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jimmifli
May 23rd, 2003, 2:09:33 PM
Just in case you ever got the urge to blow up a whale.

Click me to see real video (http://rezrov.perp.com/whale/whale-hi.mov)


http://rezrov.perp.com/whale/reporter.jpg
http://rezrov.perp.com/whale/whale.jpg
http://rezrov.perp.com/whale/foom2.jpg

The Infamous Exploding Whale (http://www.perp.com/whale/)
jimmifli
May 26th, 2003, 11:50:15 AM
Damn it they blew up a whale and nobody wants to talk about it?

What's wrong with you people?!?!?!
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 12:20:15 PM
Well, it would have made Free Willy a lot more interesting.
reeves84
May 26th, 2003, 12:31:37 PM
Originally posted by jimmifli
Damn it they blew up a whale and nobody wants to talk about it?

What's wrong with you people?!?!?!

I have no objection to anyone blowing up Wales. It's full of Welshmen.
jimmifli
May 26th, 2003, 12:42:20 PM
am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape. The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed on the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.

So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan -- remember, I am not making this up -- of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking is that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by seagulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.

So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting "Yayy!" and "Whee!" Then, suddenly, the crowd's tone changes. You hear a new sound like "splud." You hear a woman's voice shouting "Here come pieces of...MY GOD!" Something smears the camera lens.

Later, the reporter explains: "The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere." One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the seagulls who had no doubt permanently relocated to Brazil.

This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties. But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway Division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol.

Dave Barry
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 12:55:41 PM
God, I love Dave Barry. :D
reeves84
May 26th, 2003, 1:06:56 PM
Sounds like "The hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" to me.
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 1:18:01 PM
God, I love Douglas Adams. :D
reeves84
May 26th, 2003, 1:20:24 PM
Originally posted by Henry4MVP
God, I love Douglas Adams. :D

The Late Douglas Adams, I am sorry to say.
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 1:26:34 PM
Yeah. They published a big copy of all the Hitchhiker's books and included some scripts from the old radio show for a special addition after he died. Those books are a riot.
"I'm so hip I can barely see over my own pelvis."
reeves84
May 26th, 2003, 1:30:25 PM
Originally posted by Henry4MVP
Yeah. They published a big copy of all the Hitchhiker's books and included some scripts from the old radio show for a special addition after he died. Those books are a riot.
"I'm so hip I can barely see over my own pelvis."

I have all the radio shows on tape. Taped when they first came out, I hate to say.

Test:

http://www.buffalorange.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=381278#post381278

Which one was in the radio Series?
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 1:40:07 PM
The one on the far left was one of Zaphod's heads, right?
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 1:41:26 PM
That might have been the TV show. I had to cheat anyways.
reeves84
May 26th, 2003, 1:48:06 PM
No. The Radio Show!
Henry4MVP
May 26th, 2003, 1:51:46 PM
Jeez...old people. :) Beats me, Reeves. The one in the middle? Who are those people, anyways?
FrankieA
May 26th, 2003, 3:25:58 PM
Land Blubber Newsman...thats classic! Sounds like my title
Valerie
May 26th, 2003, 8:24:53 PM
Gosh, if that is true, that's disgusting!
jimmifli
May 26th, 2003, 9:59:45 PM
It's true! Did you watch the Video?
Valerie
May 27th, 2003, 9:59:06 AM
No. I don't think I would be able to stomach it. :( Even though the whale is dead, I think seeing something like that would be too upsetting for me. Plus, if it's as graphic as you said in your first post, I think I would be sick to my stomach. lol