April 1, 2003
SLACKERS (via Tim Blair):
Flipper's new trick going AWOL (News.com.au, 3/31/2003)THE US Navy's mine-clearing dolphins have been the surprise media stars of the Iraq war, but they have not exactly won over Australian divers working alongside them...."Flipper's f...ed, mate," was how one diver saw things yesterday.
"The dolphins have had all this amazing publicity, but as soon as they put one in the water it shot through. There's a war going on and Flipper goes AWOL."
I hear the French dolphins are demanding 35-hour weeks and 6 weeks a year of vacation. Posted by Paul Jaminet at April 1, 2003 4:35 PM
Comments
Tacoma the AWOL dolphin came back after two days.
Posted by: PapayaSF at April 1, 2003 7:13 PMYes . . . and another dolphin had gone AWOL before and came back after getting attacked by sharks.
Posted by: Paul Jaminet at April 1, 2003 8:59 PMThe French dolphins want a roster of lady
dolphins.
Napoleon invaded Egypt with 10,000 soldiers
and 100 Parisian whores.
Reminds me of the old Warner Bros. cartoon where Daffy sets up all the tricks for his trained pigeons to performs, and as soon as they're released from the cage they immediately fly out of the theater window...
Posted by: John at April 2, 2003 12:03 AM