CENTCOM Cofirms DOLPHINS Mine Sweeping Humanitarian Aid Shipping Lanes

Associated Press Wire ^ | March 25, 2003 | Brien Ahn

[Enterprise]

LOL! "The look."

[skinkinthegrass]

Lt. Col Flipper?

Army or Navy?...If he/she makes Gen./Adm., where do the stars/bradings go?..."Pvts./Seamen Clinton go clean the latrines/head" or "Where's MY fish"....translated from the Dolphines' clicks.

[ewing]

All your dolphins belong to US!

[ewing]

[ewing]

Looks like Flipper has a live camera on him..

[Braak]

Give up now, Saddam, even the animals are against you! Who knows, perhaps that Rat in the corner of your bunker is working for the CIA?

[Puddleglum]

Hooray! They've finally found their porpoise in life. Hahahahaha!

[jriemer]

This sure beats the Incredible Mr. Limpet...

[skinkinthegrass]

Give that Lt./Ensign an fish!....How does he/she Salute?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The best thing about this is the sure knowledge that the PETA crowd is having a kinniption fit (what is that, anyway?).

Conniption

Main Entry: con·nip·tion
Pronunciation: k&-'nip-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1833
: a fit of rage, hysteria, or alarm

The PETA folks will be apacoplytic..

Main Entry: ap·o·plec·tic
Pronunciation: "a-p&-'plek-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplEktikos, from apoplEssein
Date: 1611
1 : of, relating to, or causing stroke
2 : affected with, inclined to, or showing symptoms of stroke
3 : of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke ; also : greatly agitated
- ap·o·plec·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

[arasina]

The dolphins are happy to be Marines! This will save human lives.

[skinkinthegrass]

Yeah, That too!

[ewing]

Bada Bing! (rimshot)

[ewing]

And frees up humans for other tasks, truly man and beast working in harmony..

[skinkinthegrass]

PING

[rudypoot]

I'd be surprised if he didn't have a camera. I can't imagine a scene where Flipper goes and finds a mine and returns to the soldier with clicks and squeals and they have a "Lassy" moment. The soldier says, "What's that boy? Billy's stuck in the well down by Farmer Bob's fence?"

Oops, I just did. :/

[rwfromkansas]

Awesome stuff. I hope none of them bump into any mines.

[ewing]

I believe the dolphins are posted above the actual mines to just carry radar. So there is really no danger of getting hurt

[ken5050]

There are several reports from WW II of downed US aviators, in their small survival rafts, who had to discourage dolphins from attempting to push them ashore to Japanese held islands....

[Florida_Freeper]

"Fa loves Pa"