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Thanks for sharing...I'd love to see this!According to sharon hall: > > 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]) > -- Jan Kennedy [log in to unmask] Proof that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!