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[Jack]

What does that graph relate to? Deaths, a certain location, per a certain number of people?

I suspect that it's a useless mixture of all those things.

The source didn't say? Sort of takes away from the interesting part. Must be from a very shark attacky place and/or somewhere with very little lightning. This graph shows one is 4 times more likely to be killed(?) by lightning than a shark attack. Google says, in the US one is 47 times more likely to be killed by lightning than a shark.

[Jack]

What does that graph relate to? Deaths, a certain location, per a certain number of people?

I suspect that it's a useless mixture of all those things.

The source didn't say? Sort of takes away from the interesting part. Must be from a very shark attacky place and/or somewhere with very little lightning. This graph shows one is 4 times more likely to be killed(?) by lightning than a shark attack. Google says, in the US one is 47 times more likely to be killed by lightning than a shark.

Google also says in the US one is also more likely to be killed by lightning than a dog, although the odds aren't remarkably dissimilar.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

We have bulldog ants around here. Big bitey critters that sometimes kill people.

At least 100 people die in the US from bee sting every year. In Africa I imagine that number would be much higher. The graph I shared looks like it was made up on the spot.

I think you should play with them

No thanks. Last time I got stung by a bulldog ant it hurt like a bastard.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

What does that graph relate to? Deaths, a certain location, per a certain number of people?

I suspect that it's a useless mixture of all those things.

The source didn't say? Sort of takes away from the interesting part. Must be from a very shark attacky place and/or somewhere with very little lightning. This graph shows one is 4 times more likely to be killed(?) by lightning than a shark attack. Google says, in the US one is 47 times more likely to be killed by lightning than a shark.

I was googling vending machine deaths and that graph popped up on google images. It's obviously completely out of whack with the real stats on most of the items listed - most likely a mixture of local stats vs worldwide stats.

[Al Swearegen]

We have bulldog ants around here. Big bitey critters that sometimes kill people.

At least 100 people die in the US from bee sting every year. In Africa I imagine that number would be much higher. The graph I shared looks like it was made up on the spot.

I think you should play with them

No thanks. Last time I got stung by a bulldog ant it hurt like a bastard.

Yes, hence why you should play with them. Smear yourself with honey and roll on their nest. It'd be comedy gold.

[Queen Victoria]

When I was a child I sat on the swing seat.  Unfortunately there was a wasp/bee there before me.  Yep, I got stung in the ass by a bee.   

I had my revenge though, the critter was squashed in the act ass.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

We have bulldog ants around here. Big bitey critters that sometimes kill people.

At least 100 people die in the US from bee sting every year. In Africa I imagine that number would be much higher. The graph I shared looks like it was made up on the spot.

I think you should play with them

No thanks. Last time I got stung by a bulldog ant it hurt like a bastard.

Yes, hence why you should play with them. Smear yourself with honey and roll on their nest. It'd be comedy gold.

Bring the honey and the camera. We'll make a day of it.

[renaeden]

I've been stung by bees three times. Once on the upper arm in a neighbour's swimming pool, once stepped on one in the front yard (that one hurt the most) and another time on the hand on a camp out in the bush. I was pouring water into a cup from a container when I got stung.

When I was 6 I was at school sitting outside on the ground outside with the rest of my class when I got bitten 3 times on the knee by bull ants. I cried a fair bit but no one did anything.

[DirtDawg]

When I was a child I sat on the swing seat.  Unfortunately there was a wasp/bee there before me.  Yep, I got stung in the ass by a bee.   

I had my revenge though, the critter was squashed in the act ass.

At least you did not develop a long lasting terror of flying aircraft swooping down to sting you.

[DirtDawg]

I've been stung by bees three times. Once on the upper arm in a neighbour's swimming pool, once stepped on one in the front yard (that one hurt the most) and another time on the hand on a camp out in the bush. I was pouring water into a cup from a container when I got stung.

When I was 6 I was at school sitting outside on the ground outside with the rest of my class when I got bitten 3 times on the knee by bull ants. I cried a fair bit but no one did anything.

I usually get stung about three or four times every summer working in my garden. Usually it is a wasp getting caught in my collar while I am trimming things.
They sting over and over. Last time I had six little holes in my neck when I went in to show my wife and ask for some sympathy treatment. She would have needed a trip to the emergency room if she got stung.

Ants usually bite down first and hold on with their powerful legs locking them around however they can and THEN begin stinging. Some of them hurt and some the larger ones can actually tear human flesh with their jaws as they cling to you, but there are no toxins in their bite.

[Queen Victoria]

When I was a child I sat on the swing seat.  Unfortunately there was a wasp/bee there before me.  Yep, I got stung in the ass by a bee.   

I had my revenge though, the critter was squashed in the act ass.

At least you did not develop a long lasting terror of flying aircraft swooping down to sting you.

That's why I spend most of my time sitting down once I determine the seat is bee free.

[DirtDawg]

 

[DirtDawg]

The plural of hippopotamus is a long, clunky, difficult to type word, so I will spare you from attempting to do so.
 

[DirtDawg]

For you folks who are on a silver search, You might get lucky once in a while grabbing a couple of half dollar rolls. Pretty sure the quarter rolls have already been gleaned.

I did that for awhile, but the results were not very good.  BUT, if you go to a bank and ask for thirty or forty rolls of half dollars (say four hundred dollars in half dollars), they probably will not have that many on hand. They will have to go to their main branch vault and pull out really old rolls of half dollars.

Last time I did this I found forty three 40% halves (worth about three bucks each) and ten 90% (worth about seven bucks each).
So a lazy afternoon digging through a few stinky half dollar rolls paid off.
I invested four hundred bucks and made two hundred ten bucks in one week end, drinking a beer or two. You have to pay back the bank for halves you pull out to take to silver broker when you turn them back over, so that is where the discrepancy occurs.

Just remember, Don't get two or three rolls.
Make them go back into their vault and bring you a bunch of rolls. Might have to call ahead or come back next day, but it is worth the effort if you are a silver scrounger.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

What do the following 4 band names have in common??

Jethro Tull
Molly Hatchet
Lynyrd Skynyrd and
The Marshall Tucker Band