Exploding Whale Celebrates 35th Anniversary (FOR SEACAT)

[shereads]

Sher,

I personally have nothing against explosives. Properly placed, (in this case small charges placed above the ceilings of the Inusrance Adjustors and the Contractors spare bedrooms might inform them you are a touch upset with their work.) they can be a great learning tool. Improperly placed, by the incompetent, they can be more than a little fun to watch.

I'll bet you're a big fan of Oregon's beloved exploding whale. If not, it's only because you haven't seen the newscast:

http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/the-video/

(Happy anniversary, big fella. <sniff>)

 

[McKenna]

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[SeaCat]

I'll bet you're a big fan of Oregon's beloved exploding whale. If not, it's only because you haven't seen the newscast:

http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/the-video/

(Happy anniversary, big fella. <sniff>)

LOLOLOL

I've seen this several times and laughed each time. Thanks for reminding me. (I especially liked the comments afterwards in the editorials.)

Cat

There is no problem too large or too small that can't be cured with the proper application of high explosives. (I don't remember who said it but in so many cases it is diabolicly and illegaly true.)

 

[McKenna]

There is no problem too large or too small that can't be cured with the proper application of high explosives. (I don't remember who said it but in so many cases it is diabolicly and illegaly true.)

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

You take 10 Oregon Department of Transportation (The Hiway dept) Engineers and what do you get? An embarrasment to the whole damn State. I was there. Not only did they make a horrible mess but the stench lasted for days.

 

[shereads]

LOLOLOL


There is no problem too large or too small that can't be cured with the proper application of high explosives. (I don't remember who said it but in so many cases it is diabolicly and illegaly true.)

The orca in the movie, "Free Willy" was named in honor of American mathematical physicist Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), who predicted the Oregon incident with remarkable accuracy, right down to the size of the remaining chunk.

Gibbs' Theory of Marine Mammalian Socio/Thermodynamics states that the convergence of one or more men, a dead marine mammal and some dynamite must inevitably result in an explosion. Gibbs further theroized that the amount of dynamite used, and the extent of property damage, are in direct proportion to the number of witnesses.

 

[shereads]

You take 10 Oregon Department of Transportation (The Hiway dept) Engineers and what do you get? An embarrasment to the whole damn State. I was there. Not only did they make a horrible mess but the stench lasted for days.

Embarrassment? You can't be serious. Florida elections are embarrassing. Your exploding whale was performance art.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Embarrassment? You can't be serious. Florida elections are embarrassing. Your exploding whale was performance art.

Performance Art is planned. This was a fiasco. The marine biology dept at OSU told them not to do that.

 

[shereads]

Performance Art is planned. This was a fiasco. The marine biology dept at OSU told them not to do that.

I bet dogs loved it. I know mine would.

She once had the privilege of sniffing a patch of ground in the Keys that had hosted a dead whale two weeks earlier. She was so thrilled, she ran straight to the same spot on another visit six months later.

If dogs were responsive to marketing, the most popular flavors of dog treats would be Dead Thing Near The Beach and Kitty Litterbox in a tie for first place, followed by Very Old Dead Lizard and Roadkill Surprise.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I bet dogs loved it. I know mine would.

She once had the privilege of sniffing a patch of ground in the Keys that had hosted a dead whale two weeks earlier. She was so thrilled, she ran straight to the same spot on another visit six months later.

If dogs were responsive to marketing, the most popular flavors of dog treats would be Dead Thing Near The Beach and Kitty Litterbox in a tie for first place, followed by Very Old Dead Lizard and Roadkill Surprise.

There's a longer story behind the whale incident. It's a well known story here that the first beached whale discovered along the PNW coast was found by a British sea captain back in the 1840's. He was stupid enough to plunge his sword into the belly of the dead whale. The result was a mini eruption of gas from the decomposing flesh. The captain was covered with whale entrails. That gas is explosive.

ODOT (Oregon Dept of Transportation) engineers approached the whale like they were blasting a road through the mountains. The explosives they used coupled with the explosive gas inside the dead whale caused a bigger incident than expected and the mess.

 

[Huckleman2000]

Whenever I see that tape, I'm okay until I start hearing the blubber landing all over with that sickening "splish" sound. Then I just crack up! It's the sound of fools facing their own idiocy, the light dawning in the dimmest of minds.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Do I ever feel silly (who keeps objecting to my doing so). Having forgotten about the tape, I was thinking this thread must have something to do with a certain whale in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Thanks for fooling me, Shereads.

I wonder if Amicus would consider that scene a great metaphor for government at its best.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[McKenna]

Do I ever feel silly (who keeps objecting to my doing so). Having forgotten about the tape, I was thinking this thread must have something to do with a certain whale in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Thanks for fooling me, Shereads.

Oh yes! I forgot about that whale. Thanks for the reminder, Rumply!

 

[RogueLurker]

Everytime that I've seen this video, I can't help but shake my head and wonder what the hell were they thinking?

 

[shereads]

Do I ever feel silly (who keeps objecting to my doing so). Having forgotten about the tape, I was thinking this thread must have something to do with a certain whale in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I remember that poor animal. At least his fate was kinder than those bred-for-suicide talking beef cattle who serve as waiters in Restaurant At the End of the Universe.

("Perhaps you'd like some of my liver; I've been force-feeding myself, so it should be quite tender.")

 

[shereads]

Everytime that I've seen this video, I can't help but shake my head and wonder what the hell were they thinking?

Thinking?

They were thinking they had a dead whale and access to a lot of dynamite.