# Well, I'd LIKE to be sympathetic, but.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335 "2001-06-10T20:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/1 "2001-06-10T20:54:43Z")
I dunno, going into the Komodo dragon cage [while \*\* barefoot\*\*](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/Bronstein010610.html) strikes me as one of those things that don’t fit under the heading of “it seemed like a good idea at the time…” But it will allow millions to fantasize about his wife tending to his injury… ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/2 "2001-06-10T21:04:01Z")
Okay, so they thought the white tennis shoes might be confused with rats, but not his white feet? Someone should have had a clue. Especially if he has hairy feet . . . ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/3 "2001-06-10T21:10:26Z")
Without having read the link, I would just like to say that this sounds more like a **Darwin Award** sort of situation. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/4 "2001-06-10T21:10:49Z")
Can’t tell which foot was dragon chow, but is the Chronc going to be more left _leaning_ now? 😃 …d&r… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/5 "2001-06-10T21:32:05Z")
**Zenster** do yourself a favor and read the link. The man involved is married to Sharon Stone, the actress (who was smart enough to stay out of the cage). Yea, \*\*Kallessa \*\* I saw the bit about 'oh, let’s take **off** your shoes, they make your feet look too much like food. It does lead one to wonder what might have been the ‘tail’, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/6 "2001-06-10T21:41:21Z")
Let’s see a dragon can get, what 15 feet long or more? And you want to go into the cage with it? WTF for??? Its big, its a lizard, and it can get cranky, and like the bumper sticker says, “Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.” From what I remember, though, dude’s fun days are just begining, as the dragon’s bite is supposed to lead to some rather nasty infections as its primary diet is rotting meat. Dumbass is going to be in a lot of pain for a very long time, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/7 "2001-06-10T21:48:28Z")
Hmmm… Married to Sharon Stone, huh? My guess is the dragon chomped his foot because that’s all the guy had left dangling. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/8 "2001-06-10T21:52:02Z")
Hey, waitta minute… this news story, [THIS thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73726) - that’s it, **Persephone** is really Sharon Stone! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/9 "2001-06-10T22:00:43Z")
Rats. You found me out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/10 "2001-06-10T22:55:43Z")
The saliva of a Komodo dragon is loaded with all kinds of nasty bacteria. In their natural habitat they bite large game and then wait for the toxins to take effect and kill the animal. They then stroll up and commence their meal. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/11 "2001-06-10T23:13:32Z")
[Nelson] Ha ha! [/Nelson] He was pretty lucky; probably just a half-hearted effort from the big lizard. I’m reminded of the occasional stories of tourists climbing into the polar bear pen at various zoos and getting mauled to death as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/12 "2001-06-10T23:40:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*He told the Chronicle he was on a private tour inside the reptile’s cage. - I don’t know why, but this part really cracks me up. How does one go about getting a private tour of a kimono dragon? Is it like a groovy party scene every Saturday night at the reptile house at the zoo? That was quite a tip he left there. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/13 "2001-06-10T23:41:59Z")
I think a quotation from Douglas Adams about Komodo Dragons is appropriate here: “One is over twelve feet long and stands about a yard high, which you can’t help but feel is entirely the wrong size for a lizard to be.” From “Last Chance to See” ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/14 "2001-06-11T13:44:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > > How does one go about getting a private tour of a kimono dragon? \*\* I imagine the only way to see a **kimono** dragon would be to find cross-dressing geisha! ::Ralf d&r:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/15 "2001-06-11T16:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I imagine the only way to see a kimono dragon would be to find cross-dressing geisha! Talk about your _man-eaters!_ ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/16 "2001-06-11T16:43:19Z")
At least they have the courtesy not to blame the zoo folks for agreeing to let him inside the dragon’s cage. And yet I wonder how often zoos agree to requests like this? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/17 "2001-06-11T16:53:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*He told the Chronicle he was on a private tour inside the reptile’s cage. > > - > > How does one go about getting a private tour of a kimono dragon? > \*\* From [http://www.latimes.com/print/metro/20010611/t000048729.html](http://www.latimes.com/print/metro/20010611/t000048729.html) “Zoo spokeswoman Lora LaMarca said she did not believe any zoo spectators, besides Stone, saw the attack.      “It all happened very quickly,” she said.      LaMarca said the zoo often arranges private, behind-the-scene tours for donors and celebrities. Some are allowed to enter the cages.      But LaMarca said the zoo does not permit people to get close to animals it suspects might be dangerous, such as tigers.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/18 "2001-06-11T20:41:55Z")
The private party in the komodo dragon cage was a theme affair, you see. This is the second time in two weeks I’ve typed something really stupid here at the Dope. You guys don’t give nobody no kinda breaks! ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/19 "2001-06-11T20:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*The private party in the komodo dragon cage was a theme affair, you see. > > This is the second time in two weeks I’ve typed something really stupid here at the Dope. You guys don’t give nobody no kinda breaks! \*\* Nah, I love typos. Where else could I make jokes about geishas? [NPR.org](http://NPR.org)? I don’t think so… ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-id-like-to-be-sympathetic-but/68335/20 "2001-06-11T21:02:51Z")
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