Dangers of towing a dead whale through a busy street

[jetboy]

I bet this smells GREAT too!

[placidfemme]

don't they gut it and shit on the boat?

[mstriumph]

nahhhhhhhhh
it's a japanese fast-food mobile outlet ...........

[sunhuntin]

throws out sammies.... blurk! and we think oils nasty to fall off in. screw that!!!

[skidMark]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thats just nasty

[Finn]

Before you go stereotyping Asians for their love of whale meat...

This whale explosion occurred on January 26, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan. In this incident, a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale, measuring 17 meters (56 ft.) long and weighing 50 tons, caused it to burst.

The older bull whale had died after becoming beached on the southwestern coast of Taiwan, and it had taken more than 13 hours, three large cranes, and 50 workers to shift the beached sperm whale onto the back of a truck.

While the whale was being moved, the website of the newspaper Taiwan News, eTaiwanNews.com, reported that “a large crowd of more than 600 local Yunlin residents and curiosity seekers, along with vendors selling snack food and hot drinks, braved the cold temperature and chilly wind to watch workmen try to haul away the dead marine leviathan”. Professor Wang Chien-ping had ordered the whale be moved to the Sutsao Wild Life Reservation Area after he had been refused permission to perform a post-mortem at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan. The whale was being transported on the back of a truck through the center of Tainan from the university laboratory to the preserve when the explosion occurred. Although the explosion was spectacular, it did not stop researchers from performing a post-mortem on the animal.

The explosion was reported to have splattered blood and whale entrails over surrounding shop-fronts, bystanders, and cars. BBC News Online interviewed an unnamed Taiwanese local who said, “What a stinking mess. This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful.”

Over the course of about one year, Professor Wang completed a bone display from the remains of the whale’s rotting dead body. The assembled specimen and some preserved organ and tissues have been on display in the Tai Jiang Cetacean Museum since April 8, 2005.

[MotoGirl]

You wouldn't want to leave your scooter there for very long, otherwise the flies might take off with it! :sick:

[Sniper]

I always thought the song went, "Pop goes the weasel!"?

[Hitcher]

Somebody wanted to know how heavy it was and was taking it to the whale-weigh station...

[skidMark]

Somebody wanted to know how heavy it was and was taking it to the whale-weigh station...

thats a joke that you either find in the back of a tv guide, or hear from somebody whose old. for precaution i will go with the earlier

[jetboy]

thats a joke that you either find in the back of a tv guide, or hear from somebody whose old. for precaution i will go with the earlier
or from one of those jokes you get in christmas crackers!

[Beemer]

don't they gut it and shit on the boat?

I'm thinking that in Japanese culture, shitting on the boat - especially in front of a whale - would be considered in extremely poor taste...

[Maha]

All in the name of science research.........so they say.....:shifty:

[BuFfY]

That is disgusting!! Why would they cart it around if it had a huge hole in it!!

[Sniper]

That is disgusting!! Why would they cart it around if it had a huge hole in it!!

Buffy, read what Finn posted. It didn't have that hole in it. The decomposing gases built up inside the whale and then it exploded.

Hahahahaha, fuck, I just realised how funny that would look

[BuFfY]

Buffy, read what Finn posted. It didn't have that hole in it. The decomposing gases built up inside the whale and then it exploded.

Hahahahaha, fuck, I just realised how funny that would look

Thanks! I should have read the whole thead!

[dnos]

:2thumbsup That is cool. Reminds me a bit of that video of the fullas who blew up a whale on the beach.

One day the correct method of disposing of a dead whale will be discovered, untill then it makes for great entertainment.

[mstriumph]

Before you go stereotyping Asians for their love of whale meat.............

c'MON
it was a joke - a JOKE :angry:

and the stereotype was there before i even laid a finger on the keys ..... :innocent:

and - it's not 'Asians' - just japanese - and then prolly only the older generations [like horsemeat and the french.......]

dunno why you have to go ruining a perfectly good free-for-all with logic anyway - t'aint LIKE you, Finn - you sick or somethin??

[Babelfish]

After popping a few bloated sheep carcasses in my youth, I can fully appreciate why the blokes holding his nose...and I bet it sounded like the biggest fart the town had ever heard :sick:

[Toaster]

All in the name of science research.........so they say.....:shifty:

They can't be very good scientists if they keep having to kill hundreds a year for so called "research". It's not like whales can reproduce quickly. The only thing they research is their taste buds. Someone should stick a harpoon up their asses and see how they like it.

[Hitcher]

Someone should stick a harpoon up their asses and see how they like it.

Presumably you mean arses.

[Finn]

They can't be very good scientists if they keep having to kill hundreds a year for so called "research". It's not like whales can reproduce quickly. The only thing they research is their taste buds. Someone should stick a harpoon up their asses and see how they like it.

This whale beached itself and was being hauled away for supper. What makes a whale any better than a cow or a chicken?

[RantyDave]

This whale explosion occurred on January 26, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan.
So Finn has an encyclopedic knowledge of whale explosions. Each to their own, I guess. In related news the guy in the second picture *so* looks like he's about to throw.

Dave

[Maha]

This whale explosion occurred on January 26, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan.


So you could say......it was....'Splayed in Taiwan'.....:killingme

[Toaster]

This whale beached itself and was being hauled away for supper. What makes a whale any better than a cow or a chicken?

I guess we should ask the Japanese that?!

[Toaster]

Presumably you mean arses.

Yes I did! I have two donkeys over the back paddock... it gets confusing.

[Colapop]

This whale beached itself and was being hauled away for supper. What makes a whale any better than a cow or a chicken?
Coz it tastes better...?

[nodrog]

so thats where scooters come from?

[skidMark]

so thats where scooters come from?yeah something always seemed a bit fishy about scooters, now i know what it is

[McDuck]

Buffy, read what Finn posted. It didn't have that hole in it. The decomposing gases built up inside the whale and then it exploded.

Hahahahaha, fuck, I just realised how funny that would look

That would be like Mr Creosote allover again! (monty pythenss Meaning of life for those that dont Know)

[0arbreaka]

mmmmmm who wants sushi?

[Scorpygirl]

mmmmmm who wants sushi?

I will pass, thank you. :sick: Don't like Sushi anyway.

[Scorpygirl]

I wonder who drew the short straw for street cleaning duties!! :sick:

[ArcherWC]

That would be like Mr Creosote allover again! (monty pythenss Meaning of life for those that dont Know)
would you like a waifer sir

[McDuck]

would you like a waifer sir

Oh but it is just a very very little one LOL

[onearmedbandit]

I guess we should ask the Japanese that?!

Why don't you? I think the answers you get will suprise you. Go on, try it.

[Toaster]

Why don't you? I think the answers you get will suprise you. Go on, try it.

<Ring ring>..... Haro?

Hello, this is the Toaster, is that Japan? Can I speak to a whale-eater please? I need to know why you keeping eating 'Free Willy'.

response: What? Who da fruk is this?

Toaster!

response: 'Click' beep beep beep..... :gob:

[speeding_ant]

Gross. Stuff cleaning those streets. Or the scooter. Mmmmm, decomposing whale entrails anybody? :shit:

[skidMark]

<Ring ring>..... Haro?

Hello, this is the Toaster, is that Japan? Can I speak to a whale-eater please? I need to know why you keeping eating 'Free Willy'.

response: What? Who da fruk is this?

Toaster!

response: 'Click' beep beep beep..... :gob:

ill try....

ring ring..... harow moto

skidMark here, i would like to talk to a scooter rider please

cronecktring your crawl nrow

harow...?

hi ....did you get your scooter clean,

yaya,

is your scooter fast.

oh yes yes very sucky sucky moto,

cool,

anyfring else you like know?

why do you eat whale meat?

me not knowwww, but i used the blood as 2 smoker oil, work very goodly

oh ok.

bry bry.

cya bro.

whart?

nothing

oooo okray

beep beep beep beep.