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Hooked on the Territory

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allright the dates kinda hazy and its a funny story not a real darwin award but here goes. So me, my dad, my mum, my brother and some friends go fishing at a place called buffalo river/creek in the NT, Australia all fine no fish caught though, but lo and behold my dad's hook gets bent so instead of using the pliers we had he places it in between his teeth and trys to straighten the hook. unsurprisingly the hook slips and peirces his lip so wanting to pull it out with the pliers we had, it took a lot of convincing to get him to the nearby hospital to get it removed. It only took 20-30 minutes wisely my dad has never done this again and ironicaly he is the fisheries minister (read goverment for the non british/aussie) for the NT and was minister for tourism as well soon after.

Submitted on 03/30/2009

Submitted by: monalith1@hotmail.com
Reference: personal account 2002

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Bruce said:
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Given that he was the fisheries minister he certainly should have known better, and it makes me wonder how safe tourists are if he then became the tourism minister. Thanks for the humorous story!

Candi said:
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I agree with Bruce. Technically, he wasn't in danger of loss of life/reproduction, but fishhooks are nasty and it theoretically could have slipped far more dangerously. Thanks!

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