Re: NANFA-- extreme collecting II

Irate Mormon (archimed_at_netdoor.com)
Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:45:14 -0600

That's cheating - not N.A.

And BTW that's why my dipnet has a fiberglas handle :-)

On 14 Dec 2002 at 9:56, Christopher Scharpf wrote:

> Okay, how about this one:
>
> While standing waist deep in an Amazon tributary in Peru, unknowingly
> pinning an electric eel between your dipnet and the substrate, a surge
> of electricity running up the handle of the net, up your arms and into
> your shoulders, screaming "_at_#%&! electric eel!", moving a few feet to
> the right, and dipnetting some more.
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
>
>
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Prost,

Martin
Jackson, MS

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