spiffytee Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 > How to remove a dead whale > > The Farside comes to life in Oregon. > > 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 on 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 is that > the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by seagulls, > 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 crowd's tone changes. You hear a new sound like "splud." > You hear a woman's voice shouting "Here come pieces of... MY GOD!" Something > smears the camera lens. > > Later, the reporter explains: "The humor of the entire situtation > 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 seagulls who had no doubt > permanently relocated to Brazil. > > This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the marine 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 Iraq]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can see the complete video for yourself at http://rezrov.perp.com/whale/whale-hi.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 spiffy's statement is valid cause i well remember seeing that on some tv show, like realtv or some other show like that. it was pretty funny... the blubber hailing down on em and all and crushing cars... quite the funny thing. im pretty sure it sounded good in theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongebob Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 I have seen that on Real TV funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 ROFLMAO!!! Christ that was an overkill! That blast was enormous, blubber must have been spread for miles! And I don't think we'll ever see a seagull in that region ever again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongebob Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 ...blubber must have been spread for miles! One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a> mile away. Read............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Thsi is so funny, I just wish I could find a higher quality version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 ::slaps SB upside the dang head:: I read it, I meant that as big as the explosion was there was probably a layer of goo covering several miles around the beach like god blew his nose or something. Not just a few peices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongebob Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 OOHHHHHH... ok i see what ur saying now.. oops sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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