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		Whale spotted on the Thames in central London. No word if whale has spotted dick (news.bbc.co.uk)		90
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mungo		2006-01-20 08:57:06 AM

It got bored waiting for Greenpeace to ship it to Parliament

markie_farkie		2006-01-20 08:59:58 AM

Any dork spottings??

OlafTheBent		2006-01-20 09:05:25 AM

Whale dicks aren't spotted... but they are huge

h3lx		2006-01-20 09:06:42 AM

Laugh if you want, but spotted dick is delicious....
upload.wikimedia.org

why the hell they have to call it spotted dick is beyond me... Goddamn brits.

Purple_Jack		2006-01-20 09:09:45 AM

So do I put the "Who circumcised Moby Dick?" joke in this one, or the other green-lit whale thread?

markie_farkie		2006-01-20 10:36:00 AM

Actual whale dorks here:

http://www.ismennt.is/not/phallus/ens.htm

runchkin		2006-01-20 10:55:08 AM

Look kids, it's Big Ben, Parliament,......a spotted whale?

Doggie McNugget		2006-01-20 10:55:28 AM

Stupid Welsh, stay out of the damn river

StarshipPooper		2006-01-20 10:55:34 AM

Why the hell would you refer to pudding as dick? Isn't that what the dick would produce? Pudding?

KiesteredBeetle		2006-01-20 10:57:33 AM

RUN DICK RUN!

doglover		2006-01-20 10:57:56 AM

No need to fear, just an american tourist going for a swim.

DNA Rifle		2006-01-20 11:00:43 AM

doglover

Brutal but not too far off.

cynispasm		2006-01-20 11:00:58 AM

He'll spot some dick if Tony Blair walks by.

Abominable Snow Man		2006-01-20 11:01:16 AM

"has passed Parliament and is moving upstream."

Dunno why but that made me laugh.

brandied		2006-01-20 11:01:39 AM

How could anything made of boiled suet be good???

Lady J		2006-01-20 11:01:47 AM

I hope it turns round of its own accord. They're saying if not, it might have to be put down to avoid any possible suffering.

Siamese Bream		2006-01-20 11:02:24 AM

doglover

New keyboard, this instant!

jamspoon		2006-01-20 11:02:39 AM

Is this another sign that Global Warming is [false|true]?

/confused

Siamese Bream		2006-01-20 11:03:19 AM

And if it wasn't sick before it will be after that long in the Thames...

ElPresidente		2006-01-20 11:03:29 AM

Ancient news. I posted this 3 hours ago with a less funny headline. Wake up in there, someone.

doglover		2006-01-20 11:05:23 AM

Brutal? I beg to differ.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/kitsunesoba/europeanandamerican_8626a9a3 f6d46be.jpg

no clickies. but you've seen it afore i'm sure

Pelota		2006-01-20 11:05:29 AM

oh gawd, the poor thing.
Its swimming in that disgusting river water of the Thames?
Poor thing.

luckyeddie		2006-01-20 11:05:32 AM

The biggest danger to the whale is likely to come from the odd harpoon-toting Japanese tourist fancying a late lunch.

AcornMan		2006-01-20 11:06:23 AM

On the Thames, or in the Thames?

JoeCowboy		2006-01-20 11:07:11 AM

antibiotics should clear that right up.

JC

footballbat		2006-01-20 11:07:11 AM

he he
Spotted Dick.
Ordered this in London just so I could have a receipt that said "Spotted Dick"
"And this is where I got my Spotted Dick!"
/nasty stuff, actually

Barton Fink		2006-01-20 11:07:15 AM

I think it's right by my office now. There are a bunch of helicopters circling above.

I'm watching the river right now to see if i can see it.

(i'm at London Bridge by the way)

Lady J		2006-01-20 11:08:47 AM

For about the squillionth time, the Thames is clean. Over the years dolphins and seals have been spotted in the Thames, sperm whales have been seen in the Thames Estuary and porpoises have been seen near Vauxhall Bridge, in central London.

Siamese Bream		2006-01-20 11:09:20 AM

Barton Fink

i'm at London Bridge by the way

Hope it doesn't fall down and crush the whale...

/poor...so poor

Barton Fink		2006-01-20 11:12:15 AM

Lady J

For about the squillionth time, the Thames is clean.

ABout the only thing in London that is.....

/besides my ass crack
//looking at the river right now, it def. doesn't look clean to me

GungFu		2006-01-20 11:13:46 AM

Is it true that Americans think the London Underground is a resistance movement?

/Talk Russian to me..

Siamese Bream		2006-01-20 11:16:17 AM

GungFu

No, but they do think the Gettysburg Address is where Lincoln lived...

footballbat		2006-01-20 11:17:05 AM

The Straight Dope may have some insight as to the origins of Spotted Dick

The Quickstart		2006-01-20 11:17:30 AM

Don't worry, We're all part of one mans hallucination.

mdbirt		2006-01-20 11:18:18 AM

Applause for the Headline!

Lady J		2006-01-20 11:19:03 AM

Barton Fink

"We have had a recovery but the public does not realise it."

To the untrained eye it might appear to be a moving mud bath, but the water has improved enough to sustain 121 species of fish.

In 1960, a 20-year project began to extend London's major sewage treatment works and improve river quality. Now the Thames is one of the cleanest metropolitan estuaries in the world.

It is a sea change from 1957, when the Natural History Museum declared it "biologically dead" or incapable of supporting life.

Ol' Doc Washburn		2006-01-20 11:19:10 AM

Oh teh noes!

www.nyblade.com

All your Thames are belong to Rosie!

KevinOfOz		2006-01-20 11:19:45 AM

Anyone remember Humphrey the Wrong Way Whale? He was a humpback. Back in 1985, he swam up the Sacramento River. And then 5 years later, he did it again.

Tubercular Ox		2006-01-20 11:20:18 AM

"Aquaman, I have returned from my journey up the Thames. The Queen continues to refuse your invitations to tea. And this is the last time I fill in for that lazy dolphin."

Alexandra		2006-01-20 11:21:14 AM

"Spotted...dick? Dick of WHAT?"

--King Ralph

killershark		2006-01-20 11:22:04 AM

Oh yeah! Humphrey! My third grade class was enraptured with him. I think they ended up writing a book about him too for kids.

Undertoad		2006-01-20 11:22:09 AM

Actual whale penis (may be NSFW unless you are a zoologist)

gregbains		2006-01-20 11:23:17 AM

Great headline submitter, first one in a while to make me laugh out loud

oldfarthenry		2006-01-20 11:23:27 AM

Lady J: For about the squillionth time, the Thames is clean.

Londoners have been squatting off in the thing sinces the Roman era. Does anyone know the half-life of a turd?

Tubercular Ox		2006-01-20 11:25:02 AM

Half life of a turd is less than a year. Much less. A month? A week in good conditions.

hardinparamedic		2006-01-20 11:26:35 AM

It's just nessie on holiday!

Chain		2006-01-20 11:27:10 AM

Anyone see the report from Japan(pops) about the giant jellyfish that have clogged up the shipping lanes?

Chiba-lobalip		2006-01-20 11:27:18 AM

The whale has come within yards of the banks and has crashed into an empty boat causing slight bleeding.

I'm even more amazed that boats can bleed.