Are all Aussie blokes this tough?

Question

Are all Aussie blokes this tough? Or is he exceptional?

I cut & pasted this from Yahoo's main page.

After the shark pulled the p**s out of me, I hope I’d remember to jab him in the eye.

I'd buy him a round of Bundy just to hear the story.

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian man has described how he escaped from the jaws of a great white shark by poking it in the eye as it dragged him under water.

Jason Cull, 37, told reporters from his hospital bed that he saw a dark shape approaching as he swam about 80 metres (yards) off the popular Middleton beach in Western Australia on Saturday.

At first he thought it was one of the dolphins he had been swimming with, but realized it was a shark as the four-metre (12-foot) monster closed in, local media reported Monday.

"It banged straight into me... and it grabbed me by the leg and dragged me under the water," said Cull, a schoolteacher and father of two.

Answer 1

Hi Dear,

  I don't know about being tough,but you have to do what you have to do in order to save your own Life.. He did the right thing and I know He is very Thankful for Gods Help..

Your Friend,

poppy1

Answer 2

After watching doco's on sharks recently, quite a few people have survived shark attacks by poking them in the eyes.

I would certainly give it a go.

Answer 3

No! some are tougher!

That was only a baby White Pointer.......lol

Answer 4

Um...I've heard the people down under are pretty resourceful and tough...but this doesn't seem like a real good example of that.

I mean if *any one of us* was attacked by a shark what would you do? just die quietly and not fight back? Impossible!

Involluntarily, you would punch, scratch, bite, poke, tickle, beat, stab, kick, pummle, etc to free yourself from deaths embrace.

I personally would've tried ripping his gills...not sure if that'd worked ...just a thought, really.

But seriously, this doesn't seem that 'tough' just instinct as the lady mentioned...although in regards to something else.

Answer 5

Yeah, they're 'real' blokes down here - but you gotta take the good with the bad.

Also impressed he went swimming - the water is frigid.

Answer 6

h**l yeah, the men down here are really tough.

When you live in a country that has the most dangerous animals/insects etc in the world....you grow up with killer surivival instinct ;)

Answer 7

I think a better story was the one were a 61 year old grandmother jump into a river to wrestle a croc that had attacked her friend.

If you want Aussie tough, then you don't get tougher then this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/...

Edit - Also swimming near winter in Sydney,  I bet he got a bit of shrinkage.

Answer 8

The standard advice down here for surviving a shark attack is to punch it in the nose... tough, my butt! He missed!

I'm more impressed that he went swimming at all, it's heading into winter here.