[oblomov]

Seems like the “children” were threatening the gator first.

[Daffynition]

"It's a automatic forfeit", yelled someone from a group of volleyball players gathered by the bank at the Siesta Bay RV Resort in Fort Myers as they watched a large alligator biting and holding onto a volleyball that accidentally went into the water. "Apparently, he took a bite more than he could handle," said Frank Bartram, one of the volleyball players. The alligator eventually swam away with its leather prey. [Apr 21, 1999]

[BCW]

geez...”poking an alligator with a stick”...there’s a Bugs Bunny cartoon like that — and it didn’t have a very good ending...who does that? ...I did my fair share of stupid stuff when I was a kid - like chase water snakes down the creek throwing rocks...but I wasn’t in danger of being eaten by the snake!...today’s kids...