Deveyn: endlessmonkeys: oh for the love of.. what the fark is WRONG with you people.

They aren't the type to go after people. They're hard to catch and most islands you don't see them because they're so tasty, so the locals eat them. If you want to find them, you look for coconut palms with holes at the base and then smoke them out.

This is a good size for eating, but if they're lucky, they can get up to six feet across and live a couple centuries.

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Since you seem to know a bit about 'em... How is their flavor characteristic different? Are they sweeter? Also, are the very large ones tougher/chewier at all?

Farking like mandrils. That's how I'd go out

What kind of moron dismisses distress calls when a famous plane is missing? Dipshiats.

Deveyn: endlessmonkeys: oh for the love of.. what the fark is WRONG with you people.

They aren't the type to go after people. They're hard to catch and most islands you don't see them because they're so tasty, so the locals eat them. If you want to find them, you look for coconut palms with holes at the base and then smoke them out.

This is a good size for eating, but if they're lucky, they can get up to six feet across and live a couple centuries.

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Well hell... I'll meet y'all at the dock with some butter and a mallet

Deveyn: imprimere: Are they sweeter?

The meat is sweet and has a hint of coconut to it. The sauce you get from the abdomen is better than garlic butter. We mixed it with rice and curry and it was pretty good but too much and you end up with the shiats.

Runny-butt aside, I'm intrigued. I like crab ok, but I've never liked it as much as most - especially here on the West Coast. I think I'd like to make it very spicy!

And better than garlic-butter you say? I'm in complete disbelief. I haven't seen a bottle of crab gut sauce...

endlessmonkeys: Deveyn: endlessmonkeys: oh for the love of.. what the fark is WRONG with you people.

They aren't the type to go after people. They're hard to catch and most islands you don't see them because they're so tasty, so the locals eat them. If you want to find them, you look for coconut palms with holes at the base and then smoke them out.

This is a good size for eating, but if they're lucky, they can get up to six feet across and live a couple centuries.

[farm6.staticflickr.com image 500x286]

Well hell... I'll meet y'all at the dock with some butter and a mallet

imprimere: Deveyn: imprimere: Are they sweeter?

The meat is sweet and has a hint of coconut to it. The sauce you get from the abdomen is better than garlic butter. We mixed it with rice and curry and it was pretty good but too much and you end up with the shiats.

Runny-butt aside, I'm intrigued. I like crab ok, but I've never liked it as much as most - especially here on the West Coast. I think I'd like to make it very spicy!

And better than garlic-butter you say? I'm in complete disbelief. I haven't seen a bottle of crab gut sauce...


Oh DARN it all!!!!! NOW I'm STARVING!

I'm heading to the dock too! Y'all wait up for me!

/also grabs a mallet
//and a rain slicker
///races out door while figuring out which one of the grown kid's cars will be the easiest to hot-wire
////bet those ginormous coconut crabs will be better than Cuban food any day
//yum yum yum
//tasties!!!!!!

Deveyn: imprimere: I haven't seen a bottle of crab gut sauce...

You never will. It's got a shelf-life of about an hour.

It's damn tasty and doesn't taste fishy at all. The only way to try it is to go to one of these places and get it yourself.

By damn, you got me wantin' to put this on my bucket list. Hmm...

I like to know who the bastards were that turned her in after she had been hiding so long.

The best thing about a coconut crab is that their tail looks like a hamburger with a sesame seed bun.

imprimere: This is what happens when you let the woman drive.

As much as I enjoy a joke about women driving, I will point out that they were stranded only because they were off course by 300 miles. Which means the entire mess was probably the fault of her male navigator.

fark you, internets.



/observe aforementioned hamburger tail

What a WWII plane plucked out of the ocean yesterday might look like:

http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/stavanger/Her-ser-et-tysk-bo m befly-dagens-lys-2982873.html#.T8s0Ynwe7GE.mailto

Posted from my phone, so sorry. But that thing almost looks flyable.

Yes this is dog: Dr.Zom: Was this before or after she hid in the attic from the nazis?

You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

What does that episode of Star Trek that Harlan Ellison wrote and is still biatching about decades later have to do with this?

Crotchrocket Slim: Yes this is dog: Dr.Zom: Was this before or after she hid in the attic from the nazis?

You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

What does that episode of Star Trek that Harlan Ellison wrote and is still biatching about decades later have to do with this?

You're thinking of Edith Bunker. Harlan Ellison wrote for Norman Rockwell shows...

She was great as Billy the Kid in Young Guns.

"(TIGHAR), a non-profit foundation promoting aviation archaeology and historic aircraft preservation"

I think it would be mildly interesting to find out what happened, maybe find their remains or whatever, but aren't there like starving kids in Ethiopia or something that are more deserving of people's disposable wealth/time etc.?

I'll bet that if they ever find her body, they'll discover that she was wearing no Bikini Atoll.

Amelia Earhart's greatest contribution was reinforcing the stereotype that woman cannot drive!

ThrobblefootSpectre: imprimere: This is what happens when you let the woman drive.

As much as I enjoy a joke about women driving, I will point out that they were stranded only because they were off course by 300 miles. Which means the entire mess was probably the fault of her male navigator.

This was a woman who was bucking the stereotypes of her day. She was trying to set a WORLD record. What on earth makes you think she was listening to her navigator?

ThrobblefootSpectre: imprimere: This is what happens when you let the woman drive.

As much as I enjoy a joke about women driving, I will point out that they were stranded only because they were off course by 300 miles. Which means the entire mess was probably the fault of her male navigator.

See, if the man had been driving and the woman had been looking at the map they would have made it just fine. AThey had not 1 but 2 epic FAILs

Oldiron_79: ThrobblefootSpectre: imprimere: This is what happens when you let the woman drive.

As much as I enjoy a joke about women driving, I will point out that they were stranded only because they were off course by 300 miles. Which means the entire mess was probably the fault of her male navigator.

See, if the man had been driving and the woman had been looking at the map keeping her mouth shut while she made the sammiches, they would have made it just fine. AThey had not 1 but 2 epic FAILs

Gyrfalcon: Goimir: Poison: aerojockey: Poison: Space Squid: Jixa: Space Squid: INeedAName: beta_plus: Yes this is dog: Dr.Zom: Was this before or after she hid in the attic from the nazis?

You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

No, Hellen Keller ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer Research and died before she made it.

You're thinking of Florence Nightingale.

Moron. Florence Nightingale is the one who led the revolution in France and overthrew the monarchy with cake.

That was Joan of Arc, retard.

No, no. Joan of Arc discovered Curium.

Yeah... I think you meant Unobtainium.

You're all wrong. It was Deborah of Dallas that overthrew the French, ate their cake, and then went down on the Germans in the attic. Joan, of course, got kicked off the ark for complaining about the zebras, as she was a well known racist. And Curie cured the finest cheeses in Europe, hence the name Madam Curie.

Nope, you're thinking of Mary Magdalene.

You're right. I had her confused with Mary Tyler Moore, the inventor of the steam engine.

No, Mary Tyler Moore was executed by Elizabeth the First for attempted assassination.

No, no, that was Marie de Medici, the last Empress of Japan,.

Wait, wasn't she that chick who studied chimps in Rwanda?

Tastycle: I think it would be mildly interesting to find out what happened, maybe find their remains or whatever, but aren't there like starving kids in Ethiopia or something that are more deserving of people's disposable wealth/time etc.?


Ethiopia has received billions in foreign aid, primarily from the U.S., over the past several decades. Although this aid was cut off for a while in the 80's because their warlord leaders wouldn't stop having civil wars. During that time the only aid they got was vast cargo ships full of food from the U.S. instead of wads of cash.

The money spigot is turned back on now, along with more vast cargo ships of food, but investigations show that a lot of it simply gets diverted by the government and various "rebel" factions to buy weapons and feed soldiers.

At some point you just have to sit back and realize there's not much you can do without going in, overthrowing their government, and staying around for a century or two to teach them how to live like civilized people. European nations already tried that with a few African countries, and a lot of people had a problem with that too. Shrug.

So we are sort of hamstrung when trying to help such backward nations. It's pretty clear their government is a source of most of their problems. But we can't get rid of their government because that's a no no. I suppose we could continue to send them pallets of money and barges full of food, but to be honest, nobody thinks that's doing much good, and may actually be contributing to their problems.

ThrobblefootSpectre: Ethiopia has received billions in foreign aid, primarily from the U.S., over the past several decades. Although this aid was cut off for a while in the 80's because their warlord leaders wouldn't stop having civil wars. During that time the only aid they got was vast cargo ships full of food from the U.S. instead of wads of cash.

The money spigot is turned back on now, along with more vast cargo ships of food, but investigations show that a lot of it simply gets diverted by the government and various "rebel" factions to buy weapons and feed soldiers.

At some point you just have to sit back and realize there's not much you can do without going in, overthrowing their government, and staying around for a century or two to teach them how to live like civilized people. European nations already tried that with a few African countries, and a lot of people had a problem with that too. Shrug.

So we are sort of hamstrung when trying to help such backward nations. It's pretty clear their government is a source of most of their problems. But we can't get rid of their government because that's a no no. I suppose we could continue to send them pallets of money and barges full of food, but to be honest, nobody thinks that's doing much good, and may actually be contributing to their problems.

I've heard that argument and basically agree for no-strings-attached aid. Why isn't aid that is a tad more intelligent possible - something like binding the amount of aid we deliver to the first derivative of the median standard of living.

Tastycle: I've heard that argument and basically agree for no-strings-attached aid. Why isn't aid that is a tad more intelligent possible - something like binding the amount of aid we deliver to the first derivative of the median standard of living.

Or even tie personal enrichment of the current dictator-in-chief to the first derivative of the median standard of living. Yes, I mean flat out giving the d.i.c money. Probably in secret and maybe also include a handful of the other opposition warlords (or whatever the proper terminology is) in the gravy chain. All of sudden the warlords/dictators have a financial incentive to make their country a better place to live.

Jixa: Gyrfalcon: Goimir: Poison: aerojockey: Poison: Space Squid: Jixa: Space Squid: INeedAName: beta_plus: Yes this is dog: Dr.Zom: Was this before or after she hid in the attic from the nazis?

You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

No, Hellen Keller ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer Research and died before she made it.

You're thinking of Florence Nightingale.

Moron. Florence Nightingale is the one who led the revolution in France and overthrew the monarchy with cake.

That was Joan of Arc, retard.

No, no. Joan of Arc discovered Curium.

Yeah... I think you meant Unobtainium.

You're all wrong. It was Deborah of Dallas that overthrew the French, ate their cake, and then went down on the Germans in the attic. Joan, of course, got kicked off the ark for complaining about the zebras, as she was a well known racist. And Curie cured the finest cheeses in Europe, hence the name Madam Curie.

Nope, you're thinking of Mary Magdalene.

You're right. I had her confused with Mary Tyler Moore, the inventor of the steam engine.

No, Mary Tyler Moore was executed by Elizabeth the First for attempted assassination.

No, no, that was Marie de Medici, the last Empress of Japan,.

Wait, wasn't she that chick who studied chimps in Rwanda?

Correct, Jane Austen

I love their science. "Let's take this conclusion we all want, and cherry pick all the data we can find to support it."

Too bad she didn't watch Survivorman. He would have used the windows and metal of the plane to make water, the electrical systems to make a microwave transmitter and then the engines to power the island and complete the world tour.

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You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

No, Hellen Keller ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer Research and died before she made it.

You're thinking of Florence Nightingale.

Moron. Florence Nightingale is the one who led the revolution in France and overthrew the monarchy with cake.

That was Joan of Arc, retard.

No, no. Joan of Arc discovered Curium.

Yeah... I think you meant Unobtainium.

You're all wrong. It was Deborah of Dallas that overthrew the French, ate their cake, and then went down on the Germans in the attic. Joan, of course, got kicked off the ark for complaining about the zebras, as she was a well known racist. And Curie cured the finest cheeses in Europe, hence the name Madam Curie.

Nope, you're thinking of Mary Magdalene.

You're right. I had her confused with Mary Tyler Moore, the inventor of the steam engine.

No, Mary Tyler Moore was executed by Elizabeth the First for attempted assassination.

No, no, that was Marie de Medici, the last Empress of Japan,.

Wait, wasn't she that chick who studied chimps in Rwanda?

Correct, Jane Austen

I cried when she died in the Challenger explosion.

No that was Betsy Ross.

Betsy Ross was a female factory working during World War II. She became a popular rallying cry for the war effort. They called her Betsy the Bolter.

ThrobblefootSpectre: Tastycle: I think it would be mildly interesting to find out what happened, maybe find their remains or whatever, but aren't there like starving kids in Ethiopia or something that are more deserving of people's disposable wealth/time etc.?


Ethiopia has received billions in foreign aid, primarily from the U.S., over the past several decades. Although this aid was cut off for a while in the 80's because their warlord leaders wouldn't stop having civil wars. During that time the only aid they got was vast cargo ships full of food from the U.S. instead of wads of cash.

The money spigot is turned back on now, along with more vast cargo ships of food, but investigations show that a lot of it simply gets diverted by the government and various "rebel" factions to buy weapons and feed soldiers.

At some point you just have to sit back and realize there's not much you can do without going in, overthrowing their government, and staying around for a century or two to teach them how to live like civilized people. European nations already tried that with a few African countries, and a lot of people had a problem with that too. Shrug.

So we are sort of hamstrung when trying to help such backward nations. It's pretty clear their government is a source of most of their problems. But we can't get rid of their government because that's a no no. I suppose we could continue to send them pallets of money and barges full of food, but to be honest, nobody thinks that's doing much good, and may actually be contributing to their problems.

The trouble with Ethiopia is that its full of Ethiopians

RIP

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You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

No, Hellen Keller ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer Research and died before she made it.

You're thinking of Florence Nightingale.

Moron. Florence Nightingale is the one who led the revolution in France and overthrew the monarchy with cake.

That was Joan of Arc, retard.

No, no. Joan of Arc discovered Curium.

Yeah... I think you meant Unobtainium.

You're all wrong. It was Deborah of Dallas that overthrew the French, ate their cake, and then went down on the Germans in the attic. Joan, of course, got kicked off the ark for complaining about the zebras, as she was a well known racist. And Curie cured the finest cheeses in Europe, hence the name Madam Curie.

Nope, you're thinking of Mary Magdalene.

You're right. I had her confused with Mary Tyler Moore, the inventor of the steam engine.

No, Mary Tyler Moore was executed by Elizabeth the First for attempted assassination.

No, no, that was Marie de Medici, the last Empress of Japan,.

Wait, wasn't she that chick who studied chimps in Rwanda?

Correct, Jane Austen

I cried when she died in the Challenger explosion.

No that was Betsy Ross.

Betsy Ross was a female factory working during World War II. She became a popular rallying cry for the war effort. They called her Betsy the Bolter.

Right, and when she wasn't working she gave water to the troops.

Or was that Clara Barton?

Didn't she spear-head the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign in the 80's.

Jixa: Goimir: Mock26: aerojockey: Goimir: jaytkay: Jixa: Gyrfalcon: Goimir: Poison: aerojockey: Poison: Space Squid: Jixa: Space Squid: INeedAName: beta_plus: Yes this is dog: Dr.Zom: Was this before or after she hid in the attic from the nazis?

You're thinking of Hellen Keller.

No, Hellen Keller ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer Research and died before she made it.

You're thinking of Florence Nightingale.

Moron. Florence Nightingale is the one who led the revolution in France and overthrew the monarchy with cake.

That was Joan of Arc, retard.

No, no. Joan of Arc discovered Curium.

Yeah... I think you meant Unobtainium.

You're all wrong. It was Deborah of Dallas that overthrew the French, ate their cake, and then went down on the Germans in the attic. Joan, of course, got kicked off the ark for complaining about the zebras, as she was a well known racist. And Curie cured the finest cheeses in Europe, hence the name Madam Curie.

Nope, you're thinking of Mary Magdalene.

You're right. I had her confused with Mary Tyler Moore, the inventor of the steam engine.

No, Mary Tyler Moore was executed by Elizabeth the First for attempted assassination.

No, no, that was Marie de Medici, the last Empress of Japan,.

Wait, wasn't she that chick who studied chimps in Rwanda?

Correct, Jane Austen

I cried when she died in the Challenger explosion.

No that was Betsy Ross.

Betsy Ross was a female factory working during World War II. She became a popular rallying cry for the war effort. They called her Betsy the Bolter.

Right, and when she wasn't working she gave water to the troops.

Or was that Clara Barton?

Didn't she spear-head the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign in the 80's.

No. You're thinking of Janice Joplin.