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supercyberlurker t1_jdj29d1 wrote

I love how writing can really dramatically say something, by distinctly -not- saying it:

>The hope was that it would result in small pieces for animals to consume. The result was an event that would be remembered in the history books.

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MuckRaker83 t1_jdjda35 wrote

" The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal...I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe."

Dave Barry's writeup of this incident will live in my memory forever.

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