Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Dunh Dunh...

Several members of the G:TB editorial staff and a fair number of our readers have spent time on Chatham, MA's Nauset Beach. It's fair to say that we're glad we missed out on this kind of excitement.


The kayaker in question, Walter Szulc, was making his maiden solo kayaking voyage when the 12-14 foot great white shark started checking him out. "Look at my chest and arms," said Szulc. "I'm a meaty bastard. No wonder the shark wanted some." (It's possible that Szulc actually said,  "I had a deep swallow, that 'Oh my God' moment, then I just paddled," as reported in the Boston Globe, but nobody trusts the Globe anymore.)

Note that the shark in question waited until my family and I left Chatham (we lunched at my cousin's coffee shop/deli on the same day as the shark sighting) before sniffing around homo sapiens. I flattened a chipmunk with the family truckster during our visit - seems word got around about my Lord of the Cape and Islands badassery.

Reporters are still making calls to determine why Dave was in the foreground of this scene.

38 comments:

Clarence said...

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Alien vs. Predator
Monsters vs. Aliens
Freddy vs. Jason
Kramer vs. Kramer
Cowboys vs. Aliens
Squirrels vs. Chimpunks

Danimal said...

Szulc. quite a name heh.

that would be a bit stressful, especially considering earlier in his voyage he had tipped the canoe over a couple of times.

T.J. said...

I mean, jesus tiny, you couldn't let the previous filler post sit until at least lunch? You're about to be removed from the editorial board if you keep this shit up.

rob said...

blogger failed me, teej. meant to set to post later in the day. blogger had other ideas.

rob said...

also, i like when you call me 'jesus tiny'.

rob said...

clarence, that fucking chipmunk had a death wish. ran a beeline for my left front tire.

T.J. said...

Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich

zman said...

Fear the Squirrel.

rob said...

i'm planning to make t-shirts, z

Jerry said...

Dave has been the star of 3 posts in a row now.

rob said...

nauset beach is technically in orleans, not chatham. sue me. i was in orleans saturday, too.

Danimal said...

is that "old" orleans?

Clarence said...

Waaaaaait a minute, you mean to tell me there's a new Orleans??


Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Danimal said...

Joe. Volcano.

Danimal said...

Great Taste vs Less Filling.

Clarence said...

Danimal, did they make a full-length feature film out of the Miller Lite ads of the 1970's?

Danimal said...

not yet. a script has been tossed about for years now - getting closer to the green light. as they say in hollywood.

rob said...

for a math savant, jerry doesn't count very well.

zman said...

I actually have a "Fear the Squirrel" tshirt which I wore to the bad tshirt contest at OBFT and for which I was roundly mocked.

Roe v. Wade
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Bush v. Gore

Clarence said...

Isn't this year the bad t-shirt contest? Are you clairvoyant?

Clarence said...

The original Wiggles are reuniting for one last tour before they retire. Younger parents, these guys produce some of the most parent-friendly kids stuff going.

rob said...

jerry, i'm on a conference call with your colleagues about data analytics. give me some buzzwords i can spout.

all are welcome to play.

leverage!
hadoop!
visualize!
integrate!

Jerry said...

I will leverage the piss out of some data, but I wouldn't be caught dead visualizing.

Every marketing document should begin "the recent explosion in digital content" and proceed to demonstrate how "forward looking" or "data-driven" organizations can leverage existing data to do just about anything in the world like "target new revenue streams" or "optimize resource allocation" or "enhance efficiency at all levels of the organization".

It's all BS, but it's all true.

rob said...

for example, tortuga's lie leveraged their understanding of customer consumption habits to maximize revenue per seat and optimize procurement processes to ensure product availability.

i can already visualize that tallboy red stripe.

Clarence said...

The People Vs. Larry Flynt

Woody Harrelson, underrated thespian. Papal ballot kinda guy.

Dave said...

wow! i guess everything does happen for a reason. we missed the cape this year because my mother-in-law is terminally ill, but if we were there, there is no question that i would have gotten eaten by that shark. and nothing is more more humiliating than dying on a paddleboard.

Clarence said...

Dying on rollerblades?

Danimal said...

roller skates would be slightly worse.

versus versus espn

rob said...

choking on ben-wa balls?

zman said...

Dying in a freak felching accident. Or a kiln explosion a la fawn leibowItz.

Clarence said...

Rob, who's your favorite Wiggle?

T.J. said...

The one with AIDS

Marls said...

AHL

T.J. said...

Also, how has dying in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day not make it into the "tough way to perish" list?

Clarence said...

So, the Giants and Cardinals look pretty good, eh?

Clarence said...

Chipper Jones just got a standing ovation in Kansas City. And a big fat "#1" from my living room.

rob said...

murray is my favorite wiggle

Jerry said...

Fucking National League!! Yeah!!!!