGHT: Get stuffed!
TIM: It'll do you a trick, mate!
KNIGHT: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You mangy Scot git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- he can leap about-- look at the bones!
ARTHUR: Go on, Boris. Chop his head off!
BORIS: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin' right up!
TIM: Look!
[squeak]
BORIS: Aaaugh!
[chord]
ARTHUR: Jesus Christ!
TIM: I warned you!
ROBIN: I peed again!
TIM: I warned you! But did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew it all,
didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little bunny, isn't it? Well,
it's always the same, I always--
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up!
TIM: --But do they listen to me?--
ARTHUR: Right!
TIM: -Oh, no--
KNIGHTS: Charge!
[squeak squeak]
KNIGHTS: Aaaaugh! Aaaugh! etc.
KNIGHTS: Run away! Run away!
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:06 pm
The rabbit is always #1.
"Oh mighty sorcerer, what is your name?"
"Some people call me..... Tim."
"Oh mighty sorcerer, what is your name?"
"Some people call me..... Tim."
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:52 am
man the first time i saw that scene i was lying of the floor dying of laughing pain
Re: They don't even mention snakes!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:07 pm
"dying of laughing pain" That's not on the list either. This list sux.Zé wrote:man the first time i saw that scene i was lying of the floor dying of laughing pain