Pretty sure I laughed for a week after reading Dave Barry's version of the exploding whale story. The original KATU news narrative is definitely worth a good laugh too. Enjoy! We can all use a laugh these days.
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To: NautiNurse
What’s Hillary doing lying on a beach in the first photo?
2 posted on
11/13/2020 4:54:36 AM PST by
EvilCapitalist
(We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT!)
To: NautiNurse
Look upon this as a narrative of government response to COVID.
3 posted on
11/13/2020 4:54:55 AM PST by
Skywise
To: NautiNurse
5 posted on
11/13/2020 5:01:14 AM PST by
Ken Regis
To: NautiNurse
Aluminum hard hats are now out of style
6 posted on
11/13/2020 5:02:15 AM PST by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
To: NautiNurse; 2banana; frithguild; Velveeta; TheOldLady; Ken H; DoughtyOne
homosexual minority humpback whale ping
7 posted on
11/13/2020 5:04:34 AM PST by
null and void
(This time, there is no next time.)
To: NautiNurse
Sorry...I have no particular regard for whales but I have literally *no* interest seeing one blown up.OTOH,if the target is Rat Party Headquarters (when it's unoccupied of course)....
To: NautiNurse
From the video... “What to do with one 45 foot 8 ton whale, dead on arrival.”
Could be describing Biden.
10 posted on
11/13/2020 5:14:27 AM PST by
Flick Lives
(My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
To: NautiNurse
11 posted on
11/13/2020 5:15:32 AM PST by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: NautiNurse
One of the best stories of all time. Thanks for posting on the anniversary!
15 posted on
11/13/2020 5:22:26 AM PST by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: NautiNurse
Should have used a 10 KT Nuke.That would have cooked that whale really good and eliminated a few of the visitors observing the action.
16 posted on
11/13/2020 5:23:15 AM PST by
puppypusher
( The world is going to the dogs.)
To: NautiNurse
Physics is a brutal mistress-
21 posted on
11/13/2020 5:34:56 AM PST by
slapshot
(The NHL is dead to me)
To: NautiNurse
Count on the government to screw something up.
22 posted on
11/13/2020 5:35:27 AM PST by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: NautiNurse
Can we arrange for Joe Namath to be blown up?
23 posted on
11/13/2020 5:35:54 AM PST by
gasport
(Vote Democrat . . . Win stupid stuff)
To: NautiNurse
26 posted on
11/13/2020 5:45:21 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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28 posted on
11/13/2020 5:48:52 AM PST by
Twotone
(While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
To: NautiNurse
I kept that column. Scanned it into my computer years ago. Now I can’t open it, as the newer software doesn’t recognize the .tif extension. DRAT!
30 posted on
11/13/2020 5:50:01 AM PST by
Twotone
(While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
To: NautiNurse
“Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?”
To: NautiNurse
That local reporter was hilarious. Dead pan to perfection.
35 posted on
11/13/2020 5:54:46 AM PST by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(With age comes wisdom or well practiced ignorance)
To: NautiNurse
Wow. That was FUN! Thank you.
41 posted on
11/13/2020 6:13:16 AM PST by
TianaHighrider
(God bless President Trump)
To: NautiNurse
https://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/resources/dave-barry-article
I 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 upon 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 here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, 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 crowds tone changes. You hear a new sound like splud. You hear a womans 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 sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in 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.
47 posted on
11/13/2020 6:54:44 AM PST by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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