Comments on: Paranoia http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/ Mon, 14 May 2012 06:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Timo http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Timo Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:20:31 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=916#comment-850 Story line from today's Detroit Free Press: "Aggressive, Huge and Invasive Flying Carp Sneak Closer to Lake Michigan". The article states that "If startled, they leap many feet into the air. Some have injured anglers and people using personal watercraft", presumably by falling on them. So even here in the midwest we're endangered by fish hurtling from the sky. Story line from today’s Detroit Free Press: “Aggressive, Huge and Invasive Flying Carp Sneak Closer to Lake Michigan”. The article states that “If startled, they leap many feet into the air. Some have injured anglers and people using personal watercraft”, presumably by falling on them.

So even here in the midwest we’re endangered by fish hurtling from the sky.

]]> By: Tiger http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Tiger Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:21:44 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=916#comment-836 Your fear strikes me as justifiied. I too do not want large marine animals hiting me in the head. Your fear strikes me as justifiied. I too do not want large marine animals hiting me in the head.

]]> By: tc http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-834 tc Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:33:17 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=916#comment-834 This is why I always went swimming at Fire Island with my 45acp. I'm pretty sure this fellow will not land on your head - it will swallow your head, and then stab you repeatedly with its stinger tail. And it always swims in the company of sharks and pirhanna. And cannibal pygmies. And killer spider monkies. I need more napalm now. This is why I always went swimming at Fire Island with my 45acp. I’m pretty sure this fellow will not land on your head – it will swallow your head, and then stab you repeatedly with its stinger tail. And it always swims in the company of sharks and pirhanna. And cannibal pygmies. And killer spider monkies. I need more napalm now.

]]> By: Sam. No, the other one. http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Sam. No, the other one. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:05:01 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=916#comment-827 Total fear * probability of occuring = net fear Total fear * probability of occuring = net fear

]]> By: Eric http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/08/paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Eric Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:48:25 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=916#comment-826 We all have our irrational phobias, 'tis true... but you probably have a greater chance of being bonked on the head by a meteorite than having a mobula - or any kind of ray - land on you. What put thoughts of mobulas in your mind, anyway? For me it's bloodsucking insects - unfortunately there are lots of those around here - and squid. *shudder* We all have our irrational phobias, ’tis true… but you probably have a greater chance of being bonked on the head by a meteorite than having a mobula – or any kind of ray – land on you. What put thoughts of mobulas in your mind, anyway?
For me it’s bloodsucking insects – unfortunately there are lots of those around here – and squid. *shudder*

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