History Sandbox / PokingADragonWithAStick

''Why'' anybody would want to do such a thing can vary and, generally, isn't all too important. Perhaps somebody wants to see how something might respond to being poked. Maybe they have reason to believe that [[PokingDeadThingsWithAStick something is dead and looks extremely pokable]]. Possibly, someone is just a moronic {{Jerkass}}. Conceivably, any combination of these reasons and more could apply. All that matters is that, to no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well when poked with sticks, and the poker is certain to be viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise come regret that they hadn't left things well and truly alone.

''Why'' anybody would want to do such a thing can vary and, generally, isn't all too important. Perhaps somebody wants to see how something might respond to being poked. Maybe they have reason to believe that [[PokingDeadThingsWithAStick something is dead and looks extremely pokable]]. Possibly, someone is just a moronic {{Jerkass}}. Conceivably, any combination of these reasons and more could apply. All that matters is that, to no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well when poked with sticks, and the poker is certain to be viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise regret that they hadn't left things well and truly alone.

''Why'' anybody would want to do such a thing can vary and, generally, isn't all too important. Perhaps somebody wants to see how something might respond to being poked. Maybe they have reason to believe that [[PokingDeadThingsWithAStick something is dead and looks extremely pokable]]. Possibly, someone is just a moronic {{Jerkass}}. Conceivably, any combination of these reasons could apply. All that matters is that, to no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well when poked with sticks, and the poker is certain to be viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise regret that they hadn't left things well and truly alone.

These stories are created for the good of the public in order to impart an valuable moral and life lesson, and that's to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life over.

''Why'' anybody would want to do such a thing can vary and, generally, isn't all too important.

To no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well when poked with sticks. Consequently, poking them results in the poker being viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise wishing that they had just left things well and truly alone.

Whenever curious people who often are TooDumbToLive decide to poke at dangerous or mysterious objects with tree branches or sticks, they will often pay a steep price for their actions--usually, that means dying.

To no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well to being poked with sticks. Consequently, poking them results in the poker being viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise wishing that they had just left things well and truly alone.

See Also: CuriosityKilledTheCast, BullyingADragon, DoNotTauntCthulhu.

To no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well to being poked with sticks. Consequently, poking them results in the poker being viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise wishing that they had just left things alone.

These stories are created for the good of the public in order to impart an valuable moral and life lesson, and that's to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life or [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse]].

These stories are created for the public good in order to impart an important moral and life lesson, and that's to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life or [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse]].

To no big surprise, some large animals or creatures or other fantastic entities just don't respond very well to being poked with sticks. Consequently, poking them results in the poker being viciously attacked, bitten, eaten, or otherwise wishing that they had just left things alone, instead.

These stories are created for the public good in order to impart an important moral and life lesson, and that's to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life.

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To no big surprise, some animals or creatures or other entities just don't respond very well to being poked with sticks. Consequently,

There's a moral to these stories, and that's to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life.

See Also: CuriosityKilledTheCast, BullyingADragon, DoNotTauntCthulhu

Curious people who poke dangerous or mysterious objects with sticks will often pay a price for their actions. One would suppose some animals or creatures just don't take too kindly to being poked with sticks.

See Also: CuriosityKilledTheCast

The moral of these stories is to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks. No matter how tempting it may be, it's not worth risking your life.

* ''Advertising/DumbWaysToDie'': One of the "dumb ways to die" shown in the video is the direct result of poking a stick at a grizzly bear. The grizzly bear bites the poker's "head" off.

Curious people who poke dangerous or mysterious objects with sticks will often pay a price for their actions. One would suppose some beings just don't take too kindly to being poked with sticks.

* In Marriott Edgar's humorous poem "The Lion and Albert", the eponymous lion swallows the eponymous boy Albert whole, after Albert has poked him with a stick.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': PlayedWith In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E15DammitJanet Dammit Janet]]". In a BaitAndSwitchGag Peter, in Australia, repeatedly pokes a sleeping crocodile with his walking stick. When the croc finally opens its eyes and seems like its going to respond to all the poking, Peter is, instead, attacked out of nowhere by a koala bear.

The moral of these stories is to never go poking strange or dangerous things with sticks.