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No way! First?
Posted by: Tyler | December 15, 2004 at 05:42 AM
Would Warrnambool Trewartha bagnforb?
Posted by: Monsoon | December 15, 2004 at 05:43 AM
Would Warrnambool Trewartha bagnfarb?
Posted by: Monsoon | December 15, 2004 at 05:45 AM
Mr Trewartha said his four-man crew had to be careful to avoid pirates when they came past Bougainville.
But FIRST, the Roo Roo!!
Posted by: Eleanor | December 15, 2004 at 05:45 AM
Peter pictured in Port Fairy?
I loved the end of the article: an investment for his eldest son. No! Really? Can't you just see it on high school graduation day:
Peter: "Well, Son, I know this is a big day for you! I want you to know how proud I am of you. Here are the keys to the Squid Boat."
Son: "Gee, THANKS, Dad!"
Posted by: MOTW | December 15, 2004 at 05:47 AM
a nightmare to be sure
like something out of Kafka
lest a fouler fate befall me
I'll be good ever after
it was surely divine justice
for something that I did
the day that I dropped trou and saw
that Peter turned to squid
Posted by: mudstuffin | December 15, 2004 at 05:58 AM
That is why the terrorists HATE us!!
Posted by: andy lichter | December 15, 2004 at 05:59 AM
In related news, I haven't got anything to say.
In other news, I think Dig 'Em stole his catchphrase from the Kool-Aid pitcher.
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | December 15, 2004 at 06:02 AM
Hmmm,
"peter turns to squid"
wbagnfavd (venerial disease)
wbagnfasp (sexual preference)
wbagnfagm (genetic mutation)
wbagnfastpatsc (sequal to Peter and the Star Catchers)
Posted by: Random thunking | December 15, 2004 at 06:12 AM
Oh, I got it.
DJ Clumsy Bullet
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | December 15, 2004 at 06:19 AM
I was going to say 'Peter and the SquidCatchers' but random thunking beat me to it. In many alternate universes, this post never occurred.
(So maybe this isn't the best of all possible worlds!)
Posted by: insomniac | December 15, 2004 at 06:28 AM
"Peter turns to squid to make a quid" while making a bid to buy the vid of "El Cid" while being well hid from his oldest kid for wearing his lid (of which he later got rid)....
Posted by: Higgy | December 15, 2004 at 06:31 AM
Peter.....Port Fairy.....
Dave, You ARE making this stuff up. I bet this is a chapter Ridley would't let you put in the book.
Posted by: slyeyes | December 15, 2004 at 06:37 AM
I was off Port Fairy
The way I always do.us
How was I to know
Pirates like 'roo roo'?
'Cause fishing in Australia
Is not like fishing in Japan
There's pirates, storms, and trouble,
The squid have hit the fan !
(with huge apologies to WZ)
Posted by: insomniac | December 15, 2004 at 07:11 AM
Oh, @#$%^! make the first line 'boating off Port Fairy' and I don't know what that .us is in the 2nd line. Perhaps the hauntings have already started.
*looks over shoulder for headless Thompson gunners*
Posted by: insomniac | December 15, 2004 at 07:16 AM
Bet it gets all slippery-like when that happens
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | December 15, 2004 at 07:17 AM
Still funny, insomniac! Had me laughing!
Posted by: LabSpecimen | December 15, 2004 at 07:18 AM
"Lights Out in Rough Weather" wbagnfarCD by Peter and the Squids (gnfa60'srb)
Posted by: Zaphod | December 15, 2004 at 07:56 AM
'Scuse me, does his wife know about this? Or is she finding out for the 1st time here in the paper?
(Good work, insomniac. What are you doing still up?)
Posted by: jamester | December 15, 2004 at 08:14 AM
On the long trip home, wonder if Peter contemplated those "things to eat" he was given in Japan..."Fuku Sushi" anyone??
Posted by: c t tutt | December 15, 2004 at 08:18 AM
This has got me thinking...
This could be a huge business for Dave to get into during his year off. Are there squid off the coast of Miami?
Posted by: Denverman | December 15, 2004 at 08:37 AM
Actually, as an American college graduate, I was wondering: Is Miami anywhere near Japan?
Posted by: Denverman | December 15, 2004 at 01:44 PM
insomniac: LOL on "Lawyers, Guns & Money" riff
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 15, 2004 at 03:32 PM
I keep getting spam from people that want to sell me drugs to prevent my peter from turning to squid.
Posted by: Corn | December 15, 2004 at 05:38 PM
Squid Quid Pro Quo
(I dunno. I just thought it sounded neat-o.)
Posted by: Uncle Omar | December 15, 2004 at 09:56 PM
Hey, I was working today and saw a store on Beach Blvd. in Stanton, CA, and the sign said "SQUID MUSIC" ...
Anyone checked it out? (I'm a stranger here myself.)
I mean, do you blow on them? or get CDs they recorded? or pick them like a guitar? or pick them like your nose? or ...
Posted by: Uncle Omar | December 15, 2004 at 11:09 PM
I'm just impressed that there is a place in the world where it counts as a major news story that a guy bought a boat.
Posted by: daisyj | December 17, 2004 at 09:17 PM