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British Boy Stumbles Upon Extremely Valuable Whale Vomit
thepostgame.com ^
| August. 29, 2012
| Robbie Levin
Posted on 08/29/2012 3:16:12 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
One whale's trash is an 8-year-old boy's treasure.
Charlie Naysmith was walking along the beach at Hengistbury Head in southern Britain when he picked up a large object that looked and felt like a stone.
As it turned out, that object was actually a piece of ambergris, a substance which is regurgitated by sperm whales. Ambergris is used to prolong the scent of perfume, and therefore is extremely valuable.
The vomit, which weighs a little more than one pound, could be worth as much as $63,000.
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Milk and honey - Bovine glandular excretion and bee vomit.
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:27:07 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
mmmmMMmmmm I love bee vomit
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:28:28 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:29:08 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Ambergris was the answer to the extra credit question on written test in knife skills-fish section of culinary school. I was amazed I speeled it korrectly and got the extra points. ;)
/johnny
To: Free ThinkerNY
Another one of those sentences that has probably never been stated before.
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:33:29 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Yeah, but you sort of HAVE to click on the link...
To: JRandomFreeper
Extra poynts for spelling are always gud. /s
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:34:22 PM PDT
by
ken in texas
(I was taught to respect my elders but it keeps getting harder to find any.)
To: Libloather
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:35:57 PM PDT
by
NCDave
(AKA, "That idiot over there")
To: Free ThinkerNY
We’re not really sure whose vomit it was...
/Spinal Tap
To: NCDave
It’s a shame to learn that about Ebay. I’ll need to rethink my business model....
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:39:23 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Another one of those sentences that has probably never been stated before.In english maybe... But I'll bet it's been said in japanese before. ;)
/johnny
To: Free ThinkerNY
British Boy Buys Basketballs with Spewed Sperm Whale Load
To: Free ThinkerNY
"...after a few egg salad heroes and a six pack I could make this kid delirious"
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:44:40 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Actually there’s a Zarathustrian text where Mazda gives 7 wise men and 7 animals the ability to communicate for one evening because the animals are pissed about the way human beings are treating them.
The argument is along the lines of what makes mankind so great that they can mistreat the natural world. One of the men states “because we clothe ourselves and have fine foods”. I think it’s the fox that replies you clothe yourselves because for some reason you’re embarrassed about the bodies God gave you...we are not. And your sweetest, fine food is nothing but bee vomit.
I read that over 20 years ago and never forgot it.
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posted on
08/29/2012 3:53:41 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
To: Psycho_Bunny
I’ve often considered how very proud of their little coats my cats have consistently been. They’re issued one little coat at birth; they must wear that little coat every day, and take wonderful care of it - always cleaning it.
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posted on
08/29/2012 4:09:34 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: Norm Lenhart
You can’t dust for vomit...
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posted on
08/29/2012 4:11:44 PM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Man, some people have all the luck! I've walked along beaches hundreds of times and never once came upon any valuable whale vomit.
Did almost get crapped on by a seagull, though!
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posted on
08/29/2012 4:32:36 PM PDT
by
mellow velo
(Oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, rap music, liberal think-tank)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I saw a recent storage auction show where they found some in a locker, but it’s illegal to sell in the US. How selling a whale’s vomit is going to hurt the whales is unclear, but that’s the government for you.
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posted on
08/29/2012 4:34:38 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
To: cripplecreek
Milk and honey - Bovine glandular excretion and bee vomit. I make a point of regularly presenting my wife with the severed sexual organs of certain plants. (alias flowers)
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posted on
08/29/2012 4:37:59 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(A deep-fried storm is coming, Mr Obama.)
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