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Posted By Richard Altoft
Hearing of Steve Irwin's untimely death in Australia doing what he loved to do in a world he fought to save from itself reminded me of an interview he gave when he said no matter what you do in life "do it with passion and always be professional".
President Ronald Ragan said that John Wayne used to say he "lived his life so that his family would love him, his friends respect him and that the others could do whatever the hell they liked".
What would anyone else want to be remembered as saying ?
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Posted By Tony Brunskill
Richard, I appreciate the sentiment but I do not consider holding your 1 month old son under one arm , while in a pen feeding a very large salt water crocodile a professional act. For one so concerned with conservation disturbing the habitat of whales, penguins and seals in Antarctica is another incident I take issue with. One that put an end to his lucrative TV deals. Lets just let him RIP withpout trying to create a martyr eh!
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Posted By Richard Altoft
Tony, perhaps the question was not clearly expressed - I was not asking what anyone thought of anyone but simply what people would like to be remembered as having said.
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Posted By Dean Baker
I think it was Spike Milligan who said:
I told you I was ill.
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Posted By jay2005
Hi i'm not sure how relavant the question is to this site, but in any accident in these
circumstances our thoughts should be with his family whom he no doubt loved to bits. In
relation to the holding his baby near the sal[expletive deleted]er croc. It was thoughless, but was also
done in a field where he was an undoubted expert.
For me Steve irwin will be remembered as an emthusiastic ambassodor for not just reptiles, but
animals all over the World. High profile "Steve Irwins" are needed in all causes. It's
senseless to sit there picking out bad points in an amazing career, where he done so much good.
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Posted By gham
Im an H&S guy and i once let my own dad stand on a table to change a light bulb,
Im a bad man
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Posted By Lynne Ratcliffe
my math's teachers comment on my report always makes me smile . . .
she did well in spite of rather than because of her actions!
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Posted By Tabs
Just to be remembered would be good.
Being remembered as good would be just.
(Modesty is for others *smile*)
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Posted By Descarte
If I had to choose between
being run over whilst out on my bike
dying in a car crash on the way to work
Dying from cancer, old age or other long term desease
dying from a sting ray whilst diving off the barrier reef doing something I love
I would have to choose the latter
Mr grim reaper, you can hold me to this one, just give me another 25 years first :p
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Posted By Descarte
Sry back to the question, what I would like to be remembered for saying, or my last words in fact.
"Bah you chicken, I bet I can make it! ahhhhhhh splat"
Better to go out in a blaze of glory, that to fizzle out unnoticed never making your mark on this earth, even if that mark is a round pinky red splat.
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Posted By Lilian McCartney
I've always wanted to be described as 'sweet'.
I was quite chuffed, however, when someone asked me to help with their H&S problem cos 'I get things done'.
Still, it would be nice to be sweet sometime
Lilian
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Posted By Simon Davies
Dreadful way to go but he got caught in a high risk activity - the Bird triangle 600-1 and near miss scenario. Anyway, Troy Tempest says he had nothing to do with his death...
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Posted By Salus
Lillian, don't know you but I think you are a very "sweet person"
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Posted By Mark Eastbourne
Sorry to digress from the original post but I could not believe it when my friend received 2 "jokes" about the way Steve Irwin passed on so quickly after his demise. (They follow by the way.)
"Steve Irwin, when asked what his favourite TV programme was as a kid said he enjoyed Thunderbirds but always had a special place in his heart for Stingray." and another joke about wearing high factor sun cream as it is meant to protect against harmful rays.
I'm all for a laugh but who starts these "jokes" off?
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Posted By John Webster
To pull this back to a bit of a H&S thread, Steve Irwin revelled in high risk activities, and he probably prepared more carefully than the TV persona would portray. It is perhaps a salutory lesson to us all that he died whilst involved in what was considered (by his standards) to be a relatively low risk activity.
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Posted By Lilian McCartney
To Salus - Thank you
Re John's comments. You're right, I watched Steve's programme at the weekend where they were catching salt water crocs for scientists to tab to help conservation and there was a very strict procedure for the whole process.
They also tried a suggestion by one of the scientists and Steve tried it first before his staff (it worked - elastic band round the crocs muzzle just before releasing the tape, the croc then snaps this when they are, hopefully, in the water and it gives a bit more safety to the team).
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Posted By Simon R
I can't remember who came up with this first, but on my gravestone I'd quite like to have:
"Best Before...."
and the relevant date! (Though I hope to have a long shelf life!)
Regards
Simon
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Posted By Terry Reading
All flippant comments aside, I for one was saddened by Steve's death. Having briefly met him at Australia Zoo he was freindly, affable and down to earth bloke. Despite any mistakes in pursuing his cause he was a great advocate for preserving and raising the awareness of wildlife and the environment. My kids loved the programmes and will miss the "Crikey!!" catchphrase. Characters like this are all too few and he has only furthered kids love of nature. Not a bad achievement in itself.
As for what to be remembered as saying...how about...he achieved everything he set out to do. Corny I know, but what the hey!
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Posted By Robert Weiland
Bottom line Steve was a hero to many. Not only was he entertaining he brought something to TV that made me want to watch programmes about Nature. You can't get that energy in just anyone.
Tony Brunskill please be aware and do some research, when you speak of lucrative TV deals, be aware that most of the money made was pumped into the Zoo the family runs. It's not easy to run a Zoo and was very costly to build it into an empire, which is well known throughout the world.
His death is a reminder that no matter how sure, how many times you have done something there is always an element of danger involved. As for the baby incident to the untrained eye I suppose it looked dangerous but again we are very quick to kick people in this country.
Steve was like marmite you liked him or hated him, but you can't knock his passion and commitment.
This ultimately made me warm to him as a TV personality, but respect him for his achievements.
RIP STEVE-O
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Posted By Grahame Dunbar
Theodore Roosevelt is credited with the following inspiring words:
"It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails,at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt April 23, 1910
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Posted By Richard Altoft
Grahame
That is the best yet.
And for all those that responded can I just say "Die dulci fruere" (have a nice day)
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Posted By Robert Weiland
Agreed Grahame that is excellent.
A great find.
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Posted By TBC
Animals have their revenge - I only watched him on TV hoping he would get smacked, stung or bitten. I didn't wish him dead, but it was bound to happen one day.
RIP Steve - the animals will.
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Posted By Jason911
Superb Grahame. We should all live our lives in accordance to Ted's words whenever possible. After all we are a long time dead!
RIP STEVE. You Rocked!
Jay
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Posted By Paul Duell
For preference I'd like to be remembered as "that bloke who isn't dead yet"!
Failing that, I've always thought that "He made people laugh and never hurt anyone" would do me nicely.
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Posted By John Mackessack
I think Steve irwin's death is a tragic loss and the world is a poorer place as a result.
I am sure that he was well aware that the way he was riding through life, the Grim Reaper was always likely to be riding pillion.
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Posted By Pierre de Carteret
I've always found this to be personally appropriate -
"Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence"
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