Now that's a hangover from hell (There's a whale in the Thames)

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Last night Mr Whale was drinking some Pacific Ocean liquer (sic). He admits he had a bit too much to drink. In fact, he can't remember much after about 9pm when he had a hankering for a kebab. He doesn't feel he embarassed himself too much, was just a bit jolly.

Flash forward to this morning. He wakes up. Something isn't quite right. What is Big Ben doing to his right. And the London Eye. Shhheeettt! Mr Whale decides not to drink anymore of that crazy Pacific Ocean liquer.

see Sky News now to find out what i'm talking about...

magick

looks like something fishy is going on, thats a whale of a problem!!!

xzanti

Yeah you had me scratching my noodle there for a minute

I get ya now

Maaaaad!

BossArky

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1209846,00.html

Whale Swims Up Thames
Updated: 13:18, Friday January 20, 2006
Crowds are gathering in central London to watch a whale which is swimming along the River Thames.

The northern bottle-nosed whale has been seen gliding past Parliament by hundreds of sightseers.

It is the first time this type of animal has been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.

The Sky News helicopter is in the sky beaming live images of the whale.

Eyewitness Tom Howard-Vyne said: "I saw it blow, it was a spout of water which sparkled in the air.

"It was on this side of Westminster Bridge and 10 minutes ago it was near the House of Commons.

"I think it's being looked after by a lifeboat to make sure it doesn't get disturbed by the shipping in the river.

"It was an amazing sight."

Northern bottle-nosed whales are normally seen in the north Atlantic off Norway and the Barents Sea and off northern Britain and Ireland in the summer.

They have a bulbous forehead and look like a very large bottle-nosed dolphin.

The species can grow to 10 metres in length and is described by experts as "inquisitive".

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ferdi

Harvest The Blubber!!!

county

know wonder it was trying to beach its self,you would do the same if you were in the thames

Binomate

Imagine one of those in the liffey? It wouldn't last long. It doesn't really look like what you'd imagine a whale to look like. I think the people trying to resue should watch 'Free Willy' before they continue their efforts. All you have to do is raise your right hand and strike a pose and one the whale sees it it will swim to freedom.

joejoem

It will mutate into a three eyed fish like the simpsons.

Töpher

Binomate wrote:

Imagine one of those in the liffey? It wouldn't last long. It doesn't really look like what you'd imagine a whale to look like. I think the people trying to resue should watch 'Free Willy' before they continue their efforts. All you have to do is raise your right hand and strike a pose and one the whale sees it it will swim to freedom.

The female newsreader read out an email from some guy in Dublin, saying "thank God it didn't swim up the Liffey, or the Wiffey as we call it here".

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would have thought the sweet smell of guiness would be more likely to attract a whale to Dublin than the Thames ... feel a bit miffed really!

slade_x

Not sure where to put this but, Anyone watching it live on tv..

Growing Concern for a Northern Bottle-nosed Whale's Welfare, which found its way up the river thames

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Attempts are under way to rescue a whale seen swimming up the River Thames.

The 15ft northern bottle-nosed whale reached as far up river as Chelsea before it turned round short of the Albert Bridge.

It is now moving back down the Thames - with hundreds of spectators lining both banks to witness the extraordinary scene.

It is the first time this type of animal has been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.

There are concerns for the whale's welfare as it has appeared to be in distress on several occasions.

Whale rescuer Tony Martin told Sky News he was "acutely concerned".

"It's certainly not a well animal, it's probably very distressed and disorientated," he said. "I would think it's very unlikely it will find its way out."

Members of Whale Watch are onboard a police boat assessing its condition.


The whale spotted in Southend Earlier, rescuers had to force the whale back into the centre of the river after it seemed to beach itself.

Leah Garcez, from the World Society for the Protection of Animals, told Sky News: "They need to get it back out to sea obviously."

"Hopefully it will find its own way back out. You need to find a way to do it without causing it distress."

The Sky News helicopter is beaming live images of the whale as it journeys along the river.

Eyewitness Tom Howard-Vyne said: "I saw it blow, it was a spout of water which sparkled in the air. It was an amazing sight."

There have also been reports of a sighting of a second whale in Southend.

Northern bottle-nosed whales are normally seen in the north Atlantic off Norway and the Barents Sea and off northern Britain and Ireland in the summer.

They have a bulbous forehead and look like a very large bottle-nosed dolphin.

The species can grow to 10 metres in length and is described by experts as "inquisitive"...

Healio

Is it looking for Wales??

ST*

Healio wrote:

Is it looking for Wales??

bob boom tttcccch :rolleyes:

Healio

someone had to do it

Goodshape

Healio wrote:

Is it looking for Wales??

Oh my god.

/brain implodes.

joejoem

Healio wrote:

Is it looking for Wales??

lol

ST*

Another whale thread :eek: feck that come back SC! :v:


Soz, has been done twice

Jim10000

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1691329,00.html

Goodshape

Did they get this thing out of the river then?

Couldn't take anymore of Sky's constent we-know-nothing-but-we'll-say-it-anyway coverage.

connundrum

Einst&#252 wrote: »

The female newsreader read out an email from some guy in Dublin, saying "thank God it didn't swim up the Liffey, or the Wiffey as we call it here".

The whale would look bleedin deadly, shopping trolley on each fin, cigarrette butts clogging its.. em.. spurty/blowy outy thing. The closer it got to Heuston Station, the chances of it gettin robbed would increase.. Dublin 1 - 0 London :v:

Blisterman

I was just up by the Thames near Waterloo Bridge, keeping an eye out for it, but I didn't see it. It was further downstream.

Goodshape

Blisterman wrote:

I was just up by the Thames near Waterloo Bridge, keeping an eye out for it, but I didn't see it. It was further downstream.

Thanks for the update. You should try for a job with Sky News, it's just the kind of information rich report they'd go for :v:

Blisterman

Yeah, I got mixed up anyway. I meant upstream.

Tazz T

This actually happened in Derry during the 70s. A killer whale swam up the Foyla - it was nicknamed Dopy Dick. It hung around for a week of more.