Farewell Omar Plankbottom the Bottlenosed Whale

Dave —

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This thread is for those of us still grieving over our new friend who was recently killed in the Thames.

I offered this humble eulogy in the other thread:

[quote="Don Karnage"][quote="Beast"]Maybe not hundreds but 10s. I don't know the worlwide whale death rate.

We don't get upset at the death of every other sea-dwelling mamal.

Why this one?

Because it was on TV?[/quote]

Because he was so young and innocent.

And because each and every one of us could identify with his story of struggle and self discovery - searching for his place in this intimidatingly large ocean of life.

Fighting the current to seek a new better life up stream.

That's why we watched. That's why we cheered. That's why we grieve.

I like to think there is a little bottlenosed whale in all of us - just waiting to burst forth and swim up stream.

And for that reason we can rest easy in the knowledge that Omar isn't dead - because the dream isn't dead.

We're gonna miss you buddy.[/quote]

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Dave — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 - 20:23

[quote="Admin"]was he shot by over eager police officers?[/quote]

We shouldn't blaim the police - they saw the middle eastern sounding name, and he wouldn't listen to their repeated calls to stop, they didn't have much choice - these things are unfortunate but they happen.

It's for our safety.

Dave — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 - 13:43

[quote="Admin"]ok

Muslim Sounding.

That means he was guilty then?

Tdays headlines: Coastguard repel terrorist invasion - Save many lives![/quote]

Well there will be an inquiry - but come on. He had a muslim sounding name, he was traveling in an area filled with tourists.

Open and shut - ask yourself [i]what was he doing there?[/i]