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What Were They Thinking?
By Ben Romans
So it’s been a while since I posted a news article—probably because it’s been a while since anything caught my eye.
Well today something made me stop in my tracks. Apparently, a few Florida boys were using chicken as bait while fishing for crabs. At some point, they decided to tie some bait to the end of a rope and pitched it into a nearby canal in hopes of attracting an alligator. Well, they succeeded. Not only did they attract an alligator, the alligator’s snout tangled in the boy’s rope snare.
I’m not a big alligator fan to begin with, so when I see or hear about someone latching on to one that’s nearly 10-feet long, I have to scratch my head and say, “I guess that wasn’t such a good idea, was it?”
But I suppose I’m not much better when it comes to thinking things through. I once thought I could build a canoe out of scrap wood, and when I finished, I was proud. Unfortunately, the maiden voyage was also the last. It floated as well as a rock, and I ended up more wet than dry. Who else has had a (seemingly) good idea gone bad? —Ben
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Comments (9)
Hey Tyler, Nice, I was a front on 2 (Pro) teams, Russian legion and (San Diego) joy division. Psp and Nppl bring out the crazy side in us...
Hey Alex, used to play speedball on a team myself. Played mid.
Wow, I used to read about those teams all the time in PB2X! Thats pretty awesome. I was an Infamous fan, mostly because of Chris Lasoya.
Yea, We got that alot, but its a lot of work, and you end up with a lot of sore muscles, ripped up skin, and big welts.
Ok, I signed up for that junior pro staff contest a while back. The other day, I got a call and a woman said something about a sweepstakes and that I've been chosen to be entered into it. Is what she was talking about the contest or was it just someone trying to sell something?
Us paintball players are a rare breed, speedball players (Semi pro and pro like me...)
1001352745,859,642,turkeyman"
I don't mean to be rude, but I'm confused on when the new pro staffers will be announced. I'm figuring in September because that's what it said in the new F&S. Can I get some confirmation on this please?
This one goes out to Skeeb, My wife has entered so many legit contests and has won some as well, she has received things like a years supply of Charmin toilet paper through Charmin, she won a Florida trip to Bush Gardens in Tampa, a years supply of Mac & Cheese and some other items from Kraft. Miller beer had a contest that she ended up winning 9 pair of Bole' sunglasses. Long story short, if that phone call was legit you should receive paperwork that has to be filled out, signed and noterized then sent back to whoever by a certain time useually 3 to 5 days. Then whatever you win you will have to pay taxes on, so far this year she has won about $8,000.00 in cash and prizes (most recent 100,000 Delta sky miles, = to $2,750.00). Well good luck and I hope this is something that you did enter and have won that would be cool to read. Take care.
Hi Tyler, nice to read all your comments and watch your video from Canada...I realy enjoyed them...Good luck with the fall hunt I know you will be going if I got you pecked right.. Have a good one your friend Gerrit
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Hey Tyler, Nice, I was a front on 2 (Pro) teams, Russian legion and (San Diego) joy division. Psp and Nppl bring out the crazy side in us...
Hey Alex, used to play speedball on a team myself. Played mid.
Wow, I used to read about those teams all the time in PB2X! Thats pretty awesome. I was an Infamous fan, mostly because of Chris Lasoya.
Yea, We got that alot, but its a lot of work, and you end up with a lot of sore muscles, ripped up skin, and big welts.
Ok, I signed up for that junior pro staff contest a while back. The other day, I got a call and a woman said something about a sweepstakes and that I've been chosen to be entered into it. Is what she was talking about the contest or was it just someone trying to sell something?
Us paintball players are a rare breed, speedball players (Semi pro and pro like me...)
1001352745,859,642,turkeyman"
I don't mean to be rude, but I'm confused on when the new pro staffers will be announced. I'm figuring in September because that's what it said in the new F&S. Can I get some confirmation on this please?
This one goes out to Skeeb, My wife has entered so many legit contests and has won some as well, she has received things like a years supply of Charmin toilet paper through Charmin, she won a Florida trip to Bush Gardens in Tampa, a years supply of Mac & Cheese and some other items from Kraft. Miller beer had a contest that she ended up winning 9 pair of Bole' sunglasses. Long story short, if that phone call was legit you should receive paperwork that has to be filled out, signed and noterized then sent back to whoever by a certain time useually 3 to 5 days. Then whatever you win you will have to pay taxes on, so far this year she has won about $8,000.00 in cash and prizes (most recent 100,000 Delta sky miles, = to $2,750.00). Well good luck and I hope this is something that you did enter and have won that would be cool to read. Take care.
Hi Tyler, nice to read all your comments and watch your video from Canada...I realy enjoyed them...Good luck with the fall hunt I know you will be going if I got you pecked right.. Have a good one your friend Gerrit
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