Too much whale blubber?

[Gilliver's Travels]

Pretty astonishing stuff in the Argus today from the London Whale's would-be rescuers: --

Mr Marsh said: "It was very, very emotional. There were 12 of us medics with it and it was really, really upsetting."
The crew put all the lights out on the barge to preserve the whale's dignity as it passed away, with TV helicopters buzzing overhead.
Mr Marsh added: "It was a privilege to be that close to such a beautiful, large animal and to make contact with it. To look into its eyes and know that it could see your shape, and see it responding to touch and words is quite amazing. There was a massive outpouring of emotion when it finally died. We all thought we would cope but it felt like a member of the family had gone."

I'm afraid the picture of sobbing vets doing a group hug while cuddling a dead whale is just too British for words. Never mind - our sentimental nation still leads Europe in neglecting and abusing children...

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

If the Guy feels emotional that's upto him, surely,should he not have feelings just because half of Croydan are at it with their kids?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

IT'S A f***ing WHALE - GET OVER IT. IT TOOK A WRONG TURN, IT DIED. WE HAVE PEOPLE KICKED TO DEATH BY LITTLE SHITES, PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED IN THEIR OWN HOMES, A GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS "LOST" PAEDOS, AND THEY ARE WHALE-HUGGING?! TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS FOR DIGNITY - THEY ARE HAVING A LAUGH....RESPONDING TO TOUCH AND WORDS? BOLLOCKS - GO AND GET A REAL JOB YOU f***ing IDIOTS.

AND PAY YOUR PARKING FINES.

/rant

 

[Napper]

IT'S A f***ing WHALE - GET OVER IT. IT TOOK A WRONG TURN, IT DIED. WE HAVE PEOPLE KICKED TO DEATH BY LITTLE SHITES, PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED IN THEIR OWN HOMES, A GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS "LOST" PAEDOS, AND THEY ARE WHALE-HUGGING?! TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS FOR DIGNITY - THEY ARE HAVING A LAUGH....RESPONDING TO TOUCH AND WORDS? BOLLOCKS - GO AND GET A REAL JOB YOU f***ing IDIOTS.

AND PAY YOUR PARKING FINES.

/rant

spot on

did anyone read the NoW on sunday about this story , FFS they made it like a movie in the way they described the whales mother waiting near the thames and could hear the willies crys.

what a joke , dumb thing shouldn't of gone up the thames.

 

[Tooting Gull]

'Too much whale blubber' - very good. You'll go to sub-editor heaven.

Still, I reckon there might be a couple of New Age-rs on here who might have the old whale noises CD at home. Anyone owning up?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

No closest was a tape to stop our first-born from crying (it lasted three months) - but it was womb music. Which didn't work.

We've been crying ever since. Boom-Boom.

 

[Lokki 7]

The evening standard had a souvenir pull out yesterday. Are they taking the piss or what? Who the f*** wants a pull-out and keep souvenir of a whale dying?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Roll up, roll up, get your original Willy the Whale souvenir blubber. Fondle it during the minute's silence this weekend. Wear your "Willy RIP" T-Shirts with pride, buy the autobiography "I came, I convulsed, I died".

Ferking oversized goldfish. I hear they are looking for a toilet big enough to flush it down.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I remember once being on holiday in Cornwall and going to Padstow, where only a couple of days before a Great White Shark had been sighted.

Personally I think that's much more exciting than some whale that no one's ever heard of, and I reckon you'd have done a roaring trade selling T-shirts with 'Padstow - The Horror' with a picture of Jaws.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

'Too much whale blubber' - very good. You'll go to sub-editor heaven.

Still, I reckon there might be a couple of New Age-rs on here who might have the old whale noises CD at home. Anyone owning up?

I'll admit I once got invited to a 'Save the Whales' party in Kensington in the 70s. It wasn't taken entirely seriously by the assorted bunch of lefties, beardies and social workers present. But that old whale music CD was wailing away in the background all the time; ended up getting on everbody's tits because it's so very hard to dance to. Maybe Attila should try it at Withdean, to create a different kind of atmosphere...

 

[Gwylan]

I'll admit I once got invited to a 'Save the Whales' party in Kensington in the 70s. It wasn't taken entirely seriously by the assorted bunch of lefties, beardies and social workers present. But that old whale music CD was wailing away in the background all the time; ended up getting on everbody's tits because it's so very hard to dance to. ..

But it must have been better than ELO?

 

[Easy 10]

Ferking oversized goldfish. I hear they are looking for a toilet big enough to flush it down.

Well Croydon is only down the road from there.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

IT'S A f***ing WHALE - GET OVER IT. IT TOOK A WRONG TURN, IT DIED. WE HAVE PEOPLE KICKED TO DEATH BY LITTLE SHITES, PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED IN THEIR OWN HOMES, A GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS "LOST" PAEDOS, AND THEY ARE WHALE-HUGGING?! TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS FOR DIGNITY - THEY ARE HAVING A LAUGH....RESPONDING TO TOUCH AND WORDS? BOLLOCKS - GO AND GET A REAL JOB YOU f***ing IDIOTS.

AND PAY YOUR PARKING FINES.

/rant

Our ability to have sympathy for such events is what makes us human.

The more we detach from such complex emotions and return to our innate basic ones, the more likely we are to kick people to death, attack people in their own homes and do all the awful things you describe.

Don't let your shame stop you from letting some love into your heart.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Our ability to have sympathy for such events is what makes us human.

The more we detach from such complex emotions and return to our innate basic ones, the more likely we are to kick people to death, attack people in their own homes and do all the awful things you describe.

Don't let your shame stop you from letting some love into your heart.

That's the most beautiful thing I've ever read on NSC, :sob:

 

[Easy 10]

Our ability to have sympathy for such events is what makes us human.

The more we detach from such complex emotions and return to our innate basic ones, the more likely we are to kick people to death, attack people in their own homes and do all the awful things you describe.

Don't let your shame stop you from letting some love into your heart.

That sounds like NIMBYspeak to me.

BURN HIM !

 

[Pavilionaire]

Interesting to note that Michelle McManus went AWOL during the whale incident. You never see both of them in the same room, do you?

 

[Easy 10]

Interesting to note that Michelle McManus went AWOL during the whale incident. You never see both of them in the same room, do you?

To be fair, you'd actually need an aircraft hanger.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

To be fair, you'd actually need an aircraft hanger.

And a 250 inch widescreen tele to fit them both in

 

[Pavilionaire]

Ironically, she IS the size of a small country...Wales.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Our ability to have sympathy for such events is what makes us human.

The more we detach from such complex emotions and return to our innate basic ones, the more likely we are to kick people to death, attack people in their own homes and do all the awful things you describe.

Don't let your shame stop you from letting some love into your heart.

People yes.
Whales no.
We can have sympathy without sticking the whale in a tiara and pretending it's Princess Diana all over again. It's a shame, but to go through this public outpouring of "look at me, I'm grieving" is pathetic. Sky gave more coverage to a bloody whale than the Pakistanis who are freezing to death on a mountainside because we can't get aid to them - but we can arrange a barge, RIBs, cranes, clear pilotage, all in the space of 36 hours for a whale?

Bollocks.