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The few Australian friends I’ve had over the years always seemed like laid back happy people. This article is making me rethink that description.
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Yes, you read that correctly,… a man chased off a croc with a frying pan.
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I’m in awe.
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😳
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Don’t mess with the Aussies.
River's world..... 
One of my old Aussie followers used to tell me some stories! My favorite was the boy who got attacked by a shark while surfing and just casually mentioned it to his father when he got home like it was just another day at the beach. Some of the most dangerous creatures on earth live in Australia… it’s not an island for the meek.
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Poisonous snakes, spiders, crocodiles. It’s definitely not.
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My bus driver was an Aussie woman. We were talking about geese chasing people. She was watching someone’s child in a park once and a goose tried that with them. She said that she “grabbed Mr. Goose by the beak and we had a talk”…
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That’s a no nonsense woman right there…
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I saw the whole video clip … awesome.
Australia. Wonderful country where everything tries to kill you …
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A country that keeps you on your toes, for sure.
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Good onya, cobber! Facing down that beast with an aluminum pan is impressive. “That’s not a frying pan…THAT’S a frying pan!”
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Just came to leave this exact frying pan quote, but you beat me to it!
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And here I thought you only swatted husbands with those…
😉
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Husbands have harder heads, I would go with cast iron. Griswold foundry of Erie, PA has some good ones.
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Highly collectible. The husband has a few old ones in the basement…
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I made bacon and eggs in one just this evening. Football is coming (YAY!!!) and then it will be a pot of chili and a skillet full of cornbread. If you guys (He) ever want to sell them, let me know what you want.
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I couldn’t even tell you where they are at this point….
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It’s okay, I won’t be going hungry.
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I saw this on the news and was completely awestruck at this man. I man this was a huge hissing mofo croc and he just took his cast iron skillet and whacked this dangerous animal in the nose. The croc went away crying…..yes, that’s what I think, lol.
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It gives new meaning to the term ballsy.
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This seems like an unfair advantage. I wonder what would have happened if the croc was also waving a frying fan around? Nah, I am sure the Aussie would have prevailed under any circumstance.
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When a croc
Can’t take a sock
From a frying pan,
I gather, mate,
That was his last date
With a swingin’ Aussie man.
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I did not watch the video. I love animals too much.
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He wasn’t hurt. Just got bonked and left.
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I’ve been bonked on the head. THAT HURTS!
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I use the term ‘bonking’ in another way… It’s funny how language is different all around the world. For us Aussies ‘thongs’ are rubber flip flop shoes, for others a thong is underwear… Then there’s ‘fanny’ which we Aussies (rarely) refer to as the front nether region while others refer to it as the back nether region…. Anyway, I digress, the guy ‘clobbered’ the croc.
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I can remember a time when my mother called flip flops thongs. But clobbered works for the 🐊 as well.
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I felt a little sorry for the croc, too, and worried about any after effects. But they are tough, so hopefully he just had a sore head and his tough jaws held out.
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Hopefully. But humans are smart enough to devise non-violent ways to deal with animals being animals. If we cannot, we do not deserve the signifier “human.” We are still animsls ourselves…
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If they were in the water the guy wouldn’t have had much of a chance – he would have ended up in a ‘death roll’ and been kaput.
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I agree we’re still animals, and I don’t think the term ‘human’ signifies any more dignity or nobility than ‘fish’, ‘bear’, ‘fly’, etc. Sometimes when I hear or read about ‘the humanity’ of a thing, I don’t thing it’s necessarily a positive thing in the majority, not if anyone’s ever had a look around them of late. I include an observation of myself and my flaws in that analysis.
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We make such a big thing of being superior to all other forms of life, but when it comes to traits like nobility and dignity the so-called animals have us beat all to hell and back.
If you know your flaws, you can correct them if you so desire — if your ego allows you to. The thing is, your ego is not in charge, it is only a guide. Once you know how to separate yourself from your ego, life and being are completely changeable.
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In Florida we invite them home and make them pets—until they eat us!!!
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I saw on a quiz show the other night that Florida’s the 3rd most populous state. Lucky you’ve got the alligators there to balance the biodiversity. 😀
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