Words of wisdom from ECH

[East Coast Hustle]

If you combine both of those things and add randomly getting butt-naked, that's bourbon for me.

The saving grace is that nobody ever wants to fight the naked guy so I don't usually get hurt or in legal trouble.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I was drunk when I posted this thread.

And when I posted in it again, I was completely schmammered.

Nigel, you've seen me drunk, just not drunk on bourbon. It makes all the difference.

Now I MUST see you drunk on bourbon. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also

...nobody ever wants to fight the naked guy...

 

[East Coast Hustle]

Now we're headed up to Staniard Creek about 20 miles north of here to go to customer appreciation night a beach bar called Colors. I'm told that all first-time visitors to the place are required to do a shot called "Fire in the Hole".

Nobody will tell me what's in it. They all just shake their heads grimly.

Oh, and apparently "customer appreciation night" means "come drink for free".

Just mentioning that so that if this turns out to be the last post I ever make, you guys will know why.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Now we're headed up to Staniard Creek about 20 miles north of here to go to customer appreciation night a beach bar called Colors. I'm told that all first-time visitors to the place are required to do a shot called "Fire in the Hole".

Nobody will tell me what's in it. They all just shake their heads grimly.

Oh, and apparently "customer appreciation night" means "come drink for free".

Just mentioning that so that if this turns out to be the last post I ever make, you guys will know why.

Crossing my fingers for you, buddy!

[Don Coyote]

Now we're headed up to Staniard Creek about 20 miles north of here to go to customer appreciation night a beach bar called Colors. I'm told that all first-time visitors to the place are required to do a shot called "Fire in the Hole".

Nobody will tell me what's in it. They all just shake their heads grimly.

Oh, and apparently "customer appreciation night" means "come drink for free".

Just mentioning that so that if this turns out to be the last post I ever make, you guys will know why.

So this is how the world ends.

[BadBeast]

"Fire in the Hole" (NSFW)
http://i.imgur.com/RxK3t.jpg

[East Coast Hustle]

It's entirely possible that I've had a better time than I did tonight, but for the life of me I couldn't think of when that was.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Awesome!

[East Coast Hustle]

Here are some more words of wisdom:

If you want to review your entire life and be goddamn sure that you've lived the way you want to live and have that all happen in about 12 seconds, go snorkeling about 200 yards offshore and find yourself being stalked by a 12 foot hammerhead.

two words: ADRENALINE DUMP.

[BadBeast]

I don't think Hammerheads attack people. But I do know what you mean. I had a similar brush with a 20ft Basking Shark. I knew that all they ate was fucking plankton, but I was still totally paralysed with The Fear.

[East Coast Hustle]

Hammerheads most certainly do attack people.

They're not as aggressive as Tigers or Bulls, but few things are. My stepdad used to be a commercial fisherman (mostly square grouper, but he wasn't afraid to supplement his income by catching actual fish) and he and his brother once pulled a guy out of the water that had been attacked by Hammerheads, and the guy did not survive.

[East Coast Hustle]

Clarification (and stuff I didn't know before): Apparently there are 9 different species of hammerhead shark. Most are not considered dangerous to humans and many dive operators seek them out for open water shark dives because they are relative non-aggressive and also almost always give warning via posturing before they attack. However, the Great Hammerhead IS a dangerous shark and quite a bit more aggressive than the other species are.

[BadBeast]

Did a little research, and found this first hand account of a man who was almost eaten by a Hammerhead Shark. (Skip to 7m20s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sONoMer6b34&feature=related

[Telarus]

Posture is important to watch for if you're in the water with sharks.

Crazy thing is that hammerheads (most sub-species) are schooling animals. Not for hunting, not for protection, and they go off alone to mate.

They just like hanging around in a pack, all like "Fuck you, dis my reef."