Faze
05-19-2006, 04:47 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale
browsing featured articles, came across this. The most amusing part is the quality of research and citation that went into such a topic.
favorite quote (among many):
The resulting explosion was caught on film by television photographer Doug Brazil for a story reported by news reporter Paul Linnman for KATU-TV in Portland, OR. In his voiceover, Linnman joked that "land-lubber newsmen" became "land-blubber newsmen", for "the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."[3] The explosion caused large pieces of blubber to land quite some distance away from the beach, resulting in a smashed car. The explosion did not disintegrate most of the whale, which remained on the beach for the Oregon Highway Division workers to clear away.
browsing featured articles, came across this. The most amusing part is the quality of research and citation that went into such a topic.
favorite quote (among many):
The resulting explosion was caught on film by television photographer Doug Brazil for a story reported by news reporter Paul Linnman for KATU-TV in Portland, OR. In his voiceover, Linnman joked that "land-lubber newsmen" became "land-blubber newsmen", for "the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."[3] The explosion caused large pieces of blubber to land quite some distance away from the beach, resulting in a smashed car. The explosion did not disintegrate most of the whale, which remained on the beach for the Oregon Highway Division workers to clear away.