Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for October 03, 2024

even the black stuff oozing from his cheek?

of course they carpooled to get there

It’s a great visual with the sharks getting out of the car. :-)

Land sharks!

I am laughing still.

maybe they’re nurse sharks, and have come to apply bandages

He needs a new cartridge, that’s all!!!

Even if it is black blood eh.

And they do want that blood.

Could The Jets be far behind?

Car Sharks! (They were playing poker nearby.)

Were they in an Oldsmobile Firenza?

“When you’re a shark you’re a shark all the way. From Atlantic City ’til you get to Green Bay.”

He may be in for a close shave.

They got there just in the nick of time.

Another reason not to live near the ocean.

I read recently that sharks do not smell blood from a distance. I was surprised but I didn’t take the time to research it. It was in a fiction book, but the author lives on an island in FL and scuba dives, so should have an idea of local predator behavior. Any time I have fact-checked something in his books, it has been true.

No problem, just wack em on the nose and they’ll leave.