Crikey!

[miss_klara]

OK so not a Courting Couples topic, but this is where I spend all my time so I thought I'd post here...

But my boyfriend and I just found out that Steve Irwin (as in, the crazy Aussie crocodile hunter) has died! It's all over the internet news.... He was filming a documentary in the water and got stung through the heart by a stingray.

What's worse is, his wife is trekking in the mountains somewhere and is un-contactable. So the world knows, and she doesn't yet.

I think this is really sad. And I think that the media should at least be withheld till the next of kin finds out about stuff like this...

 

[princessellie]

she does know, she is on her way back to queensland, she was trecking though the mountains in tasmania with the 2 kids

i know it is very sad but i had a feeling something was going to happen to him one day

 

[~Beauty_from_Pain~]

Wow. I hadn't heard this. That is soooo sad. Yet, what can you expect from such a career?

 

[barefeetonholyground]

Yeah I got an IM about it as soon as I woke up.

 

[radhead]

It is not appropriate (or kind) to criticize the man.

 

[princessellie]

It is not appropriate (or kind) to criticize the man.

a man who jumps on croc's for a living . . . i have always criticized that, i have always said one day he is going to get hurt and he has, admittdly i thought is would have been a croc that hurt him not a ray

this was a freak accident and one that has shocked all of australia, my deepest sympathies go to his wife and children

 

[gibbs]

I have to admit that it really put a damper on my day...I remember watching all the croc hunter I could find when I was a kid!

Yeah, you've got to imagine with the line of work he was in, but, I guess I just always imagined of all people, the croc hunter would make it through okay.

Tis a sad day...he will be missed....and I really feel for his wife, and young, young kids.

Eric

 

[miss_klara]

Exactly... I mean, I'm sure we all joked about how he'd have a short life, and we'd be entertained by his dangerous antics... But to actually hear that he DID die is a complete shock, at least to me....

 

[peanutbutter12]

I've watched him since the mid 90's. He was really someone that I admired in both his work and the fact that he was a great family man who loved his wife and kids. He is a huge loss to the conservation society and animal lovers and scientists. His work has done many things to improve all aspects of how we looked at animals and he brought knowledge and understanding to viewers who otherwise would not have had it.

It's a sad loss that I am shocked by. He had an amazing effect on the world.

CJ

 

[California Dreamin']

My boyfriend and I work for a major Internet Service Provider. I had the day off today but he said he heard a lot today about it. It's on the homepage for when people log in, so when he took them to the website and they signed in, they paused to read it and one guy was like "Crikey!"

I used to watch his show ALL THE TIME. This is so sad.

 

[nahMish]

GO the croc hunter !
soooo incredibly sad, and a VERY sad day for australia.
ive been around town today and everyone is talking about how sad it is. we all thought he was invincible..i certainly did. there is nothing but croc hunter stuff on the radio all day....ALL day...
we have lost our aussie icon: awesome bloke..

 

[SnarphBlat]

Ugh thats so sad..I just found out..man he was an awesome guy!