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July 26, 2009

IT WAS SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE CREW REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T ONE OF THE PASSENGERS

Dead Whale Gets Stuck in Cruise Ship Bow

(Thanks to Rafi Farber)

Posted by Dave on July 26, 2009 at 04:44 PM | Permalink

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For some reason this feels like it should be related to the post about the guy jumping in the Hudson River.

Posted by: nursecindy | July 26, 2009 at 04:55 PM

Nursecindy - a literal LOL!

Posted by: Kristie | July 26, 2009 at 05:42 PM

Not to judge, Dave, but I would have thought your headline on this story would have been, "THIS CAN'T BE GOOD..."

Posted by: frodolives | July 26, 2009 at 05:46 PM

Cruise Ship has defeated Dead Whale!
Cruise Ship has gained 2 Experience!
Cruise Ship has gained 3000 Pounds!

Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | July 26, 2009 at 05:56 PM

C'mon, everybody, sing along:

Crossin' the ocean late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the ship come from afar
The whale got squashed and there you are!

You got yer
Dead whale in the middle of the bow
Dead whale in the middle of the bow
You got yer dead whale in the middle of the bow
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

Posted by: Just Ducky | July 26, 2009 at 06:11 PM

yay duckie!!

Posted by: crossgirl | July 26, 2009 at 06:15 PM

Capt. Hazelwood was in his bunk at the time. Yo ho, oh oh.

Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 26, 2009 at 06:20 PM

She's mine, I tell ye!!

Posted by: Ahab the Blue | July 26, 2009 at 07:08 PM

It was my understanding that the passengers were told to avoid swimming after the buffet...

Posted by: highlyirritable | July 26, 2009 at 07:09 PM

This is pretty awful.

Posted by: Guin | July 26, 2009 at 07:25 PM

" Folks, this is the Captain speaking. We've had an odd stroke of luck today, so there's going to be a change of entree for tonight's buffet. "

Posted by: Clankazoid | July 26, 2009 at 07:52 PM

Oddly enough, this was Greenpeace and PETA's annual joint social cruise...

Posted by: padraig | July 26, 2009 at 08:15 PM

The folks in Vancouver can call on their neighbors in Oregon for disposal tips.

Well, that's one whale I won't be seeing next month.

Posted by: fivver | July 26, 2009 at 08:40 PM

they finally got a big enough boat...

Posted by: insomniac | July 26, 2009 at 08:54 PM

King of the World?

Posted by: Tash | July 26, 2009 at 09:11 PM

Although I have to give credit to Insomniac for a great response, I have to comment myself that this is one of the saddest things that I have ever seen.
I think it's pretty ironic that people throng by the thousands to go on cruises for ocean experiences when most of them would not notice a genuine ocean experience if they were hit in the 'bow' with a dead whale. Sad and sadder...

Posted by: Laura Vona | July 26, 2009 at 10:02 PM

Shipboard music provided by Bob Barely and the Whalers.

Posted by: CJrun | July 27, 2009 at 04:40 AM

Didn't Dead Whale open for Exploding Outhouse and Killer Chipmunk back in '99?

Posted by: wiredog | July 27, 2009 at 07:49 AM

So sad. *snif* Makes me blubber.

Posted by: Punkin Poo | July 27, 2009 at 08:23 AM

Eskimo sushi. Is that a whale on your bow or are you just glad sashimi.

Posted by: Loudmouth | July 27, 2009 at 08:55 AM

*SNORK! @ Loudmouth*

(Miso sorry.)

Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 27, 2009 at 10:45 AM