Hide the kids. It’s “Shark Week.” The Discovery Channel’s annual gorefest begins tonight with “Ocean of Fear.” Stay tuned and you’ll see so much blood you’ll think you’re spending the week at Michael Vick’s house.
Some shark facts:
They’re smarter than they look. Much like the people who collected from an ATM that spewed $20 bills instead of $5s at a Louisiana truck stop. The windfall went on for five days before someone spoiled the perfect crime. Perfect, except that the cops know exactly who took how much money.
Sharks have a keen sense of smell, something you might be glad not to have if your neighbor tears out his front yard and puts in a giant vegetable garden. You don’t want to be downwind when it’s time to fertilize the onion starts with chicken manure.
They don’t see all that well, kind of like AT&T’s new video cell phone service. Developers are still working out the kinks, including grainy, early-Internet-style video. For now, the phones might make you reminisce about Paris Hilton’s glory days.
Sharks don’t like to lose. As James McCusker writes, they sometimes push too far in pursuit of victory. Oh wait, he’s talking about lawyers. You can understand the confusion.
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