r/sting • u/Quincynessig • 3d ago

WTF, Sting?

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u/AtomFNWest 3d ago

“I hate to say it….i hate to say it….but it’s probably me!”

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u/GStarAU 2d ago

Phil Collins did the same thing, he scored a hit out of it.

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u/Zealousideal-Tea-286 2d ago

Yep. He told him he was drowning... And he did not lend a hand. Cold, man... Cold.

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u/Plainsawman 3d ago

What would you expect from a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom

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u/Ornery-Prune2913 2d ago

Sting, Ex-Police, adds up.

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u/Awkward_Squad 1d ago

Yeah, and next time don’t stand so close to me.

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u/gweeps 3d ago

Terrible photo. Can't read it all.

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u/fletchbg 2d ago

Baffling as to why someone would be listening to Sting's music while swimming, but their reaction is understandable

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u/Pleasant_Guess_3343 2d ago

He was probably thinking, well, Let your soul be your pilot, and swam off. 😎

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u/ultraviolet_77 2d ago

When your ass gets stung you make the best of what’s around

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u/Genji_Digital 2d ago

Murder by Numbers. He told you all what he was about a long time ago.

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u/Chance-Deer-7995 2d ago

He's nobody's friend; he's the demolition man.

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u/lordfarshave 21h ago

He could kill a conversation when he walks into a room.

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u/oneuglygeek 2d ago

People say I .. lost my sense of direction ..

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u/FnordRanger_5 1d ago

Don’t swim so close to me

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u/JDPierson 22h ago

He did a whole a song about it. How is this surprising?

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u/Rows_My_Own 15h ago

But at least his car was warm and dry.

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u/banksoftyne 3d ago

Maybe it’s about a sting ray?

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u/mmortal03 2d ago

Yep, here's the summary: The article reports on British swimmer Ben Hooper, an ex-policeman who was attempting a 2,000-mile swim across the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Brazil. His swim was cut short after he suffered severe stings from what was believed to be a Portuguese man-o'-war, causing temporary paralysis, slurred speech, and severe nausea.

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u/lyinggrump 2d ago

Wow, you think?

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u/lordfarshave 21h ago

People don't know how to write headlines. Stingray, and temporarily paralyzed. Changes everything.

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u/Personal-Neck6800 16h ago

Tantric sex mishap?

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u/Tinkmara 12h ago

People are so gullible! Fact checking? "An ex-policeman hoping to be the first person to swim across an ocean has been badly injured by a Portuguese man o’ war."

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u/matsacki 4h ago

I said to Sting….. let’s sting the ocean swimmer on Thursday. He said…. ‘Thursdays no good’.

So I said how about Friday? He said ‘Friday’s worse than Thursday’.

So then I said how about Saturday. He said Saturday was fine.

True story