Don't Bully My Breed

http://dontbullymybreed.org/ ^ | Aguust 28, 2010 | Me!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Did you know....

...3.)
Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts. Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a Pit Bull.

[correctthought]

Hmmmm:

http://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pitbull-myths.htm

Also interesting.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Charts & Graphs

Probably nothing to do with a dog, but it's charts charts and more charts!

[qam1]

Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts.

Name one

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Sheesh! Don't coconut shoot the messenger!!!

Too late... I'm gonna send a few swallows over you with their own coconut and you're in for it! :)

[B4Ranch]

You’re cute, but you already know that.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Walk thru your local cemetary. Sheesh, man, do some leg work yourself!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

150 people probably die from genitals in the garbage disposal.

Thanks for making me squirm REALLY BAD!!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

LOL!!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh oh. I’m in trouble.... ;)

[Minn]

MEANING, that in reality, in the US you are 2.5 times MORE LIKELY to be killed by a pit bull attack than a falling coconut

Not even considering that coconuts palms maybe exist in Hawaii and parts of Florida in any significant numbers.

[IrishCatholic]

Well, numbers aside, coconuts won't chase you. Coconuts won't continue to attack once they hit the ground. Coconuts won't suddenly snap. Coconuts, and I'm just guessing here, can't be naturally aggressive, or bred to be aggressive, or trained to be aggressive.
I wouldn't mind if my three year old was alone in the living room with a coconut.

....and Chet 99 hasn't warned me of coconuts.

I don't see the comparison means much of anything at all.

[Ronin]

About 25 years ago at a resort on Fiji, I sat down on the grass under a coconut tree, just to relax and enjoy the beautiful tropical air and scenery.

I am not sure how long I was there when there was a sudden THUD right next to me. Coconut. BIG coconut. It had left a curved indentation in the grass a good inch deep. It had landed less than three feet away from my HEAD.

If that sucker had hit my head... well... FReeper Ronin would have never existed.

[Minn]

Well, you’ll never see this chick hanging around under a coconut tree!

Shame. What's more emblematic of the good life than relaxing under a palm tree? Especially at Christmas time.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Well, numbers aside, coconuts won't chase you. Coconuts won't continue to attack once they hit the ground. Coconuts won't suddenly snap. Coconuts, and I'm just guessing here, can't be naturally aggressive, or bred to be aggressive, or trained to be aggressive.

However, a few select drugs ingested will convince you otherwise!

[Brad’s Gramma]

YEA ME!!!! LOL!!!

I took the Identify The Pitbull Test and got it, FIRST TIME!

YESSSSSS!!!! I haven’t passed a test since kindergarten...and y’all know how long ago THAT’S been!

[goseminoles]

” Thanks for making me squirm REALLY BAD!!!”

Sorry. Probably bad analogy. Just don’t flip that switch on your kitchen wall for a couple days. :o)

[potlatch]

[you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a Pit Bull.]

LOLOL, especially in a hurricane!

I don’t believe in banning dogs but do believe some breeds have certain instincts that can take over.

I have a Yorkie with a super sense of smell and when he follows a ‘trail’ everything else goes out of his head!

[Minn]

Click the link, folks, it’s really a neat website.

Strikes me as propaganda.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Nor the blender, or the food processor, or sand the deck, or...

:)

[GLDNGUN]

...Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a Pit Bull.

I can only assume you survived a hit on the head from a coconut with only brain damage to show for it. I don't live in an area that has palm trees so what are my odds for being killed from a falling coconut? ZERO. I DO have those detestable ugly dogs known as "pit bulls" that live in close proximity to me, making the odds of being killed by one much greater than a coconut.

Time and time again we read about pit bulls ripping the faces off young children or worse. It's always the same story..."gee, he was always such a gentle dog...we don't know why he snapped...blah, blah, blah." Meanwhile, some poor 3 year-old girl is in the hospital with 500 stitches in her face and disfigured for life IF she's "lucky" and survived.

With all available breeds, why on earth would you or anyone select such a breed? What is the point? What redeeming value do they have? That can't be trusted with your own family members, especially small ones, so they are not reliable guard dog companions. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but they are UGLY. Period.

Do yourself a favor. Get another breed. And stay away from the palm trees. You might not be so "lucky" next time.