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2005-05-13 Down Under

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Posted by Pholunter Shaiger1834 2005-05-13 18:47|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 which could see Japanese whaling ships enter Australian waters off Antarctica to hunt humpbacks.

Australian waters? I can understand if they hunt the whales in International waters, but why on earth would Australia let Japan into their territory to do something that Australia is against?

Posted by Charles 2005-05-13 20:05|| 2005-05-13 20:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Japaneese/Whales
Bugtis/Pipe Lines
Bulldozers/Tunnel workers

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-13 20:14|| 2005-05-13 20:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Somewhat tangentially related, one of the funniest ads I ever seen ran about 10 days ago and seems to have been immediately pulled as to politically incorrect. Its a Victoria Bitter ad and starts out fairly typically for the genre - bunch of guys around the BBQ beers in hand. The voice over goes something like this 'What a great country when you can get together with your mates, grill chunks of meat and drink cold beer. You can even throw a piece of the national animal on the BBQ and it's all tastes great.' Sorry, I can't find a link.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-13 20:48|| 2005-05-13 20:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The solution for this seems straightforward. Get some otherwise unharmful bacteria or chemical that makes whale meat taste revolting, and start innoculating the critters. Imagine how the Japanese would freak out when they found out. I remember the story of early settlers in Texas who discovered to their disgust that the local wild turkeys ate chinaberries, which made their meat as tasty as a lemon with a healthy dollop of alum on it. For years afterwards they lived in peaceful coexistence, surrounded by wild turkeys, and nobody dreamed of eating one.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-13 21:44|| 2005-05-13 21:44|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL - never heard that before about the turkeys....

maybe we can breed Great Whites with arms/legs and a taste for Japanese Whale "researchers"?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-13 22:12|| 2005-05-13 22:12|| Front Page Top

#6 No you need Great White with teeth. Shark, that is.
I am sure that they would consider Japanese as tasty as tuna.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-05-13 23:57|| 2005-05-13 23:57|| Front Page Top

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