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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 12:43 PM
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The allure of 'Shark Week' has always been lost on me
Somebody tell me what I'm missing and convince me to love it? :hi:
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 12:49 PM
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1. 10 times as many people die each year from falling coconuts than die in shark attacks.
Each year, more people are killed by donkeys than sharks.

I fear Discovery's "Donkey Week" and "Coconut Month" are probably already in the works.

mikey_the_rat
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 01:07 PM
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2. You will only love it if "science" isn't your thing
but

action, Action and more ACTION!!!11!!

is ;)

I stopped looking at the Discovery Channel/Network a long time ago. There isn't much left that's interesting. It'd be great if they brought back the medical surgery show "The Operation" but that does require an intelligent audience...
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 02:04 PM
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5. Bloooooooood...! n/t
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 01:08 PM
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3. I think that it's either genuine interest or fear.
It's the latter for me. I think that those shows about haunted houses succeed for the same reason.

And yes, I love shark week.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 02:04 PM
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4. And drinking games
Or so I've heard... :evilgrin:
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