Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

murpho999 · 21-10-2020 10:39am

bertiebomber wrote: »

corrected guys my error still a bit sleepy Whoo Hoo have a good day internet police click your jackboots now........fishy wishy woo to you !

Yes saw that and it now reads funny.

I get your point though. Animal in waters for 37 years and people don't seem to accept that he most likely just naturally died.

Also, most likely never be solved as they won't find his carcass so this will just drag on.

21-10-2020 10:41am

bertiebomber wrote: »

corrected guys my error still a bit sleepy Whoo Hoo have a good day internet police click your jackboots now........fishy wishy woo to you !

Richard Hillman · 21-10-2020 10:41am

I wonder if they found him dead but don't want to tell the nation due to fears of public morale. Also they could be trying to find a replacement :pac:

Man Vs ManUre · 21-10-2020 10:43am

I have very strong evidence that Fungi has been eaten by the Loch Ness monster.

starlit · 21-10-2020 10:44am

It be sad to see him go what ever the circumstances. I've seen him a good few times over the years. Dingle won't be the same without him. It be a huge loss to Dingle. It be hard to replace him as he was very friendly.

Kimbot · 21-10-2020 10:44am

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I have very strong evidence that Fungi has been eaten by the Loch Ness monster.

Nah...... Fungie is the Loch Ness monster

21-10-2020 10:45am

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I wonder if they found him dead but don't want to tell the nation due to fears of public morale. Also they could be trying to find a replacement :pac:

The interviews are going on right now.

Dingle elder. 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years?'
Dolphin. 'E EE EEEEE EEK'*

* 'What a bloody stupid question.'

bertiebomber · 21-10-2020 10:46am

Seaworld will be opening in Dingle soon - what a load so bollox let him go they had 30 years of exploitation and shrieking humans annoying him every day. Maybe he wants a rest now dead or alive leave him be, drop the story if he comes back grand if not you all paid your damn mortgages on his head so be grateful and shut up now we are bored with the faux tears.
Like everything in Ireland its all the economics, tell me this why did the greyhound and race horses get the huge grants again even though the greens were against it? We dont give a flying **** about animals its only all they can earn for us. Keep going Funghi and don't stop till you reach Australia

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 10:47am

I wonder - did Fungi ever really love us at all.

Was the whole thing a lie.

Tuco88 · 21-10-2020 11:01am

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I have very strong evidence that Fungi has been eaten by the Loch Ness monster.

Thats about as funny as getting a stye in the eye...

I have very strong evidence that the Loch Ness Monster lives in a fresh water loch... And Fungi in the Atlantic sea a saltwater environment.

Guy knows nothin about marine life ðŸ˜

Ted_YNWA · 21-10-2020 12:20pm

Tuco88 & bertiebomber bring the petty back & forth squabbling elsewhere.

Posts deleted.

21-10-2020 12:51pm

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I wonder if they found him dead but don't want to tell the nation due to fears of public morale. Also they could be trying to find a replacement :pac:

Public morale???

ForestFire · 21-10-2020 1:12pm

So for 37 year Fungie has lived with the people of Dingle, after tragically getting disconnected from his family Pod, way back in 1983...

Fungie has had many adventures and made many friends, with his adopted Irish family, but now.....
Fungie has finally been reunited family, as they have finally return back to Ireland.

The POD has returned to the Dingle area again, after their long journey around the world, always on the lookout for their missing friend...

It's time for Fungie to say goodbye to his Irish friends as he swims out to sea, together with his long lost family, for many more adventures to come...but he will never forget the people that took care of him all these years....

Farwell good friend....

And that's my story and I'm sticking to it......

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 1:56pm

ForestFire wrote: »

So for 37 year Fungie has lived with the people of Dingle, after tragically getting disconnected from his family Pod, way back in 1983...

Fungie has had many adventures and made many friends, with his adopted Irish family, but now.....
Fungie has finally been reunited family, as they have finally return back to Ireland.

The POD has returned to the Dingle area again, after their long journey around the world, always on the lookout for their missing friend...

It's time for Fungie to say goodbye to his Irish friends as he swims out to sea, together with his long lost family, for many more adventures to come...but he will never forget the people that took care of him all these years....

Farwell good friend....

And that's my story and I'm sticking to it......

That's a copyright infringement of An American Tail

21-10-2020 2:53pm

Fungi has been replaced several times over.

21-10-2020 2:55pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Fungi has been replaced several times over.

And Neil Armstrong never stood on the moon. Riiiight.

GhostyMcGhost · 21-10-2020 3:00pm

bertiebomber wrote: »

Seaworld will be opening in Dingle soon - what a load so bollox let him go they had 30 years of exploitation and shrieking humans annoying him every day. Maybe he wants a rest now dead or alive leave him be, drop the story if he comes back grand if not you all paid your damn mortgages on his head so be grateful and shut up now we are bored with the faux tears.
Like everything in Ireland its all the economics, tell me this why did the greyhound and race horses get the huge grants again even though the greens were against it? We dont give a flying **** about animals its only all they can earn for us. Keep going Funghi and don't stop till you reach Australia

As salty as the sea itself....

Man Vs ManUre · 21-10-2020 3:09pm

Perhaps he has just gone for a long swim?? I know a fella in Fiji who said he saw a dolphin in the waters today, asked him to describe him and it was uncanny how similar he sounded.

bertiebomber · 21-10-2020 4:54pm

funghi went to scotland
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8862611/Dolphins-surround-kayakers-Scottish-loch.html

Mules · 21-10-2020 4:58pm

I was reading that one of the boat operators said that if he's gone off it might be because of the changes in his routine this year. He hadn't people coming to see him for months during lockdown so that was a big change.

Then a marine biologist said he was near the end of his normal lifespan anyway and would have found eating more difficult and may have died from an infection as apparently that happens elderly dolphins. I'd say it will stay a mystery.

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 5:03pm

Mules wrote: »

said that if he's gone off it might be because of the changes in his routine this year. He hadn't people coming to see him for months during lockdown

Victim Blaming.

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 5:30pm

https://twitter.com/i/status/1318862361483218946

.anon. · 21-10-2020 5:35pm

Mules wrote: »

I'd say it will stay a mystery.

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family.

He sleeps with the fishes - metaphorically now, rather than literally, as was previously the case.

embraer170 · 21-10-2020 6:23pm

.anon. wrote: »

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family. .

Not like anyone is surrounded by their families when dying in hospital these days.

Ubbquittious · 24-10-2020 2:27pm

bertiebomber wrote: »

Seaworld will be opening in Dingle soon - what a load so bollox let him go they had 30 years of exploitation and shrieking humans annoying him every day. Maybe he wants a rest now dead or alive leave him be, drop the story if he comes back grand if not you all paid your damn mortgages on his head so be grateful and shut up now we are bored with the faux tears.
Like everything in Ireland its all the economics, tell me this why did the greyhound and race horses get the huge grants again even though the greens were against it? We dont give a flying **** about animals its only all they can earn for us. Keep going Funghi and don't stop till you reach Australia

Why Australia? they love a bit of economing there and could do with a good tourist trap to exploit. Imagine all the poblicity and money that would be flying around the place if he suddenly appeared there. Price of smashed avo would go to $50 a slice

ctrl-alt-delete · 24-10-2020 2:31pm

Surely there will be still loads of money to be made just letting tourists onto the same boats going out looking for him.

If he is dead at least that means they can make that money roll in forever.

Will just be a Loch Ness feel to it.

Graces7 · 24-10-2020 2:31pm

.anon. wrote: »

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family.

He sleeps with the fishes - metaphorically now, rather than literally, as was previously the case.

The ocean being the..... economic.. place it is, as in nothing wasted, he will if dead have been eaten and so live on …..

Rest in peace, Funghi! You made so many happy..