Kind of sick, but I like it.... This is from a Dave Barry article.- Todd
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 16:04:23 -0500 (EST) From: David John Roth <roth@student.msu.edu>
...just thought you may get a kick outta this one... take care, dave (slother)
> Forwarded message: > >From tipping@phys.ksu.edu Sat Oct 9 17:24:46 1993 > From: "Tracy N. Tipping" <tipping@phys.ksu.edu> > Subject: Nuke the Whales? > Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1993 17:23:48 -0500 (CDT) > > This was forwarded to me by a friend in EE. > > Tracy > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > This reminded me of Berry's comment - Nuke the whales > > 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 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 seagulls who had no doubt permanently > relocated to 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. > > > -- > Mark Raphaelian (email) raphaeli@phys.ksu.edu > Kansas State University (work) 913-532-6782 > Dept. of Physics > Cardwell Hall > Manhattan, KS. 66506 >
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