04-30-2014, 12:01 PM
eustacetilley wrote:
In 1937, a short story called "Two's Company" was published by Patrick O'Brian, later to gain fame for his nautical novels. ("Master And Commander", etc.)
What to do with a dead whale?
In the short story, explosives proved to be the solution.
But of course, that was a work of fiction.
In 1970, the Oregon Department of Transportation tried this technique; 44 years later, the result is still a matter of some awe, involving the only known occasion when a large chunk of smelly whale fell from the sky and crushed an Oldsmobile.
Whatever they do in Newfoundland, it will be funny.
Eustace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y