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Anyone seen it?

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Or has it been harpooned by Japanese tourists on Vauxhall Bridge?

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

* insert joke about "spouting hot air" *

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

I was expecting a joke about John Prescott taking a dip first, but carry on.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

Ah, that'll be the Leviathan then. End of the world is nigh, chaps.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:35 (twenty years ago)

20 foot is a bit small for a Leviathan

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Thank fuck for that then.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

Sky News are now running live coverage from their helicopter:

"SKY NEWS ALERT: WHALE IN THE RIVER THAMES"

...says the breaking news banner.

It's down near Chelsea now.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

KRAKEN APPROACHES THAMES BARRIER

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

Just looked out my window and there's no sign of Godzilla yet

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Is it glib yet?

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Friday, 20 January 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

i hope s/he's okay.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

That's amazing. No one I work with believes me though. I have now sent round the BBC link.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:07 (twenty years ago)

What time is it due in Maidenhead?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:16 (twenty years ago)

He's beached himself. Tide's out, so he should refloat, but that's provided he doesn't freak out or suffer organ collapse.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Stuck next to Battersea power station.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

... or there are no Norwegians in the immediate area (xpost)

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

He's been refloated after three builders waded in and splashed at him to scare him back into the water.

Go builders.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

...but don't whales usually beach themselves when they are ill? Instead of spashling at the poor whale, why didn't they call a vet?

― filled the fjords of my brain (kate), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he wanted to adpot a stray dog.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Can't someone nip over with a packet of crill?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Or a big cuttle fish? No, hold on, that's budgies...

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Apparently there's a second whale hanging out just off Southend, possibly looking for his pal.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Considerate Constructors.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I was thinking that pilot whales are quite gregarious. A lot of strandings have involved quite a few individuals at a time, so I was a little surprised that this was just the one by itself.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

You'd think pilot whales wouldn't get lost. Or am I thinking of navigator whales?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Turns out it's a northern bottlenose whale.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Ah well, that explains it

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

It's in all kinds of bother now, stuck in the shallows between a pontoon and chelsea embankment.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

This is awesome. I want it to happen in Dawlish, in The Brook. You London bastards get all the fun.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

I saw it! Followed it down to Battersea then had to head back to work :( It didn't look too happy, thrashing about a bit in the shallows. But that was about half an hour ago.

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

woah, i just saw it outside county hall. splashing around all over the place. is very sad. aren't they supposed to have amazing radar systems to prevent them swimming into narrow channels or something?

― barbarian cities (jaybob3005), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Experts say it's probably ill. And now it's bleeding too.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

This thread is getting too upsetting now

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)

oh that's horrible.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Isn't the London Aquarium in the basement of County Hall? Surely they would have some kind of vet or at least marine life specialist there who could help the poor beast?

― filled the fjords of my brain (kate), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

There are many many experts trying to help, yes. They're all over the news. But I guess there's not much you can do with a poorly whale that heads upstream to die.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

:-(

― filled the fjords of my brain (kate), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

There are many many experts trying to help, yes. They're all over the news. But I guess there's not much you can do with a poorly whale that heads upstream to die.

Rick Stein to thread.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

This is so depressing :( Why can't a whale in the Thames be as fun as it sounds?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

from BBC 20 minutes ago:

Liz Sandeman, a medic of the Marine Connection, a whale and dolphin protection charity, accompanied the RNLI to examine the animal and said it looked "quite healthy and quite relaxed".

Where are they saying it's dying?

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

the guardian.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:27 (twenty years ago)

But I guess there's not much you can do with a poorly whale that heads upstream to die.

you can eat it!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:27 (twenty years ago)

I was just believing whoever said it was bleeding, here. I've got news 24 on in the next room but I'm not really paying attention. They did say though, earlier, that whales generally do things like this if they're old or ill.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:28 (twenty years ago)

I BEAT KEN C TO A BAD JOKE! OH YEAH!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:31 (twenty years ago)

No Boris Johnson jokes yet at least (oh bollocks)

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

― filled the fjords of my brain (kate), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

you went too subtle, nick!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Do you have any pictures or moving footage of the whale? If so, you can send them to [email protected] or MMS them to 07725 100 100

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4631396.stm

How moving does it have to be?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Nick's joke was a cracker, so it was

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

aw, moving footage!

but whales don't have feet...

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

This is unlikely to end happily

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

oh man! oops sorry i should have looked up rick stein on wikipedia first

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

There's a second whale!

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Here's the official BLOG for those of you following this Breaking NEWS!

http://www.lewiswhalewatch.blogspot.com/

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Check dis out:

http://www.hedonistica.com/media.php?path=/videos/floatingdog.wmv

It's a dog floatin around wtf

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

who named him gonzo?

shit name.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

James would have been better

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

The live online video feed on the BBC is terrific - no commentary, it just sounds like a Jean-Francois Laporte installation piece. Or Jan Francis. I can't see the bloody whale though.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Did I imagine the second whale?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

no there is indeed another one

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

where?

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

It's inside the first one.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

all part of God's great plan.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

i'm not sure, i heard it from some guy

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

I heard about a second from some guy too. But not from any source I trust

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

I've got that Mr Scruff song in my head now.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Another whale up at Canary Wharf apparently.

― Masked Gazza, Friday, 20 January 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

no news sites seem to be reporting a second whale.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

ilx be runnin dos news cycle.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

It's mass hysteria now

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

jesus christ!!

THREE WHALES!!!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Now it's six!

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

"snakes and hamsters, living together"

― latebloomer: virtuous, pure and masculine like only an American male can be (lat, Friday, 20 January 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/ond2003/images/exampleresidentweb.jpg

I JUST TOOK THIS FROM OUTSIDE THE NFT

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

regent's canal:

http://www.eaglepointelodge.com/images/nature/thumbails/school_of_whales.jpg

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

south bank
http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg http://www.scu.edu.au/news/images/whale%20breach%20web.jpg

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

They're whale daft, them kids

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

UH-OH

http://www.shamu.com/ca/facts/images/whales001.jpg

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Maybe they've been sent here for a porpoise.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

whale i never

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Hampstead Heath ladies' pond:

http://www.greatwhitesharkdiving.co.za/images/shark-teeth.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.aoqz76.dsl.pipex.com/Web%20Page%20Components/Wallpaper/Animals/Killer%

"lol nick"

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/images/start4a.jpg

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:55 (twenty years ago)

ilx be runnin dos news cycle

then let this be the FIN de cycle

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Baptismal font, St Etheldreda's church, Holborn:

http://www.cgeo-gcot.gc.ca/pictures/whale.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

If it was in Glasgow, there'd be lots of wee neds lined up along the river shouting, "Holllllll, big yin! Gie's a song!"

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

btw do not, on any account, do a google image search for the german translation of 'save the whale'

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

just in time!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Watch out this shifty looking fella was just seen on westminster bridge:

http://janleighton.com/images/Ahab2.jpg

― Ed (dali), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

A grizzled beardy fellow with one leg and hard to understand a word he's saying? Is John Martyn really touring again?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

"Hollll pegleg! Gie's a song!"

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Could do with a bit of 'Back Down The River' actually.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.jrj-socrates.com/Cartoon%20Pics/Fox/Simpsons/Sea_Captain_300.gif

― harr, Friday, 20 January 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

yeeharg.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

Instead of spashling at the poor whale, why didn't they call a vet?

I know there's probably some rare creatures in the homes of that part of London, but still, I thought vets were more at the livestock / household pets end of the scale than the specialised form of giant marine life end. I could be wrong though.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

Some neighbours of ours in Hampstead had a kangaroo in their garden.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

I know kangaroos aren't whales.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

I didn't.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

WOW

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes whales wash up on the beach here in SF, but I can't imagine one in the Thames! I hope it is okay.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:04 (twenty years ago)

It happens every couple of weeks, nowadays - global warming you know. Things can change pretty fast when you leave the country

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)

I leave, a large mammal takes my place.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

is it your mum?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

no, it's yours. obviously!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 20 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

This is the best thing to happen in London in years. Even better than the porpoise in the Thames about five years ago. Nothing like a whale in the Thames to really unite London.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 21 January 2006 12:05 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.ukdigitalradio.com/freemag/issue6/images/jameswhale.jpg

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Saturday, 21 January 2006 13:33 (twenty years ago)

i'm kind of on tenterhooks about the whale, i would be very unhappy if it all ended badly :(

― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

My whalewatching photos yesterday came out rubbish. Stupid cameraphone.

― beanz (beanz), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

BBC News 24 earlier today:

Presenter: So, Terry, what is the whale thinking right now?
Terry Nutkins: ??...

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

News 24: "Terry Nutkins says you're going to spread lanolin on its skin to prevent it drying out, is that correct?"
Expert: "We used to do that, but lanolin isn't water-soluble, so these days we use KY Jelly. In fact, I have 60,000 tubes of the stuff, if you can believe that"
New 24: Snigger

― Mädchen (Madchen), Saturday, 21 January 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I've got this new theory that the whale is an advance scouting party for a big group of dolphins that will arrive in London next Saturday specially to greet me upon my return to the country.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

According to the Daily Mail, it's packed full of asylum seekers all called Jonah.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Saturday, 21 January 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

whale dead. long live the whale.

― Gukbe (lokar), Saturday, 21 January 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

:-(

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

tell me why I keep reading this as "whale boobs"?

― Aaron A, Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_whale

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

Who is responsible for murdering the whale

The heartles way in which the whale lost his life would be a great cause for shame in any compassionate community. However, BBC rationalizes the misguided killing as "the most humane" way that was possible to achieve in this situation, to sooth the conscience of its TV fee-paying fellow Brits. However, there is no doubt that heartless handling of the big animal has not only caused his death, but also, it has causet imessurable suffering. Had this happened to some British person in American hospital, the lawsuit would certainly follow and the Brits would be greatly excited, like in the case of the killer nanny etc.

But who is to blame? The incompetent, heartles "saviours" who only cared for publicity and their overpaid sallary, to pay for the expensive goods the in Britain's overblown pound sterling. Cold materialism of the routhhles Brits, who keep their murderous instinct from raping India in colonial times to bombing Iraq, and killing people as well as animals in their "gentle" way. The henious criminals of the British islands are the worst filth on this Earth, culling cows, whales and people alike to satisfy their genocidial urges.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

He truly was the people's whale of hearts.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

From wikipedia: Many people now believe that this whale has increased the profile of whales to the public, and the opposition to the whaling industry. Many whale experts that were interviewed on Sky News believed this whale will leave a legacy, and it will have helped whales across the planet. They also took note of the fact that the Thames Whale was seen around the Palace of Westminster, the British seat of government.

At least he died happy in the knowledge that he helped whales across the planet.

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

BRITISHES R HEARTLES

― gbx (skowly), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:59 (twenty years ago)

FILM AT 11

― Dan (SHOCKER) Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

He truly was the people's whale of hearts.

-- Dom Passantino (juror...), January 21st, 2006.

Like Diana the Princess of Whales!! Conspiracy theory alert, will the whale feature on the front of the Express for the next 10 years without reason?

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Did whales build Stonehenge?

― J (Jay), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

A lot of the stone for Stonehenge was quarried in WALES. COINCIDENCE???

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:21 (twenty years ago)

this makes me want to take one of those whale boat tour things

― this whale will leave a legacy (gear), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

What, down the Thames? Hey, cash-in idea! "take a trip down the sights where the people's whale lived for a day and a half!"

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

Some real classy items on sale now: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Exclusive-Cross-Stitch-Pattern-Thames-Whale_W0QQitemZ8253858128QQcategoryZ3092QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 22 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

1/20 - Whale, We Will Never Forget

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Thames-Whale-Commemorative-T-Shirt_W0QQitemZ8376217318QQcategoryZ53021QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― TRG (TRG), Sunday, 22 January 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Er, 1/21 - Whale, We Will Never Forget!

― TRG (TRG), Sunday, 22 January 2006 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Legacy of the people's whale"

"There are probably many children who may remember seeing this bottle-nosed whale in London and in the future I hope that they may become marine mammal enthusiasts and conservationists."

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

She was the Princess of Wales.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Many people now believe that this whale has increased the profile of whales to the public, and the opposition to the whaling industry. Many whale experts that were interviewed on Sky News believed this whale will leave a legacy, and it will have helped whales across the planet.

At least for the next two weeks when it'll be fashionable to care about whales, then everyone can go back to ignoring them again. Apparently Humphrey and the two stuck grey whales in Alaska legacy wasn't good enough...

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but Chris, "the public" = "the British public". Who gives a shit about your whales? :)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

The Mail on Sunday's splash headline yesterday was "Farewhale", which somebody should be harpooned for, quite frankly.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 23 January 2006 09:07 (twenty years ago)

RIP Willy: whale meat again!

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 23 January 2006 09:39 (twenty years ago)

It's not even "the British public", it's the "London public". Provincial whales - who cares?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4680000/newsid_4682700/4682796.stm

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 5 February 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Mmm, I noticed that a whale dying just outside Grimsby docks doesn't get quite the same acreage of newsprint as one swimming through central London. In fact, I suspect that several pods of whales could sail up the Humber on a barge, performing a whale-written musical about a sad, tragic doomed love affair between two whales from rival warring pods, and it wouldn't get any airtime.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Sunday, 5 February 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)

I mean, the dead whale in the Humber barely got in the news *here*, and you could probably see the bloody thing if you went up on the top floor of the shopping centre carpark with a pair of binoculars.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Sunday, 5 February 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Well, what the heck is on the banks of the Humber except, like Hull?

I mean, "Whale bobs past Houses of Yorkshire" is not exactly a good headline, is it?

― Press Rip And Give Me The MP3 Out Of It (kate), Monday, 6 February 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

That's a PROPER whale too - a sperm whale and about 12 feet longer than the London one. Much better imagery in terms of the whale itself, but sadly not it's setting.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 6 February 2006 11:39 (twenty years ago)

it wasn't setting

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 6 February 2006 11:42 (twenty years ago)

Well, what the heck is on the banks of the Humber except, like Hull?

My office is only a few hundred yards from the banks of the Humber, for one thing!

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 6 February 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Well, what the heck is on the banks of the Humber except, like Hull?

Kate, what is on the banks of the Humber is a DEAD WHALE! Today, I was looking at volunteering opportunities for clients at work, and I noticed that the Marine Rescue people are advertising for extra staff in case any more whales go sightseeing up the Thames. What their advert actually said was "in the wake of the whale in the Thames.." and I have no idea if they intended to make a shit pun or not.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

twelve years pass...

Can't believe I'm writing this, no joke - BELUGA in the Thames off Coalhouse Fort @RareBirdAlertUK pic.twitter.com/6VtrJ1PVc6
— Dave Andrews (@iPterodroma) September 25, 2018

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 12:06 (seven years ago)

@RareBirdAlertUK

err

― heteroflexible pansexual polyamorous relationship anarchist (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 12:56 (seven years ago)

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