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    Warning: Snakes ready to attack

    Published On: 3-09-2010
    Source: Yahoo!7 News

    "Experts are warning that warm weather combined with the recent rain across large parts of Australia has increased the prevalence of snake sightings and attacks."



    Ohh I better not go outside now because they are every where and are ready to attack.
    That and the ocean is full of man eating sharks, no where is safe. What should we do?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_S_Word View Post
    Published On: 3-09-2010
    Source: Ohh I better not go outside now because they are every where and are ready to attack.
    That and the ocean is full of man eating sharks, no where is safe. What should we do?!

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    What should we do?!

    Follow the lead of pepsi. their add about the meteor and end of the world comes to mind.
    Why Drink and Drive When You Can Drift and Slide

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    hope thats not a subtle hint at me choco...
    hahahahhaa
    ....But I could be wrong

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    Yeah gotta love a media beat up. Don't let facts get in the way of selling news eh?

    Lucky the snakes aren't banding together (bandy bandying together maybe) to launch coordinated attacks on us hapless humans, with deadly military like precision. I can't believe it's a reptile revolution! It's the start of the uprising! Excuse me while I go panic for a while.
    Day after day, day after day, we stuck, ne breath, ne motion. As idle as a painted ship, upon a painted ocean. Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, ne any drop to drink.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Choco View Post
    What should we do?!

    Follow the lead of pepsi. their add about the meteor and end of the world comes to mind.
    haha...I love the pepsi adds

    Sounds to me like a good time to be outdoors seeing what around

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    You shouldn't go outside anyway because the ozone layer has a massive hole in it that'll fry your brain .....but don't stay inside either because there are mouldy spores growing indoors!!!
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    I work for Qld Ambulance... brisbane Region...

    We have had 4 Cases over the last 2 days.... More than we normally would.. So they are out and about.....

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    The article has nothing wrong with it - everything stated is true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonno from ERD View Post
    The article has nothing wrong with it - everything stated is true.
    Everything except that is the word "attack" used in the first paragraph. Snakes do not "attack" people. They defend themselves.
    To attack implies that the snake went out of its way in a pre-meditated decision to cause harm to the person.
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    I agree, but in the eyes of a journalist there's not much of a difference. Compared to a lot of the articles written purely by journalists out there, this is definitely one of the betters ones.

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