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Doug is NOT making up this story, I was living in Oregon at the time and saw the news report on TV as it blew. What a mess!!!!! Al Todak >I read this on Parkinson's net and thought all would get a big laugh out it. >Enjoy!!! >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I couldn't pass this one up. Here you are ... > > From: Paul Daley <[log in to unmask]>, forwarded >> to RM News by Kirk W Goodwin <[log in to unmask]> >> >> >> 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. > >============================================= > >A little humor for the day thanks to Doug Holms in Boston.. > >Alan ([log in to unmask]) Al Todak [log in to unmask]