want to… there’s no shark in here, you big fat juicy hunk of bacon… just us clams
and seaweed and whatnot… it’s hot… come on in… no sharks at all …very
refreshing…dammit!! Get in here fatso! I’m starving!!”
Posted on 06/27/2005 8:39:11 AM PDT by ppaul
The fattie in Orange looking at the shark reminds me of Teddy Kennedy. I can see Ted standing there, thinking "if only a shark had been at Chappaquiddick, I coulda had the Presidency."
You are right about listeneing to people who know danger when they see it. It's another good reason to not go out more than toe deep in the ocean!
[...longtime surfer Tim Dicus...]
His older brother, Biggus was in the Monty Python movie "The Life of Brian".
:^)
Excellent points.I would surmize from the brief description of the wound to her leg, that the shark punctured the femoral artery, and she tragically bled out.
I guess it is time for the annual freak out about sharks media event.
ANOTHER shark attack in Florida, on Fox news NOW.
14 year old Gonzales, LA victim, Jamie Daigle
Righteous dude.
Not that it makes any difference but she was a cute kid.
What is the age when someone who loves to surf must hang it up????
Teenage boy attacked this time. Beaches shut down.
Now--this has been all over the news. How much more 'education' do people need?
There are SHARKS THAT WILL EAT YOU in the waters off the coast of Florida RIGHT NOW. Gulf and Atlantic coasts!
Splash in the surf- DO NOT GO SWIMMING!
I mean-OY! Would anyone jump into a river where alligators were killing people? What is this? Play the odds in the ocean time?
ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE who is attacked by a shark AFTER these stories have been everywhere, dies because of STUPIDITY.
Never has been a shark attack in the hotel pools.
Swim there.
http://www.wafb.com
Gonzales Community Remembers Jamie
She is being remembered as a bright, athletic young woman, whose loving spirit touched the lives of many in the community of Gonzales. Sunday evening, that tight-knit community remembers 14-year-old Jamie Daigle, the Gonzales honors student killed in a shark attack in San Destin, Florida on Saturday.
Daigle was on the minds of what many consider is her second family, her fellow church members at the St. Theresa of Avila Church where reaction ranged from shocked to grief.
Friends say the Daigle family considered their church a second family, and it is with the help of this close community and their faith that those who knew the bright honors student are making it through such a trying time.
A somber quiet mood hung over mass at St. Theresa of Avila Church in Gonzales Sunday morning. Shocked looks and despair showed on the faces of parishioners as close friends of 14- year-old Jamie Daigle remember a young vivacious woman whose life was suddenly cut too short.
"It's just hard to put into words what you're feeling at this time," says Alice Labat.
"Just shocking," says Jarrett Marchand, "because I grew up with her brother and I know her parents and I've always been around and it's just shocking to see that happened."
What happened is something that this tight community of Gonzales is still trying to make sense of. On Saturday, 14-year-old Jamie Daigle was killed after a shark attacked her and her friend in the waters along San Destin Beach in Florida. The young girl was on vacation with her friend's family when tragedy struck.
Jarrett Marchand grew up in Gonzales with Jamie and her older brother. He remembers a young woman whose spirit was infectious and whose loving nature has still left its mark.
"She was a really sweet girl, really good looking," says Marchand, "everybody loved her, no one had problems with her, just a really nice little girl."
Only two weeks ago, Daigle graduated from the eighth grade at St. Theresa of Avila School. A former classmate says Jamie put a lot of time and passion into the church community.
"It's impossible to imagine this happened," says Jordan Robert. "She was only 14-years-old. And when you hear it on the news and to know that it was somebody you knew and that you saw everyday at school, it's hard to imagine. It hasn't really hit me yet."
But it's clear that even as Jamie's friends grieve, their thoughts right now are turning to what they can do to help support Jamie's parents and brother.
"All I can say for the parents is to pray," says Alice Labat, "to know that God is with them, that he needed another flower in his bouquet and that he picked her."
Daigle was set to attend St. Joseph Academy this fall. The former cheerleader was also an aide at the church camp. Monday, counselors will be at the church to help Jamie's classmates and fellow church members through their grieving process.
per John Wayne - paraphrasing here - "Courage is being afraid and saddling up anyway"
"Candygram."
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