I can't stop watching the whale!

[ms.peachy]

It's like an action film!

Well, without stuff blowing up, that is.

[fucktopgirl]

yea i see that in the news yesterday,,she is still there the whale?/

[ms.peachy]

is it still alive?
yep they've got it on the barge and are booking it out towards the estuary, they're right near the Thames Barrier now.

Go whale go!

[tracky]

here's one with stuff blowing up (http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html) (yes... i know... old)

[jammytastic]

anyone ever wonder what whale blubber tastes like? eskimos eat that dont they? or insulate their igloos with it or something?

they should tie a fucking big rope around the whales tail and drag it back to the sea. none of this pussy footing around nonsense

[venusvenus123]

yes, it's awesome.:D

they are taking it back to sea... but they've got to make sure it's healthy and i think try and figure out why it came up to beach before they can just despatch it into the open waters.

it's quite sweet how it's the only thing on bbc news 24 all day!

[fucktopgirl]

yea the whale must have some toxines in her body to swim in thoses water!!

[milleson]

Aw, I just got home and checked on this story. Turns out the whale gave it up. :(

[b-grrrlie]

:( Poor thing!
Apparently there's been a few other whales and dolphins up the Thames, the water quality has become so much better the last five years they've started swimming further up the stream.
news (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-01-21T174219Z_01_L20536170_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-WHALE.xml)

[Parkey]

The Thames is the cleanest river running through a capital city in the world. Caveat drenched FACT!

[paul jones]

i just had some toast

[Bionic]

pj you really like toast, ey?

[Parkey]

i just had some toast
I got a promo sent me the other day with your mate Adam singing on it!

[jackrock]

: ( (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012100444.html)

[Freebasser]

People should just have left it alone. I bet it wanted to come ashore, sprout legs and eat humans. Who are we to ruin it's plans?

I bet MI5 knew all about it and were on the case straight away. Typical!

[cosmo105]

i didn't even know about that until this thread. that poor animal. :(

[marsdaddy]

Do they know if it was old, or just depressed?

[TurdBerglar]

remember how mario would jump on the blowholw spouts?

[Kid Presentable]

They needed George Costanza.

[ms.peachy]

:(

Survival was always a long shot and death was always the most unlikely outcome, but still... it would have been nice if it had made it.

[Tzar]

mehhhh i don't get it. so much international coverage over this?

one whale dies of obvious natural causes in the Thames - how many others are getting slaughtered for "research" around our way?

doesn't seem fair to me.

[ms.peachy]

mehhhh i don't get it. so much international coverage over this?

one whale dies of obvious natural causes in the Thames - how many others are getting slaughtered for "research" around our way?

doesn't seem fair to me.
You have to connect the dots and look for the possible positive outcome. This was the first sighting of an endangered species in the Thames since they started keeping records of these things. There is something metaphorical too that reaches people about the notion of this poor creature, seperated from its group, rushing into peril. So if this moves people, it is possible to use this as an apportunity to turn that public attention to the fact that Norway, Iceland and Japan still engage in whale hunting. It's not like that's not known, but now thousands of people have made something they feel is a more personal connection. If any of that translates into action, then it's a good thing.

[alexandra]

who's in for some whale...?

[Planetary]

yes, it's awesome.:D

they are taking it back to sea... but they've got to make sure it's healthy and i think try and figure out why it came up to beach before they can just despatch it into the open waters.

it's quite sweet how it's the only thing on bbc news 24 all day!


they're starting to think it was sonar. that's what attracts a lot of dolphins into the nets on fishing boats.

[b-grrrlie]

The Thames is the cleanest river running through a capital city in the world. Caveat drenched FACT!
In Stockholm you can fish (http://www.stockholmtown.com/templates/TwoColumnSPListing___11902__SV.aspx) good edible fish from the bridges in the middle of the city, just by the Royal Castle.

[Planetary]

In Stockholm you can fish (http://www.stockholmtown.com/templates/TwoColumnSPListing___11902__SV.aspx) good edible fish from the bridges in the middle of the city, just by the Royal Castle.

cool! in my river you can catch fresh water eels. id never eat one but theyre edible.

[cosmo105]

You have to connect the dots and look for the possible positive outcome. This was the first sighting of an endangered species in the Thames since they started keeping records of these things. There is something metaphorical too that reaches people about the notion of this poor creature, seperated from its group, rushing into peril. So if this moves people, it is possible to use this as an apportunity to turn that public attention to the fact that Norway, Iceland and Japan still engage in whale hunting. It's not like that's not known, but now thousands of people have made something they feel is a more personal connection. If any of that translates into action, then it's a good thing.
good points as always from the lovely ms. peachy. she brings the wisdom.

[discopants]

The mammaly dude just wanted to go up the London Eye and all these Green Peace interfering twats just wanted to spoil the big chaps fun. Boo!!!
Tourist rights for stonking mammals says I.