Don't try this at home!!!

[Goldpig]

Man chokes, dies trying to swallow 5-inch perch during fishing outing

Associated Press
Thursday, May 17, 2001


VIBURNUM, MO. -- A man who apparently had spent the day drinking with friends choked to death trying to swallow a live, 5-inch fish.

Todd Poller's friends reported hearing the 45-year-old yell: "Hey, watch this," before he grabbed a perch from the water and dropped it headfirst into his mouth.

Iron County Sheriff Alan Mathes said Poller choked and gasped as his friends tried to dislodge the fish. He was pronounced dead when emergency crews arrived.

An autopsy found Poller died from asphyxiation from having the fish lodged in his throat. Aside from choking, Poller suffered lacerations to the inside of his throat from the fish's fins.

Mathes described Poller was a "well-known character" in the area.

[AquaMan]

"Stupid is as stupid does!"

What a sad story.

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.·´¯° --- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

Eric@crowncomputerinc.com

[Roger Mayer]

Like they say......" Drinking and fishing don't mix!!!"

Or at least clip the dorsal fin off before trying this!!

Or Stick to worms.....they slide down easier.

Or maybe just cook the dang things before you eat 'em!!!

Well.......I wish his family well.

Roger Mayer.

[tbomn]

Just Mother Natures way of getting rid of the stupid and weak!!

"I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education."
Wilson Mizner

Good Fishin'
TBO/MN

[EricCO]

Don't you think that the DNR is reponsible since there was not a warning label on the fish? How could that guy have known that swallowing a fish would kill him? It certainly isn't his fault. I smell lawsuit.

[ezmarc]

-The perch swallows the grub-worm
-The pickerel swallows the perch
-The fisherman swallows the
pickerel;
-And so all the chinks in the scale of
being are filled.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"Walden, The Pond in Winter" 1854


This guy must have been a poet who forgot a verse. Just when you think you've heard it all, too. Hopefully he was a PETA member.

[tbomn]

Hahahahah, I hear ya!! I'll bet there is a lawyer out there that would take that case......:-)

"I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education."
Wilson Mizner

Good Fishin'
TBO/MN

[EAGLE EYES]

I like my fish fresh, but that's a little too fresh!!
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry! If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die! Or should say "raw Perchy" :-) Hehheh!

[James]

Didn't comic Jeff Foxworthy have in his routine,
if you ever had a deceased relative's last words be, "Hey, watch this" you might be a redneck.

[ND Native]

The words of Bill Engvall come to mind. His comedy routine states that he hates stupid people and that they should wear a sign aroung their neck stating that they are stupid! So "HERES YOUR SIGN!" The newest receipient of a Darwin Award! :D

Good Fishin

JAG

[EyeBoy]

Ignorance can be cured through the accumulation of knowledge, stupidity is genetic and only reversable by death. Better yet; HEY YOU OUTTA THE GENE POOL!!!! His family will need prayers.
ON-PLANE!!!TOM

[funny]

Why didn't the PWT tell him about the dangers.

[WALLBANGER]

Rumor has it that Todd Poller frequented this very site!
He would post skewed personal opinions as fact in
feeble attempts to discredit those who have enjoyed
more success than his lame self. Strange that MIFISH
was actually from MO!

[Weyes1]

Remember guys,
"Perch" in the south midwest are really bluegills.
I used to talk about perch fishing in Saginaw Bay and people thought I was nuts. I finally found out that "perch" down here are used for catching flatheads.
Just a little FYI

Weyes1
Kevin Clark
weyes1@wamego.net

[He was only funnin!]

One more culled from the herd. My thoughts go to hid family as well, but hey, momma and pappa raised him.

"There are no stupid questions, only stupid people." Mr Mackee.
"The human race is what happens when natural selection no longer matters." A pro here on this board said that once.

[not true]

Poller and Mifish called each other "Uncle Daddy."

[TJ]

I believe this is a classic example of Natural Selection which protects the human gene pool from being polluted with this man's "stupid gene".

[Scott Richardson]

Are we sure that was 5 inches exactly? Was the tail pinched or flaired? Was a Judge or Golden Rule used. If undersized, was he issued a ticket posthumously?

In all seriousness, a sad tragedy. Condolences to his family.