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The Infamous Tale of an Exploding Whale (Thar She Blows!)
KATU ^ | Nov 12, 2008

Posted on 11/13/2008 9:53:21 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: chaos_5

"And 'Boom' goes the dynamite."

21 posted on 11/13/2008 11:14:48 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: nickcarraway

You hate Oregon,don’t you. ;>)


22 posted on 11/14/2008 4:12:57 AM PST by BruceysMom (My heart is healed. Thank you Lord!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

When your favorite tool is HE, pretty soon every problem starts to look like a whale...


23 posted on 11/14/2008 4:18:59 AM PST by patton (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Incitatus is my President.)
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To: D-fendr

Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?

24 posted on 11/14/2008 6:23:51 AM PST by laotzu
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To: D-fendr

“As God is my witness, I thought whales could fly!”

A tip of the hat to my all-time favorite sitcom quote. The turkey episode of WKRP has to be the funniest thing I ever saw on TV.


25 posted on 11/14/2008 7:50:34 AM PST by NewMexLurker
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To: laotzu

Ha!

Great line and perfect analogy for this fiasco.


27 posted on 11/14/2008 3:04:58 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: nickcarraway

Only with a really long fuse!

If their guts smell as bad as their breath I don’t want to be closer than 10 miles!

Totally useless bags of stinking blubber!


28 posted on 11/14/2008 3:14:52 PM PST by dalereed
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To: nickcarraway
Oh! My! ...the sweet, sweet smell of success...

29 posted on 01/04/2014 2:54:16 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: nickcarraway

What they needed to do was load it on a flatbed and haul it through city streets to a university.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU0F9GYzhO8

Warning: Do not click if you have a weak stomach!


30 posted on 01/04/2014 3:09:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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