Do you take un neccesary risks?

[Bud Man]

I saw this on the news wire and it got me thinking.
Puffer fish can be like playing russian roulette when consuming certain species raw. These people were fishermen so it should be assumed that they knew the potential issues.

Everyday people die from taking risks that are known to have potentially deadly side affects.

Texting and driving just about everyone does it, but people get killed everyday from it happening.
Just things rolling in my head today.




IN BRIEF - Man dies after eating puffer fish, four critical

VIET NAM
Thursday, September 08, 2011

BAC LIEU - Four fishermen who ate puffer fish are recovering in hospital but remain in a critical condition, a doctor in southern Bac Lieu Province Hospital said on Tuesday 6 September.

On 28 August, the fishing boat's owner died after he and the four crewmen ate the puffer fish in Ganh Hao Seagate in Dong Hai District.

Authorities often issue warnings about the dangers of eating puffer fish, which contain highly toxic tetrodotoxin. Even a small amount of the toxin is potentially lethal to humans.

Source: Viet Nam News

[seapower]

I sometime's "smack" talk to my wife. It hasn't killed me yet, but it has hurt a few times ! Frank

[marine4003]

throttle man on P-14..APBA..Jumped out of airplanes...skiied drunk..dove on a wreck w/no computer...frequently went out in heavy weather..in a 20' boat...spelunking in the poconos..drunk..ect...Then i got married & had kids...now its : eating the last reeses PB cup...Living on the edge boy's..on the friggin edge.

[clt_capt]

I occasionally answer the question " Do these Jeans make me look fat?"

[Agitated88]

Married...twice...in another relationship that is headed in the same general direction. Yea, I live on the edge.

[Robja]

my motto has always been live hard die young and leave a good corpse. my problem is i have passed the young part but i still like living on the edge. maybe tat is what keeps me feeling young

[Big Fish Billy]

throttle man on P-14..APBA..Jumped out of airplanes...skiied drunk..dove on a wreck w/no computer...frequently went out in heavy weather..in a 20' boat...spelunking in the poconos..drunk..ect...Then i got married & had kids...now its : eating the last reeses PB cup...Living on the edge boy's..on the friggin edge.

Eating the last Reeces or M&M Peanuts....that is dangerous......

[jawz12]

i spent 8months listening to a menapausal woman constantly complaining about anything and everything - i swear my life flashed before my eyes on more than one occasion...THAT was living on the edge...
thankfully,i came to my senses and returned home to my quiet house...
that was the most terrifying thing i've ever witnessed - fights,car wrecks,motorcycle wrecks - they all failed to compare to that horror......i would sooner wrestle with a friggin' bear,than go through that again...

[seapower]

i spent 8months listening to a menapausal woman constantly complaining about anything and everything - i swear my life flashed before my eyes on more than one occasion...THAT was living on the edge...
thankfully,i came to my senses and returned home to my quiet house...
that was the most terrifying thing i've ever witnessed - fights,car wrecks,motorcycle wrecks - they all failed to compare to that horror......i would sooner wrestle with a friggin' bear,than go through that again...

Yah Baby !!!!!!!!! That's what I hear any way!!!! Frank

[gottaflylee]

Yah Baby !!!!!!!!! That's what I hear any way!!!! Frank

Frank, the only thing I got during a "Hot Flash" was yelled at.