Originally Posted by Hutch

Plenty of times. I'm trying not to be such a **** these days though.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Ahh, a reformed black humour comedian. They are the worse.

Originally Posted by Hutch

Rrealising you were a **** is worse than actually being one? Ignorance really is bliss ...

Originally Posted by Hutch

Well, the competition he was taking part in is the Aussies 2010, which is the national competition of surf life saving and is organised by my employer - Surf Life Saving Australia.

In answer to your comments.
1) Competitions take place away from the red and yellow flagged areas of beaches because swimmers tend to object to surf skis, rescue boards, IRBs and jet skis in their safe patrolled area.
2) The race the lad died in was the second last heat to be held at Kurruwa before they moved everything south to a safer beach - all 8000 competitors were due to up sticks and move that afternoon.
3) There was plenty of water safety in the ocean at the time of the incident, but the guy in question got rolled off his ski in a plunging wave and the general view is that he got hit by the ski when he went 'over the falls', knocking him out. He would then obviously have sunk to the bottom and it's very difficult to locate people when they're on the bottom, particularly in surf that angry. Hundreds of competitors entered the water to look for him and he was eventually pulled from the water nearly a kilometre from where the race took place.
4) He was pulled from the water and received CPR - they got a pulse back, but he died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

He was an incredibly experienced surf lifesaver who had been in nippers since the age of 8 and who was the victim of a sporting accident. He died in the prime of life at the age of 19 and his parents got to see the whole sorry saga unfold. I'm not entirely sure what's so ****ing hilarious about that, perhaps someone can tell me.

Originally Posted by harrip

I think I made an effort at "dark humour" when I was around 14, when I joked that a personality "was on his last legs" when he died shortly after having his legs amputated.

My father commented at the time that it was a good pun but in poor taste. I've not practiced "dark humour" since - it just reminds me of that time I was an immature 14 year old.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

So you've never made a 'black humour' joke immediately after someone famous died?

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders

It was called Deception Bay because sailors would navigate into the bay thinking that it was a great spot to sail into without realising that it is an incredibly shallow bay.

Originally Posted by donna

why or why do posts on here have to turn to shite,obviously some things are closer to our hearts than others,but where is your compassion guys

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders

I think you would have to argue that a thread had compassionate intentions in the first place for it to "turn to shite". It was written with a black comedic purpose so therefore could never descend to a level that you are stating.

Originally Posted by donna

maybe so ,but clearly some people are hurting, and i cant see the point in rubbing salt in the wound.just my thoughts.