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| They're naked, they're Spanish, they're lunatics |
| 2009-03-17 |
| They had a lunatic convention in Madrid yesterday. They weren't certifiable lunatics, of course, but they might as well have been. No matter what their mental state, it certainly made the media sit up and take notice. One hundred or so senors y senoritas threw off their clothes and threw themselves on the ground in the Spanish capital to protest Canada's annual seal hunt. We're pretty sure there's some sort of symbolism involved here, but we haven't quite zeroed in on what it is. The lunatics smeared themselves with a red liquid that represented the blood that's spilled during the "massacre" (their word) of seals. Most of them were bare ass naked, but some of the more modest protestors wore red underwear. "We want to sensitize people to the fact that animals are capable of feeling and suffering like us," said Silvia Toval, "and to protest against the massacre of hundreds of thousands of seals which is about to begin in Canada." The seal hunt has been a tradition in Canada for 350 years. This year, the nation has approved killing 275,000 seals on the Atlantic coast. Here's our take: The hunt is brutal. We don't want to see it. Don't even want to hear about it. We don't want to know how sausage is made, either. But we're not going to strip naked in Times Square in some sort of misguided pig protest. Not after that last time. Look at your own risk, but this is certainly a more photogenic group than those 400+ Marin Count women who spelled out "peace" with their over-fed bodies on a local beach a few years ago. Many of those were in danger of being rolled into the water by concerned environmentalists, if not harpooned by a passing Japanese ship. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #9 Baby Seals - Veal of The Sea |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-17 20:48 |
| #8 Tell, please, Pappy. I don't remember that one. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-03-17 20:03 |
| #7 Sometimes the bull, he wins... (punchline to old joke) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-03-17 17:57 |
| #6 This from a country that allows bullfighting. But I suppose any reason to go buff is a good one. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-03-17 13:43 |
| #5 Let's see if I have this right. The clubbing of Canadian seals causes hot Spanish women to get naked and be photographed. Club more seals! |
| Posted by: USMC6743 2009-03-17 13:34 |
| #4 The demonstration would be much more effective if they did it in Iceland. Just a thought for next year. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-03-17 11:45 |
| #3 Scene: the coast of Newfoundland. DOUG and GORDON are approaching the seal grounds, clubs in hand, when BOB runs up behind them. BOB: Stop! Stop! Stop, you hoseheads! DOUG: What? GORDON: Why? BOB: We can't go clubbing seals any more. GORDON: Why not, eh? DOUG: Did the Prime Minister outlaw sealing or something? BOB: No. Look at this. (Pulls copy of the Toronto Globe out of his coat and shows it to the other two.) Over in Madrid-- DOUG: Oh. Spain, eh? BOB: Right. Spain, eh. Over in Spain a hundred people got naked to protest the seal hunt. GORDON: Naked, eh? BOB: Right. DOUG: Well, hell, then, we're hosed. We can't go clubbing seals now, it just wouldn't be right. GORDON: Damn it, eh? BOB: Yeah. Nothin' we can do after that. DOUG: Bob, did you, like, look at this picture real close? BOB: No, why? DOUG: Some of them women are, well, kind of, like, hot, y'know? GORDON: And naked. BOB: By golly, you're right. DOUG: So, if, like, there's hot naked women in Madrid, why are we here in Newfoundland where it's minus three Celsius and we can't even hunt seals? BOB: I dunno. GORDON: Can't think of a good reason. What say we go to Madrid and check out the babes? DOUG: What're we waiting for? They exit, rapidly. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-03-17 11:41 |
| #2 Thanks, muchachos. This will accomplish nothing but at least we got to see you naked... |
| Posted by: The Baby Seals 2009-03-17 09:40 |
| #1 ION NOT-ENVIRON, COASTTOCOASTAM > THE DAY THE SUN BROUGHT DARKNESS ["Quebec Blackout"/NE USA = sudden massive SOLAR STORM]. * SIRIUS II, or III? D *** NG IT, THATS RI-I-IGHT, GIVE CREDIT TO THE CANUCKS + MACKENZIES, ETC. NOT TO GUAM. Its because I like MADONNA, NOT WHITNEY like OSAMA BIN LADEN, IS THAT IT??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-17 01:18 |