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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/australia.irwin/index.html

crikey!  :|

This sounds a bit stupid but I didnt realise Stingrays could sting.

9 days without a drink has fucked you up.

Carry on drinking.

My brother was told he couldn't drink anymore, that was 3 years ago, he still drinks like a fish.

I was shocked to read about that but not surprised if that makes sense.

I have said to Mrs Taylor on several occasions in the past when we have been watching his antics, "That silly twat is going to get eaten by a croc or a shark or something"

I had never thought of getting stung by a stingray :shock:

Still sad though.

I assume we will be having a minute's silence before the Franchise game :?

Why???

It's not like he's really famous or a sad loss to the world.

Perhaps i'm being a tad harsh, but surely that's a ridiculous idea.

Check this out Ginge:

http://www.answers.com/topic/irony

 :D   :fishing:

Poor Steve, I though he was ace, RIP  :cry:

My condolances to Janaage, he will ge gutted

I am gutted!!

When I used to watch his show a little bit of me always thought I'd love to have his life, doing stuff you really loved, having a laugh, happily raising a family - the bloke was ace!!  Bloody stingray, I'm with Yeovil I didn't realise they were killers!

Howard Taylor (GWR knob jockey*) needs an effing slap, don't think I didn't hear you having a laugh about it this morning you tosser*, you're a marked man from now on Taylor!

(*I have toned down my language in keeping with the tone of the thread)

I loved the bloke. Hope all the good work with animals carries on after his death.

Sad day, he was a hero of mine and his shows were great entertainment.

He was apparentley filming sharks when the stingray attacked and punctured his heart.

It's only the 2nd time in recorded history a stingray has killed someone.

:( I liked him.

Howard Taylor would do well to remember that he had a family and show some respect. 107.7 Brunel FM is the way forward.  :fu: GWR, I haven't forgiven you for taking off the Dave Barratt phone in and replacing it with late night love.

That man was awesome! He had no fear and I know this isnt a consolation but at least he died doing something he loved.  His animal santuary in OZ will hopefully continue and I feel for his child and family.

He made wildlife interesting and that took a lot.

RIP

GWR is shit I know, so I deserve to be pissed off for listening to it this morning, but Radio 1 does my head in Brunel FM had a five minute interview with a school girl aged 8 and a half, so I thought GWR for 5 mins.  Should have known better.

Next time I see him about I'm gonna have a go at the rude individual.  The way he spoke about a 44 year old father of two dying was disgusting.

what did he say. i never thought of gwr being a contreversial station.

R.I.P steve

:fu: GWR

what a shame he's gone, was always fun to watch on tele but aside from that did loads for the preservation and conservation of animals. top bloke.

mental. Never really considered him on the next famous person to die list. Should have done really. Wasn't expecting that when I got up this morning.

Is a bit sad really. Obviously loved what he did even if he was a complete nutter.

I can't believe people listen to GWR!

ITV will be filled with Steve Irwin repeats now. Sad that he's gone.

He was a character but strangely enough when I was in Oz most of them couldn't stand poor old Steve or that Croc Dundee fella.

I’m sure I’ve been stroking stingrays in aquariums a few times, seems a bit of an odd way to go unless he was riding it around the reef.

gwr is wank and howard taylor a wanker.absolute garbage station with tossers as presenters.i never listen to it.

poor steve irwin.his programmes were ace and my kids are gutted today.rip you nutter

rip, you absolute nutter.

it's a bit of 'boring' death when you consider the deadly animals he hurls himself at!

RIP Steve Irwin - an absolute legend.  He made animal programmes fun and yet educationally interesting to watch.   :oops:

Come on guys...chin up ay.

 Look on the bright side it could have been Terry Nutkins, an otter had 2 of his fingers off.There's a lot of otters out there, if they all decide to have a go he's got no chance. At least he'll have died doing what he loves.............being attacked by a load of otters.

What puzzles me is the way this is all over the News, all day.  He's not even from our Country, surely while this is sad for his family etc, it's hardly the most important news of the day?

The recent desire of the Nation to suffer "celebrity grief" as I'll term it, does get on my tits a bit.  I can hold my head up knowing that when 50m people were sat stunned in tears watching the news break about Diana dying, I was busy enjoying my first date with my now wife.  Now that one went really OTT.

Funny you should say that...was only saying on saturday that it is about time somebody famous should die. Me and my mate came to the conclusion it would be John Prescott or Pete Doherty, although Peter Crouch did come into the equation aswell.

why were you having a date early in the morning?

Irwin was ace :cry:  He made for cracking late night viewing

The episode of south park featuring paradoy of him was ace

RIP Steve. You were mental.

I couldn't believe it, i woke up this morning and found out. His wife and daughter must be devestated.

RIP Steve Irwin

I sort of know what you mean Rob.

I thought Irwin was a pretty cool bloke and the world is a duller place without him but I'm not actually upset or grieving or anything.

What about his Son?

Mildly upset?

Maybe he hasn't been told yet?

That's pretty fucking harsh. What they gonna do? Wait for a few days then jump out at him? "Suprise! You're dad's dead"

I think you'll find his son is probably too young to understand

Fair enough, that is pretty harsh.

don't start with me benjamin, I am in a foul mood and could do a lot of damage to you

His son is three, his daughter eight, I think they'll both know what's going on.

I know where Rob T's coming from but I happened to think that Steve Irwin was a cracking entertainer, and educator (if that's a word), an edu-tainer if you like.

His show was ace, he came across as a kinda fella you'd like to go up the pub and have a pint with.  And like I say I find it sad that a globally well like man died before his due date, 44 is no age to go.

Spot on

I love the prog on Sundays about his Zoo, pure aceness  8)

a three year old wont understand(not a bad thing though)
what did that prick off gwr say?

It is sad that he has died and I feel sorry for his family and friends....I agree with Rob T's point though. Why do we need it to be headline news?! Okay let people know about it but come on there are much more important things happening at the moment.

Shocked to hear of his death....  :(

...even more shocked to discover that David Bellamy is still alive  :shock:  as he commented on the death via BBC News. I thought he was long gone....

I'd have to agree with this.  For example, his death overshadowed this story on every news channel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5311464.stm

Four afghan civilians and a British soldier killed in suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

In a separate story, a British civilian has been shot dead in Jordan.  Its a sad state of affairs when these stories get buried by Steve Irwin's death, which, while obvious sad, and devastasting for his family, is not, in my opinion, world news, or British news.

Because the majority of the world aren't aware of who the British civilian is, ok so we heard the guy died, but little to no people are going to say "that bloke who died in Afganistan - fuck me he used to make me laugh, I really enjoyed watching his show, came across as a nice bloke"  Why?  Because we didn't ever see him, or meet him, or hear about him.

Would you really watch the news if all they did was report about "A 84 year old grandmother from Hull died last night in her sleep, after a long battle against cancer, she was a very funny lady, according to relatives..."

Soldiers die every day in the world, sad fact but true.  You become immune, I dare say if a tv personality died every day after a while people wouldn't give a shit, but they don't so when a well known person dies, it makes the headlines.

Well that's my take on it anyway.

I understand your argument Janaage, and indeed agree with it.  What I'm saying is I find it sad that people become immune to the news of soldiers dying everyday, then feel devestated by the death of someone who may well be famous, but is still someone they didn't know.

Yeah, that's fair enough, I don't think people are going over the top, from what I saw on TV this morning, I think most people are just disappointed that the Steve Irwin story has prematurely finished.

News has a history of moving on, in terms of soldiers, wars.  Look at Zimbabwe you hardly hear anything about that anymore but there's still trouble going on, people get fed up of hearing the same news day after day.

Apparentley the details of his death are abit sketchy....  :wink:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Ralphy-Boy/ah.jpg

I have received that 5 times already today, I am sick of the sight of it tbh

Well sod u then grumpy!

I hadn't seen it yet ralphy. It's mildly funny.

Grumpy is not the word I would use

On The Blob ?

I'd be interested to see how a stingray goes about it's killing.I wonder if they were filming at the time, I'm sure it's what he would have wanted after all he was doing what he loved....winding up potentially deadly creatures.It's just a shame he wouldn't be able to provide the commentary :(

careful some cunt might tell you off for that kind of conversation on here

Spacey, stingrays aren't deadly but this paticular one punctured his heart with it's spike.

Are u speaking from experience Deano ?

It's not deadly but it's got a spike?! Does it carry it in it's pocket for protection?

Gregg the Stingray: Bloody 'ell shane, that Irwin fella's about


Shane the stingray: Better take me spike just incase!

Their tail has a spike which they inject the venom with. It punctured his heart.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/adapt/raytail2.JPG

Your not doing a very good job of convincing me it's not deadly here ralph...It's punctured his heart and injected venom!

Look at my pic on the previous page!

There have only been 2 recorded deaths from a stingray.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/adapt/raytail2.JPG

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/corvette20stingray20lll.jpg

 :shrug:

Have I got the wrong end of the stick here ?

So rather than deadly it's more accidentally deadly......a bit like an undersea version of a drink driver?

R.I.P Steve Irwin, What a shock.
 :? That bloke did so much crazy shit, it was kind of bound to happen one day. Restling crocodiles and irritating snakes and all that. His poor family.
Atleast he died doing something he loved.

Yes thats a good comparision.

They are normally placid animals and scared of humans. They sting for protection from predators.

Humans are normally stung when they stand on them.

Is it :shock: ....I suppose your right drunks are sometimes quite placid and are scared of policemen, they cover their faces to protect themselves from pedestrians bouncing of their windscreen.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Sting rays venom isn't powerful enough to kill a man, that is why they kill so few people, in ithis instance a stab in the chest would mean the venom going straight to the heart, causing a heart attack.  not very nice.

Have you had many stinging pricks bird?

I stroked a sting ray once. They are minging.

am i the only person who seen the title in the thread and 'Irwin Dead' poped out, immedietely thinking Dennis?

nothing has touched the sides yet apparently.

back to Steve Irwin

I saw some footage on the news earlier of him dangling his baby infront of a huge Aligator, what a tool.

oh my god dennis irwins dead :(  :cry:

he was an amazing footballer and man

I think you might be, as the word Steve written just next to "Irwin dead" kind of gave it away.

Unless you though Dennis was spelt S t e v e

i always make that mistake

Who was this fella never heard of him.....did he do something on the moving screen.

   Irwin dead.....would have had me thinking of Irwin Allen, director of such 60's TV classics,  as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea......Lost in Space......and Time Tunnel.

  But he died 15 years ago apparently.

 I may have been gutted at the time...but his work lives on.

I am actually quite surprised so many people know about him. I've only ever seen him on the Discovery Channel which, I had assumed, gets about 10 viewers a day. I was obviously wrong. Or maybe he's been on BBC or ITV at some point. I've not seen him on there if he has.

To be fair to SwindonDennis it's a common mistake to make.

So is Dennis Irwin dead as well? What are the chances of that :shock:

It was always pretty certain. They were connected by voodoo magic.

I didn't know he had a son. And btw, how sad that you lot make a  joke out of it the ones that quoted me in their posts. Wankers.

Sad news.

Serious question- as they were filming, is anyone else morbidly interested in seeing the clip when it inevitably winds up on the net?

yes

bet it wont be long

can i ask what was asid on gwr to piss you lot off so much!?

christ, he loved animals! check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE2hy7OAlMk

loonaloop, the australian band I just saw at the beehive dedacated a song to him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6977281.stm

One year anniversary of Stevo's death - you ripper!!!

And the video of him dying is still not on the internet yet. I'm amazed and disappointed.

I still find this funny as hell (not his death obviously)

http://www.boreme.com/media/yr2006/stingray-denial.jpg

it's been destroyed hasn't it?

I hope so

Super lame.

TBH I thought I saw footage of it on the news after he died

FUCKING HELL! that year has flown by.  :shock:

Is that slightly special school looking daughter of his legal yet?

 :nono:  :shake:

I see, the haircut is just a clever disguise...

On a trip north of Cairns we saw exactly where he died and also got to see his wife and best mate Wes doing his crocodile show at his Zoo in Brisbane.

Bindi does the kids shows there and Ben, she is nowhere near legal!  :o

im pretty sure it happened on the 3rd because I woke up with a special hangover on my second day of travelling for this news.

it was definitely the 4th cos i did my sky dive on the 5th in new zealand and dedicated it to steve who died the day before on the 4th!

Was 4th Sept 06, as per article.

the only nature program i've seen since steve irwin's death is "planet earth" which, admittedly, was very good, but it could have been so much better if it each episode had a boisterous australian sticking his thumb up a lion's arse.

rip steve.

I still like the Meercat programs, those cats are cool!!

But I know what your're saying!