"Vending Machines Kill, Sharks Don't"

TLK · 07-05-2003, 11:06 AM

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Great White sharks may have been sighted off a popular Los Angeles beach in the last few days, to the delight of breathless TV newscasters looking for news on slow summer days.

But officials are reassuring residents that there's nothing to worry about: the sharks aren't that big, they are always off the coast and they only eat fish -- not people. And besides, even vending machines are more dangerous.

"There are sharks in the ocean off our coast," Capt. Garth Manning of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Lifeguard Division said. "There have always been sharks off our coast. And we have never had a shark attack in Los Angeles County."

Manning was responding to reports on local television that Great Whites had been spotted by swimmers about 150 yards off popular Will Rogers State Beach.

He said that experts had been unable to confirm the sighting, but that it was not surprising.

"If they are Great White sharks they are only about 5 feet in length and they feed on small fish, they do not feed on people," Canning said. "But it's difficult to tell if they are because it's difficult to tell a juvenile Great White from a juvenile Mako."

Canning said that despite common fears over shark attacks, more people are killed in the United States each year by vending machines. He said that last year dogs killed more people than Great White sharks had killed in the last 100 years.

Blackadar · 07-05-2003, 11:10 AM

It'd be odd if they were Great Whites. You usually can find those further North - starting around Half Moon Bay.

illinifan999 · 07-05-2003, 11:21 AM

How does one die by a vending machine? Do you flip it onto yourself?

TroyF · 07-05-2003, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by illinifan999
How does one die by a vending machine? Do you flip it onto yourself?

Get pissed off. Try to shake vending machine. Shake too hard and have vending machine tip over. Meet your maker.

One Stupid Man

TroyF

Axxon · 07-05-2003, 11:30 AM

I was killed by a vending machine once.

Once.

Blackadar · 07-05-2003, 11:31 AM

Just once? Amateur.

tucker342 · 07-05-2003, 04:20 PM

Man that's pathetic! I die at least once a week from vending machines!

EagleFan · 07-05-2003, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by Axxon
I was killed by a vending machine once.

Once.

I ride the bus, he rides the bus, we ride the bus... (it's been a while, that's off the top of my head)

Axxon · 07-05-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by EagleFan
I ride the bus, he rides the bus, we ride the bus... (it's been a while, that's off the top of my head)

Man, now I'm going to have to watch the movie again. What a shame.

Anrhydeddu · 07-05-2003, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by TroyF
Get pissed off. Try to shake vending machine. Shake too hard and have vending machine tip over. Meet your maker.

One Stupid Man

TroyF

Another case for the The Death of Common Sense.

Craptacular · 07-06-2003, 04:48 PM

I was born in a vending machine.

07-05-2003, 11:21 AM	#3
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	How does one die by a vending machine? Do you flip it onto yourself? __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

07-05-2003, 11:30 AM	#5
Axxon Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ	I was killed by a vending machine once. Once. __________________ There are no houris, alas, in our heaven.

07-05-2003, 11:10 AM	#2
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	It'd be odd if they were Great Whites. You usually can find those further North - starting around Half Moon Bay.

07-05-2003, 11:31 AM	#6
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	Just once? Amateur.

07-05-2003, 04:20 PM	#7
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	Man that's pathetic! I die at least once a week from vending machines!

07-06-2003, 04:48 PM	#11
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	I was born in a vending machine.

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