Goodbye Steve

I just read this on a blog and thought it was a joke.

Steve "Crikey" Irwin has died after being stung by a stingray in Queensland.

I always found him an annoying pillock, but that is just awful. At least he died "doing his thing" rather than being hit by a bus or something equally pedestrian (excuse the pun).

If I had a filing system, I would file this under 'sad'.

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  1. HelenSeptember 4, 2006 at 7:47 PM

    Oh my. I just blogged entirely the opposite point of view (though I, too, thought it was a bad-taste joke when I heard of his death.)
    Right, well, no offence intended, Tom. Jeez, we even used the same 'pedestrian' pun and all. *blush*

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  2. TomSeptember 4, 2006 at 8:13 PM

    Got to be fast on the draw round these parts Helen.

    That is actually a frighteningly similar post though...

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