# Chubbs!  The gator got Chubbs's hand!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488 "2007-06-26T16:42:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488/1 "2007-06-26T16:42:25Z")

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Where’s Adam Sandler when you need him, huh?

[One Eyed Gator Attack](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/26/gator.attack.ap/index.html)

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**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488/2 "2007-06-26T17:49:34Z")

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I wonder if he ended up actually getting the ball back… since he fought off the gator and all.

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488/3 "2007-06-26T18:05:02Z")

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In a completely rhetorical question, what kind of mo-ron sticks his arm in a pond that has a sign that says “Beware of Alligator?”

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**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488/4 "2007-06-26T18:43:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Surly Chick]  
In a completely rhetorical question, what kind of mo-ron sticks his arm in a pond that has a sign that says “Beware of Alligator?”  
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One who really wants to recoup his fifty cent ball…

Fry

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubbs-the-gator-got-chubbss-hand/409488/5 "2007-06-26T19:40:32Z")

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I let a _snapping turtle_ keep a ball once, even though it was one of my pink Noodle ones!