steve irwin tribute
September 7, 2006 7:25 AM   Subscribe

steve irwin tribute
posted by Postroad (27 comments total)

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He had died of a stingray p-
uncture to the heart


Interesting choice of where to put a line break, there.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:29 AM on September 7, 2006


totally rad and best of the w-
eb, but it's no "nigga stole my bike"
posted by secret about box at 7:33 AM on September 7, 2006 [1 favorite]


The picture if him actually dangling the baby in front of the alligator is a photoshop job, correct? He was holding the child in the other arm.
Pained though I am by cheesy tributes and revisionist nostalgia about the recently deceased, I wish that kind of disinformation would go away.
posted by CynicalKnight at 7:36 AM on September 7, 2006


i'll never feel bad about posting dumb shit again.

like this had me awestruck at its awfulness this morning.
posted by fungible at 7:44 AM on September 7, 2006


i'll never feel bad about posting dumb shit again.

Not the first, nor the last. He has quite the penchant. I'd love to see a running tally on deleted postroad fpps.
posted by prostyle at 7:52 AM on September 7, 2006


I must be jaded, I kept expecting the NEDM happy cat to pop up at any second.
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 7:54 AM on September 7, 2006


so the september contest is $30 for the suckiest post of the day?
posted by snofoam at 7:54 AM on September 7, 2006


The picture if him actually dangling the baby in front of the alligator is a photoshop job, correct? He was holding the child in the other arm.

Correct.

Flagged.

p.s what a pile of shit. What were you thinking Postroad?
posted by lemonfridge at 8:02 AM on September 7, 2006


OK, I realize he had a lot of fans and everything, but really...John Lennon's "Imagine"? Isn't that a bit more gravitas than the situation warrants?

Me, I would have gone with Ringo Starr and "Octopus's Garden."
posted by PlusDistance at 8:03 AM on September 7, 2006


steve irwin tribute

Why, so it is!
posted by thirteenkiller at 8:05 AM on September 7, 2006


It took me all of three minutes to get completely fed up with this story, but it seems to never end. You'd think someone important had died.
posted by beno at 8:06 AM on September 7, 2006


Do we need yet another Steve Irwin thread? The other one had over four hundred replies and was, y'know, cool and stuff.
posted by ZachsMind at 8:09 AM on September 7, 2006


lol stingray
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:12 AM on September 7, 2006


I was hoping it to finish up with a screaming stingray or zombie Sterwin.
posted by isopraxis at 8:17 AM on September 7, 2006


The response his death has gotten seems to have caught everyone off guard. I want to say something about the effect of being genuine within a post-modern world, but I'd probably busk it.

There is one thing, though - without ever having met the man, or even watched his show, I'd match anything you'd care to wager that his dad is wrong about him not wanting the state funeral. Irwin lived and died, literally, for conservation, and I think would've loved a high-publicity event if it could have been turned into a vehicle for that.
posted by Ryvar at 8:22 AM on September 7, 2006


Do we need yet another Steve Irwin thread?

This is the official parody thread.

Irwin Facts
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:22 AM on September 7, 2006


I would have gone with Ringo Starr

How about Tears for Fears?
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:27 AM on September 7, 2006


Not just a shitty post... a shitty post to the worst YTMND page ever. Holy crap, I can't believe that's there.
posted by dobbs at 8:29 AM on September 7, 2006



posted by brownpau at 8:37 AM on September 7, 2006


Revisionist Nostalgia
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:38 AM on September 7, 2006


... but really...John Lennon's "Imagine"? Isn't that a bit more gravitas...

Not really, it's a shite song.

/Dodges fruit, flags fpp
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:41 AM on September 7, 2006


hey CynicalKnight, that first link is Simple Minds. get your 80s bands straight!
posted by killy willy at 8:44 AM on September 7, 2006


Please god, kill another celebrity today so we can move this dead putz out of the spotlight. How about one of those right-wing country music stars? The tributes for Toby Kieth would be awesome, and you know it.
posted by 2sheets at 8:45 AM on September 7, 2006


I thought it was beautiful.

I can only hope I receive such a tribute when I'm impaled by a stingray (and that day *will* come).

Seriously, this reminds me of all the unbearable wedding photo/video montages that seem to have replaced inappropriate and rambling speeches by drunk uncles.
posted by mazola at 8:50 AM on September 7, 2006


that first link is Simple Minds

Shamed, I am.

That decade is obscured in a haze of cheap rum & Coke. No wonder no one would dance with me.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:55 AM on September 7, 2006


Here...let's do this right.

Link to every (well, almost every) news article that says "died today". We can just make fun of everyone in this thread. I call dibs on the one about "Man Who Convinced Mistress To Kill Wife Dies".

but the 2 year old girl and the skateboarder are up for grabs still.

now...get the hell off my lawn!
posted by HuronBob at 8:57 AM on September 7, 2006


... but they did cover it!
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:59 AM on September 7, 2006


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