Ok – so it’s here. Shark week. I have often joked about this – threatening to TiVo every episode of every show that comes on the Discovery Channel for the entire week – for no other reason except that for some bizarre reason Kelly and I find it hilarious.
So on the rare occasion where I found myself flipping channels to see what was on, guess what I came across. You guessed it. I laughed and thought to myself “Who actually watches this – and why in the world do they dedicate an entire week to showing these poor people getting mauled and then turning to the camera and saying ‘I don’t hate the shark. It’s just doing what it does naturally.’ Several hours later (apparently I am one of those who actually watches ‘those’ shows…HA) I came to the realization that there were a LOT of people saying that. Each of them almost had an Al Gore glaze over their eyes as they said it, and sounded vaguely like the borg from Star Trek when they spoke, but they all said the same thing except one lady who was ‘finding it difficult to forgive the shark, but trying’.
If a great white came up and took a bite out of ANY part of my anatomy, I dare say I would not be so understanding. Granted you won’t find me swimming off of seal island any time soon, but COME ON. A wasp stung me once and I have HATED them ever since.
“Yeah, the thing ate my leg and all, but after all, I WAS swimming in IT’s habitat, so that’s really my fault ultimately and the beastie was just doing what comes naturally, so I can’t really be mad at it.”
Uh, yes… you can. I would not be the bigger man / fish / mammal/ whatever.
Thanks to motifake.com for the pic. .
