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*sets out bowl of marinara*
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | April 23, 2007 at 01:39 PM
Perhaps maybe it swam there? Or maybe flew. It is scientifically uncertain.
Posted by: Bethie | April 23, 2007 at 01:40 PM
I think it was drawn by the Florida Weirdness Magnet.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | April 23, 2007 at 01:42 PM
*fires up the deep fryer*
Posted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 01:43 PM
"Big blob found off Key West"
OR
"Castro Buried at Sea"
Posted by: Punkin Poo | April 23, 2007 at 01:50 PM
HEY! I resemble that remark!
Posted by: Fidel | April 23, 2007 at 01:53 PM
*snork* @ Punkin & Feedel "The Blob" Castro!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 01:56 PM
It's Jimmy Hoffa. The tentacles are the clue.
Posted by: Dr Acula | April 23, 2007 at 02:05 PM
It's definitely got Castro's eyes. (He has no use for them anymore anyway.)
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 23, 2007 at 02:15 PM
-maybe a passenger from Carnivore Cruise Lines.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 23, 2007 at 02:17 PM
Poor thing got caught in the cocaine current off South Florida and just got a little confused.
Posted by: Texas | April 23, 2007 at 02:22 PM
somebody called?
Posted by: Gelatinous Bob | April 23, 2007 at 02:22 PM
Debi Ingrao, a mollusk expert and senior biologist at Mote, worked with squid experts from the Smithsonian Institute to tentatively identify it as Kevin Federline. Their theory comes from an examination of such characteristics as its sucker rings, body composition, color and low-rider pants.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 02:24 PM
*snork* @ Siouxie
Posted by: Texas | April 23, 2007 at 02:25 PM
“This is the first time this species has been found in the Atlantic, so it’s important to have it in the national museum,” Ingrao said.
What went unsaid: "...because it's startin' to really stink and we don't want it here, anymore."
Posted by: ScottMGS | April 23, 2007 at 02:34 PM
Major EW @ whomever is holding that squid in their hands.
Maybe it was dumped from the hold of a tanker from the Pacific. When I lived on the Hudson River, tankers would dump their nasty salt water in our river and take in fresh river water. We'd find the weirdest fish.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 23, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Good point, Annie. It would be a whole different story if they found a live one.
Posted by: ScottMGS | April 23, 2007 at 02:49 PM
Annie, it wouldn't be so EW if that was Cheryl Crow holding the blob...no?
Posted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 02:58 PM
Siouxie - it would explain her hands' fishy smell.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 23, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Ick, this reminds me of when the MM's would clean out the condensers on the ship. Squid, fish, mollusks, and seaweed, the whole engine space would stink of it. One of them even ate one of the little fish they pulled out.
Posted by: almne | April 23, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Whale, that' snot quite how it works. Ships take on ballast water before crossing oceans, but the intakes aren't very large. They discharge ballast water when they get into quiet, shallow waters with itty-bitty (scientific term) fishies or larvae then growing up in our rivers. I get sooooo excited when I find something weird and new, then scuff the mud when it turns out to be a durn furriner!
Posted by: CJrun | April 23, 2007 at 03:04 PM
CJ, here's one
shitsheet of TP for to wipe the mud ;-PPosted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 03:11 PM
Two words: whale vomit
Posted by: mm | April 23, 2007 at 03:26 PM
squidworth? is that you?
Posted by: crossgirl | April 23, 2007 at 03:57 PM
In all fairness, Sheryl Crow is spelled with a "S" (incorrect if ya ask me). Anyways and therefore, she should not in any was be confused with us fabulous Cheryl's; who can spell our name correctly and are content in using a third of a roll of triple count at whim. If I'm going to "reduce" that ain't going to be where it begins.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | April 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM
Cheryl: In all fairness, your post should be reduced to the other thread!
Posted by: CJrun | April 23, 2007 at 04:31 PM
Cheryl!! my bad!I meant Sheryl! we'd never confuse you with that nutjob!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 23, 2007 at 05:06 PM
Ohhhhhh, Annie. EWWWWW.
Posted by: DeskDiva | April 23, 2007 at 07:24 PM