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Open Up and say, "SHARK ATTACK!!!!"

Lurking beneath the rural Indiana pier, my 47 foot great
white robot drifted past the two boys’ slip bobber and the
spindly red worm dangling from the size 6 eagle claw hook. I
used the joystick to move the shark ‘bot closer, guiding it to
nibble on the hook ever so gently. The 17 pentax underwater
cameras provided multiple views of the imminent attack.
This is so damn cool! When I upload this to Youtube and
Flickr, they’re gonna be talkin’ about it for days!

“Hey Jimmy, you got a bite! Set the hook! Set the hook!”

“I’m tryin’ – Hey wait, I think I’m hung up! Give me a
hand, Jeff. Pull! Pull!”

This is the part I love – gets me every time. I pressed the
‘B’ button to open his mouth wide, and then I flicked my wrist
up on the controller, sending the giant shark and several
gallons of lake water flying in their general direction. You
shoulda seen those little bastards run!

“Shark! Run, Jeff, run!”

Ha! That’s just why I bought this sunuvagun!!! At $1,000,000 on Ebay, it was worth every penny!

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