Australian bitten while trying to sit on crocodile.

[dixiegrrrrl]

On the lighter side of the news:
A stupid but very lucky moran.

PERTH, Australia -- A man ejected from a pub in Australia broke into a zoo and climbed onto the back of a crocodile named Fatso, which bit him on the leg but then let him go. Police said they're surprised the croc didn't inflict worse damage. The 36-year-old man, who police said had just been thrown out of a pub for being drunk, told officials he scaled the barbed wire fence surrounding the Broome Crocodile Park in remote northwest Australia on Monday night because he wanted to give the 16-foot Fatso a pat.

"He has attempted to sit on its back and the croc has taken offense to that and has spun around and bit him on the right leg," Broome Police Sgt. Roger Haynes said.

The saltwater crocodile then inexplicably let the man go, and he climbed back over the fence to safety, police said.

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1120ap_us_odd_crocodile_attack.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. well, duh.

[BurtWorm]

2. That's what I would do after being ejected from a pub.

Go find the nearest crocodile to sit on.

:toast:

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. That, or find some beef jerkey.

I can't say that it's even close, as decisions go.

[NewJeffCT]

3. I guess he didn't taste so good?

saltwater crocs can be rather nasty - the police are right when he's lucky he didn't get hurt more severly.

[Arugula Latte]

4. No one could have predicted that the croc ... Oh, wait. Nevermind.

[Swede]

5. Crickey!

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Sort of an Aussie version of our redneck phrase " Watch this..."?

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Perth? I would've guessed a different Aussie city..

[petronius]

8. I blame society - see what happens when nanny-state do-gooders force

bars to kick out drunks? Hope this poor innocent hapless victim is compensated for his undeserved injuries... :silly:

[struggle4progress]

10. The fickle finger of fate

[jobycom]

11. I guess crocs hate the taste of drunken dumb-ass. nt

[BreweryYardRat]

12. Guess crocs don't like their prey saturated with booze.

Oy. He's lucky he didn't wind up in the croc's belly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. A near miss for a Darwin Award.

If the Darwin Award is given for doing something that prevents one from reproducing (usually, but not necessarily, involving death), this guy could have qualified if only the croc had bitten him a bit higher up.

[Old Troop]

14. And the croc keeps thinking "how do I get this taste out of my mouth"