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Nanuq
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posted 31 December 2005 11:22 PM

Won't someone please think of the children?

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obscurantist
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posted 31 December 2005 11:54 PM

I wish them all the best, but in the event that things don't work out, I hope the dolphin at least has the grace to say "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

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deBeauxOs
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posted 01 January 2006 11:58 PM

quote:
posted by Nanuq: Won't someone please think of the children?

Ahhhh. That is so sweet. Hopefully this celebration of a unique and spiritual relationship will lead the way in inspiring others to 'declare' how we feel about our animal soul mates.

Blame it all on King Kong and Fay Wray - their bond is the notorious slippery slope that the neo-cons and religious fruitcakes are always yammering about.

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Reality. Bites.
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posted 02 January 2006 12:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Nanuq:
Won't someone please think of the children?

For that you need a priest, not a rabbi.

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No Yards
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posted 02 January 2006 12:08 AM

This "port of Eilat, Israel" place, that's in Canada with it's anti-family marriage laws right?

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Papal Bull
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posted 02 January 2006 01:18 AM

Reality Bites. That was completely uncalled for, dude.

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DrConway
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posted 02 January 2006 01:23 AM

What I want to know is who's cracked enough to think the dolphin has any valid concept of what a human marriage is.

It is a bit arrogant of us humans to think that animals think exactly the way we do. They may certainly experience similar emotions, but we should not confuse emotions with thoughts.

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deBeauxOs
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posted 02 January 2006 01:41 AM

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posted by DrConway: What I want to know is who's cracked enough to think the dolphin has any valid concept of what a human marriage is. ...

Chill. It appears that those two have worked out some new form of union which respects the specificity of the two mammals thus engaged. From the news article: "He will still play with all the other girls there," she said, of their prenuptial agreement. "I hope he has a lot of baby dolphins with the other dolphins. The more dolphins the better." Awwww, that is so accepting and positive, doncha think?

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Albireo
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posted 02 January 2006 01:53 AM

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"He will still play with all the other girls there," she said, of their prenuptial agreement. "I hope he has a lot of baby dolphins with the other dolphins. The more dolphins the better."

OMG! Interspecial polyamorism!

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Doug
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posted 02 January 2006 06:49 AM

I wonder how many minutes it took for some right-winger to say, "I told you so!".

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Reality. Bites.
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posted 02 January 2006 08:55 AM

Most women like her find a more practical solution.

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steffie
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posted 02 January 2006 10:17 AM

The language barrier will ensure that she can never be sure if he is telling her the truth.

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Nanuq
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posted 02 January 2006 11:57 AM

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The language barrier will ensure that she can never be sure if he is telling her the truth.

If they're really soulmates, she'll know.

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deBeauxOs
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posted 02 January 2006 04:59 PM

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posted by RealityBites: Most women like her find a more practical solution.

Ahem. And exactly what do you mean, RB, by "women like her"?!?!

Said she, stamping her foot and flapping her tiny flipper.

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Reality. Bites.
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posted 02 January 2006 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by deBeauxOs:
Ahem. And exactly what do you mean, RB, by "women like her"?!?!

Women who might like to marry a dolphin. I haven't the foggiest idea how many women like this might exist, nor am I suggesting that women who purchase dolphin-shaped vibrators have desires for dolphins, but I'm suggesting that of the women in the world who would like to marry dolphins, most settle for an imitation.

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Hephaestion
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posted 02 January 2006 05:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by deBeauxOs:

Said she, stamping her foot and flapping her tiny flipper.

Ermmmm.... shouldn't that be "stamping her fluke..."

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Boarsbreath
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posted 02 January 2006 06:43 PM

I say, a fish needs a woman like a bicycle needs a man

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Yst
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posted 02 January 2006 06:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Boarsbreath:
I say, a fish needs a woman like a bicycle needs a man

Well, I'm rather fond of my bicycle and I should think, were it to express an opinion in the matter, it would be fond of being well-maintained. And so I suppose I agree with you(?)

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Clog-boy
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posted 02 January 2006 07:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Boarsbreath
I say, a fish needs a woman like a bicycle needs a man

Technically, a doplhin isn't a fish, it's a mammal..

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deBeauxOs
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posted 02 January 2006 07:06 PM

quote:
posted by RealityBites: ... I'm suggesting that of the women in the world who would like to marry dolphins, most settle for an imitation.

Oh... instead of the real thing?

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Yst
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posted 02 January 2006 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by Clog-boy:
Technically, a doplhin isn't a fish, it's a mammal..

Doesn't taste like fish really, either.

Yes, I ate dolphin once upon a time.

Been vegan for five years in the present, mind you.

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deBeauxOs
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posted 02 January 2006 07:26 PM

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posted by Yst: Doesn't taste like fish really, either. Yes, I ate dolphin once upon a time. ...

And another thing about the dolphins. What is all that carp about the dolphin-friendly symbols on the tuna cans. Oh sure, protect the dolphins, 'cause they're so cuuuute. What about the tuna.

Ya bunch of mammalists.

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Clog-boy
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posted 02 January 2006 07:41 PM

Those symbols are bogus anyway. A Dutch tv-program checked out a couple of them. They tried to trace the cans to their origin, to the boat on which the tuna had been caught. It proved difficult, if not impossible.
If I can remember correctly, Mexican fishermen aren't very much into this dolphin-friendly tuna. A lot of dolphins still die in their nets.
Maybe some or even a lot of dolphins have been saved by dolphin-friendly tuna. But if you open a can of dolphin-friendly tuna and think you can be 100% sure no doplhin died in the catching of this tuna, you might be disappointed by the truth...

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ceti
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posted 04 January 2006 09:32 PM

There's an FAQ out there that answers the question of what to do if a dolphin wants to mate with you. Basically mating with a male dolphin would kill you, with a female would get your nose bruised. Ok, just go to the web site... I also heard that male dolphins can be quite violent.

Whoah, this is becoming an x-rated topic!

[ 04 January 2006: Message edited by: ceti ]

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gunnar gunnarson
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posted 04 January 2006 09:37 PM

What's he gonna do when she tells him to go blow?

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