Ok I went down a dark hole to figure out how Illinois ended up on this map and long story short a bull shark made it into Lake Michigan in 1955 and bit a boy. There have though been ZERO shark attacks since @GovPritzker was elected. https://t.co/Yi4X32wZ9y
I wrote a paper about that shark attack for an urban folklore class. Before I did my research, I was positive it was, well, folklore. Imagine my surprise.
- West Side the Best Side - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:59 am:
I’m not worried about a shark coming at me. Grandal will block it.
- NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:11 am:
==Ok I went down a dark hole to figure out how Illinois ended up on this map and long story short a bull shark made it into Lake Michigan in 1955 and bit a boy. There have though been ZERO shark attacks since @GovPritzker was elected.==
More like there have been no shark attacks since Gov. Kerner was elected. (1955 was during Stratton’s first term).
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:12 am:
No shark attacks in Illinois in my lifetime.
No thanks necessary.
The flagship American political science survey, the American National Election Studies, asked a national sample in 2020 if they’d been bitten by a shark. Why? um …
It turns out that people massively overreport shark bites in national polling however (due to … social desirability bias? Why? um…) So, I think this is a much more accurate measure.
Followed the Chicago Historical Society’s Chicago Timeline all weekend. They (I should say he, I think it was Robert Loerzel) were doing a minute by minute telling of the great Chicago fire using contemporaneous reports and narratives. I really enjoyed it.
The San Jose Sharks are 54-36-5 all time against the Blackhawks… pretty good record especially against a Chicago team that won three Cups (but the Hawks did sweep them in the 2010 playoffs)
- Furtive Look - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:50 am:
Now that’s crazy. I won’t ask about New Mexico or Missouri.
- Curious citizen - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:50 am:
Could be a “killer” campaign slogan — I kept Illinois safe from shark bites!!!
- West Side the Best Side - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:56 am:
According to Ken Griffey, yet another reason why people are fleeing Illinois.
- Commisar Gritty - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:56 am:
JB: Ah, not a shark in site. That new Shark Patrol must be working like a charm!
Caprara: By your logic, I can claim this rock keeps tigers away.
JB: That rock keeps tigers away?!
- Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:58 am:
I wrote a paper about that shark attack for an urban folklore class. Before I did my research, I was positive it was, well, folklore. Imagine my surprise.
- West Side the Best Side - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 8:59 am:
Stupid automiscorrect - Griffin.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:05 am:
“Flowers”
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“Plumber”
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“Candy Gram”
- Amalia - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:11 am:
I’m not worried about a shark coming at me. Grandal will block it.
- NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:11 am:
==Ok I went down a dark hole to figure out how Illinois ended up on this map and long story short a bull shark made it into Lake Michigan in 1955 and bit a boy. There have though been ZERO shark attacks since @GovPritzker was elected.==
More like there have been no shark attacks since Gov. Kerner was elected. (1955 was during Stratton’s first term).
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:12 am:
No shark attacks in Illinois in my lifetime.
No thanks necessary.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:12 am:
Worked with a guy whose father was a commercial fisherman on the Mississippi/Ohio around the confluence.
Said it wasn’t unusual to see a dorsal fin break the surface every so often.
- Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:14 am:
-I won’t ask about New Mexico-
Looks like a 2005 incident in a display tank at an aquarium in Albuquerque.
- BigLou - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:16 am:
What about Michael “Jaws” Giorango, he bit Alexi.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:21 am:
Amalia- true. But if the shark tries to steal second, Grandal couldn’t throw him out.
- ZC - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:27 am:
The flagship American political science survey, the American National Election Studies, asked a national sample in 2020 if they’d been bitten by a shark. Why? um …
It turns out that people massively overreport shark bites in national polling however (due to … social desirability bias? Why? um…) So, I think this is a much more accurate measure.
- walker - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:29 am:
Bull sharks have been tracked or caught all the way up the Mississippi to Minnesota.
- NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:29 am:
I can’t believe the Bears actually won Sunday.
- Skeptic - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:38 am:
Was Madigan in office back then?
- DaBlues - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:48 am:
Mike Madigan and the sharks he controls.
- Drake Mallard - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:49 am:
Back in 55, did the bull shark stay around and create the payday loan industry?
- cermak_rd - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 9:51 am:
Followed the Chicago Historical Society’s Chicago Timeline all weekend. They (I should say he, I think it was Robert Loerzel) were doing a minute by minute telling of the great Chicago fire using contemporaneous reports and narratives. I really enjoyed it.
- Northsider - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 10:03 am:
OW @ 9:05:
You’re that land shark.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 10:11 am:
===You’re that land shark.===
“Dolphin”
- Northsider - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 10:34 am:
OW @ 10:11:
Oh. Okay.
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 10:47 am:
Well I see problems. Illinois is a tornado stated there could be a Sharknadao Call out the guard
- northsider (the original) - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 11:04 am:
I hear they feed right after dark.
- H-W - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 11:10 am:
I know someone who was vaccinated, and then killed by a shark. So clearly, the vaccine killed him.
- OneMan - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 11:12 am:
Local SD folks hit their goal to ‘join the lawsuit’, I bet he ends up collecting a lot of money.
- NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 12:09 pm:
==Was Madigan in office back then?==
8th Grade Class President perhaps?
- Broom - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 12:21 pm:
She totally just jinxed it.
- cover - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 12:51 pm:
New Hampshire is the only state with an ocean coastline (only about 15 miles, but still) that has no reported shark attacks.
- 4 percent - Tuesday, Oct 12, 21 @ 1:00 pm:
The San Jose Sharks are 54-36-5 all time against the Blackhawks… pretty good record especially against a Chicago team that won three Cups (but the Hawks did sweep them in the 2010 playoffs)