"...shudda let the mutt eat it. then it would have been gift wrapped"
"...shudda let the mutt eat it. then it would have been gift wrapped"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris#In_culture
In Chapter 91 of Moby Dick, Stubb, one of the mates of the Pequod (captained by Ahab), cons the captain of a French whaler (Rose-bud) into abandoning the corpse of a sperm whale found floating in the sea. His plan is to recover the corpse himself in hopes that it contains ambergris. His hope proves well-founded, and the Pequod’s crew recovers a valuable quantity of the substance. Melville devotes the following chapter to a discussion of ambergris, with special attention to the irony that “fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris#In_culture
In Chapter 91 of Moby Dick, Stubb, one of the mates of the Pequod (captained by Ahab), cons the captain of a French whaler (Rose-bud) into abandoning the corpse of a sperm whale found floating in the sea. His plan is to recover the corpse himself in hopes that it contains ambergris. His hope proves well-founded, and the Pequod’s crew recovers a valuable quantity of the substance. Melville devotes the following chapter to a discussion of ambergris, with special attention to the irony that “fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale.”
"The UK is a farce - some whale vomit on a beach is worth £100k yet when I was sick all over Blackpool beach after a day of binge drinking, I get a fine!! One rule for nature and another for humans. Disgraceful!"
posted by "digitalnonsense2010"
ROFL!!!!
ping
Good thing he didn't step in it.
who needs a trillion dollar coin?
all we have to do, is corner the market on whale vomit, and use it to pay off the debt!!!, quick, more stimulus, the problem is solved.
“So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.”
The vomit is worthless. What we need is a Jonah!
i've been so sick that i've puked up stuff from past lifetimes, but never worth anything...