Is the Croc Hunter's death funny?
Shut up. I had to ask the question because there's a part of you wondering the same thing, right? I normally don't think the death of a father and husband is funny. But when I first heard news that Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray, I gotta say I found it just a teensy, weensy bit humorous. Actually, "humorous" is the wrong word. Or maybe it's not. I could say "ironic" or "inevitable," but I would really mean humorous.
Look, the guy acted like a moron around wild animals all the time. That was his claim to fame. And when a loudmouth Australian sneaks up on a wild creature, the wild creature is bound to get upset at least once. Then again, I guess stingrays aren't supposed to be that deadly. Which is strange because, you know, the name stingray sounds kind of badass.
Anyway, I thought for a minute about writing about the Croc Hunter thing before realizing my stones aren't big enough . This dude, however, doesn't have the same problem.
What do you guys think? Croc Hunter death a teensy, weensy bit funny or not?
posted by Steve Hyden @ 10:05 AM
4 Comments:
I don't think his death is funny (it is ironic though), but that link you have is funny!
-r
not so much funny as a burden lifted off my shoulders
Not funny, nor ironic. Irwin mentioned before he'd likely die in such a manner.
He's an ambassador for conservation and education about the actual world we're living in.
It very possibly is funny. Not in the "Hey! Some dad and husband died, HA HA!" way, but in the "Hey! I am an invincible pop culture icon who makes a living out of pissing off dangerous animals!" way.
BTW. I am linking to this blog and commenting off of it.
Hope that's OK ...!
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