It's not everyday you can say you were injured by a humpback whale's fin

and according to the details of the story, she can't say that that's what happened to her on that day.

she's on a "whale-watching and research vessel", she should be grateful for such a close encounter.

/and learn to hold on better

It's not everyday you'd want to explain how it happened.

Well you can certainly say it. May not be true, but still...

Humpback....people?

Witnesses:

I guess she got whaled on pretty good, huh.

Every day (new window)

/sieg heil

It's not everyday you can say you were so alarmed to see a whale on a whale-watching trip that you fell down and hurt yourself.

Unless you are held captive in the secret humpback whale prisons, where everyday your flesh is rendered senseless by repeated slapping of the dorsal fin.

Don't be so presumptuous subby, there are people in a lot of pain on a daily basis due to humpbacks.

I guess she should have... watched out... for that whale.

Next story: Woman bumped by cart while grocery shopping.

This story and next story: Women sue facilities with minor, inherent dangers.

It's a fluke.

/obscure?

Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Slow news day?

She lives in Renton West, and goes to Hawai'i to get biatch-slapped?

/ That's lame

But "Woman falls down when boat she is in gets hit by Whale" doesn't have the same alarmist sound. How are we going to convince people that whale fins are dangerous, seeing as they're out there in the ocean, being flung around with abandon by their huge whale owners with no regard for the children!!?

/Whales are pretty neat, actually
//notice correct use of they're/there/their

rackrent: Every day (new window)

/sieg heil

*salutes*

I bet the whale laughed and laughed at that score.

I guess the Cape Cod whales are more polite, they just snuggle up against the boat and pose for you.

Maybe they should trap it in a tank made of transparent aluminum.

PizzaJedi81: It's a fluke.

/obscure?

Not in a million years. Also, I was under the impression that Bremerton women were humpbacked whales.

Timdesuyo: PizzaJedi81: It's a fluke.

/obscure?

Not in a million years. Also, I was under the impression that Bremerton women were humpbacked whales.

Man, am I glad Christopher Moore isn't obscure.

ComaToast: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.


I LOL'd

undernova: ComaToast: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.


I LOL'd

if you really want to laugh, go to the thread that they are alluding to

Is that what they're calling it these days?

/has seen pictures of whale..."fins"

No 'Voyage Home' reference?

/harrumph

"That's a sixty foot animal, we're in a six foot rubber boat. We're a bath toy".

Peter Griffins sister unavailable for comment.

from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

PizzaJedi81: It's a fluke.

/obscure?

Dang, you beat me to it!

mpls55412: from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Wrong Trek movie.

j/k

ComaToast: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Awesome.

Oh, and you got it wrong, subby. I say that, among other things, every morning before spiking my whiskey with Haldol.

It's not everyday you can say you were injured by a humpback whale's fin

Well, you certainly don't admit it to your friends.

A little boy died a few years ago when this happened to him.

I wish they would have named the vessel, it might be run by a certain whale watch operator who very vocally opposes the most technologically advanced ferry boat in Hawaii on grounds that its going to hit whales. Problem is, this dude has hit many whales, and the ferry he hates has hit none.

Gracie is pregnant.

ComaToast: Welcome to Obama's America, libs.

Oh, did his family decide to adopt the First Whale? I coulda sworn they were going for a puppy.


But yeah, guys, I don't think she was shocked (well, not figuratively, she certainly was in the literal sense), nor is she likely to sue. Someone who goes out whale-watching in a boat small enough for a whale to accidentally displace is hardcore enough that they must have a sense of humor of some kind. She's probably kicking herself a bit for not grabbing on to something, though.

//Went whale-watching in a kayak once. It's a fast way to learn that you're not a kayaker, they can turn you upside-down by passing like 20 meters away.

FarkWhat: Peter Griffins sister unavailable for comment.

WTF is that standing in front of that truck? Is it bad that I couldn't stop staring.

There's a Subby's mom joke here somewhere, but I'm too tired to assemble it.

Back-humped by Finns, you say?