CBlev65252
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:20:09 AM new
Thought I would share this comical email I received today. Thanks, dad!
Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.
It has been nominated by National Geographic as "THE photo of the year".
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Dec 18, 2002 07:31 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:25:01 AM new
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/cb/cblev65252/.mids/cid_430282920121220022b78.jpg
bum - bum - bum -bum - bum - bum - bum
Jaws theame plays.
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:27:00 AM new
Thanks, gravid! One day I will prevail!
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mlecher
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:41:22 AM new
The question is....
Is the photo real? There appears to be no splash where the shark is exiting the water and I doubt he has been standing there awhile waiting and the splash has subsided.
Edited to add:
The Real Story
If this photo is real...how did South Africa get the Golden Gate Bridge there??????
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
[ edited by mlecher on Dec 18, 2002 07:44 AM ]
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Helenjw
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:43:01 AM new
It's easy!
An image link should look like this.
[img]http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/cb/cblev65252/.mids/cid_430282920121220022b78.jpg[/img$]
Remove the $ that I added to the ending tag so that it will work.
It's a fantastic photo!
Helen
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bunnicula
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posted on December 18, 2002 07:46:57 AM new
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0815_020815_photooftheyear.html
Shark "Photo of the Year" Is E-Mail Hoax
Stentor Danielson
National Geographic News
August 15, 2002
A photograph that has been circulating on the internet showing a shark leaping out of the water to attack a helicopter, is a fake. The composite image, which claims to be National Geographic's "Photo of the Year," was spliced together from a U.S. Air Force photo taken near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and a photo of a shark from South Africa.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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Helenjw
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posted on December 18, 2002 08:07:47 AM new
I just checked it out on my photo program and it's clearly a fake. lol
Helen
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Helenjw
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posted on December 18, 2002 08:09:30 AM new
What's next, CBlev65252?
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 18, 2002 03:59:47 PM new
In light of recent current events, I just thought everyone would get a laugh out of this! Sure made me chuckle.
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Helenjw
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posted on December 18, 2002 04:06:18 PM new
What fun! Try another one!
Helen
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gravid
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posted on December 18, 2002 08:05:46 PM new
There was an amusing event earlier in the year near Catelina Island. A middle aged fellow was out fishing with his buds on a fair sized power boat and a playful whale breaching didn't see them and landed square across the boat wrecking the flying bridge and scraping itself up pretty good as it slid back off into the ocean. When they looked up and saw that puppy coming down I bet the deck was wet before the whale landed.
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 19, 2002 10:22:30 AM new
How funny! That would have made one amazing photo.
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