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Title: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: DraconianOne on November 27, 2007, 04:46:54 AM Green peace a running a poll on their website which asks people to vote for a name for a whale.
The leading name so far, with over 60% of the votes, is Mister Splashy Pants. You can vote too (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail/gwt-vote?utm_sour). Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: MrHat on November 27, 2007, 05:18:58 AM That's so awesome.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Roac on November 27, 2007, 05:41:49 AM Kujira
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: schild on November 27, 2007, 05:58:55 AM All the spanish people in the world living under the threat of dictatorship can't win out over Mr. Splashy Pants.
Libertad. Hah. Not a chance, hombre. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Reg on November 27, 2007, 06:42:55 AM Stephen Colbert is going to be so pissed off at not being able to get his name into the running for this.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Signe on November 27, 2007, 06:52:22 AM Mister Splashy Pants, absolutely.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Oban on November 27, 2007, 07:08:28 AM Why is there no "Food" option?
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Signe on November 27, 2007, 07:10:05 AM Why is there no "Food" option? I don't know. There should be. I almost named my first kitty "Stir-Fry" just to keep him humble. It just didn't suit him, though. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Roac on November 27, 2007, 07:25:22 AM Why is there no "Food" option? Is why I wanted Kujira. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Sky on November 27, 2007, 08:21:00 AM No option for Lamp Oil? That said, Mr Splashy Pants is fucking splendid. If I didn't already have a performance pseudonym, I'd go with that. "And on guitar...Mr Splashy Pants!"
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: HaemishM on November 27, 2007, 09:30:40 AM Mr. Splashy Pants it is! :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Sky on November 27, 2007, 11:07:11 AM I shared this with a vintage hippy in our office. She thought it was kind of offensive to the whale to name him Mr Splashy Pants. I then went into a convoluted explanation from the point of view of a whaler which ended with...how could anyone harpoon a whale named Mr Splashy Pants? Babu? Aiko? K-thwang! Mr Splashy Pants? Noooo!!!
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Signe on November 27, 2007, 12:00:22 PM I know that I, personally, could never kill a whale named "Mister Splashy Pants" -OR- an elephant named "Stampy". That's about where my promises end, though.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Phildo on November 27, 2007, 12:41:17 PM Wouldn't it make more sense to confuse the whalers by naming it Dolphin?
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: DraconianOne on November 27, 2007, 03:26:19 PM Wouldn't it make more sense to confuse the whalers by naming it Dolphin? What? And have it being caught by tuna fishers? Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Phildo on November 27, 2007, 06:19:25 PM At least the tuna fishers apologize when they kill dolphins by accident. Whalers go out specifically intending to kill them some whale.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: cmlancas on November 27, 2007, 06:23:47 PM It's at 71% now, bitches.
:grin: Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Lt.Dan on November 27, 2007, 06:35:18 PM Kujira Kujira NigiriTitle: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: schild on November 27, 2007, 06:35:57 PM The African names are very popular.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Mandrel on November 27, 2007, 09:14:59 PM What's the significance of naming this particular whale? Are they going to tattoo the name on its back?
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Trippy on November 27, 2007, 09:32:56 PM They've tagged a number of whales with satellite tracking devices already but some of them don't have names yet so that's what the vote is for:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail/profiles Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Tebonas on November 28, 2007, 02:01:11 AM So they are helping the whalers by giving them means to locate their targets?
Hell, I am a paying member of Greenpeace, but that sounds dumb to me. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Sky on November 28, 2007, 06:28:38 AM Maybe they could fuck with a whale and name it Jonah.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Trippy on November 28, 2007, 06:48:51 AM So they are helping the whalers by giving them means to locate their targets? Sure if they have access to their satellite feed and access codes. Also, whales aren't hard to find, which is one of the reasons they'll be gone soon.Hell, I am a paying member of Greenpeace, but that sounds dumb to me. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: WayAbvPar on November 28, 2007, 08:29:27 AM Maybe they could fuck with a whale and name it Jonah. I like it. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Phildo on November 28, 2007, 12:27:11 PM Maybe they could fuck with a whale and name it Jonah. Captain Ahab the Whale! Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: cmlancas on November 28, 2007, 03:28:47 PM Or how about Queequeg. :hello_thar:
The Moby Dick thing is just over the top, I think. :P Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: lamaros on November 28, 2007, 03:46:06 PM So they are helping the whalers by giving them means to locate their targets? Hell, I am a paying member of Greenpeace, but that sounds dumb to me. Quote Why the Japanese Fleet can't use this map to find and kill the humpbacks. Greenpeace has a long history of defending the whales of the Southern Ocean by activists putting themselves between the whale and the harpoon. We would never let a whale be put in danger. The posting of the location of the whales on this website has been delayed to ensure the whaling fleet cannot locate them through the Great Whale Trail. In addition, to justify their whaling as "science", the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) fleet is obliged to follow strict pre-determined search patterns or 'transects', when they hunt the whales. They claim this is to show that they are doing random population sampling. Any deviation for a single whale or large groups would automatically negate their so-called "scientific" programme. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail/map Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Righ on November 29, 2007, 09:47:11 AM In addition, they are tagging a number of high explosive proximity mines.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: MrHat on November 29, 2007, 10:29:43 AM In addition, they are tagging a number of high explosive proximity mines. Do we get to name them too? Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Roac on November 29, 2007, 10:41:19 AM In addition, they are tagging a number of high explosive proximity mines. Do we get to name them too? Mr. Splashy Pants is so much more appropriate for one of those. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: cmlancas on November 29, 2007, 11:44:23 AM No, Mr. Exploding Pants would be much better. Or we could just name them all :pedobear:.
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Mrbloodworth on November 30, 2007, 06:58:26 AM Did you guys see the shirts and what not? (http://www.cafepress.com/greenpeace/4092640)
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Signe on November 30, 2007, 07:20:32 AM Did you guys see the shirts and what not? (http://www.cafepress.com/greenpeace/4092640) Those weren't funny! Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Mrbloodworth on November 30, 2007, 07:28:04 AM Did you guys see the shirts and what not? (http://www.cafepress.com/greenpeace/4092640) Those weren't funny! The funny part is voting ends on the 7th, yet they have "Save Mr.Splashy pants" Shirts and crap...is all i was pointing out. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Signe on November 30, 2007, 07:33:59 AM Oops. I totally missed the Mister Splashy Pants stuff! Sorry! This is funny, then. :grin:
Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: SnakeCharmer on November 30, 2007, 07:35:06 AM Believe it or not, I'm a big supporter of Greenpeace.
I have thought it a bit ironic the amount of diesel the boats/ships they go out on burns in a day. Also, Granola Munchers on sightseeing tour in Antarctic reinact Titanic. (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/23/antarctica.ship/index.html) More definition of irony. Title: Re: Greenpeace want you to help name a whale Post by: Nerf on November 30, 2007, 12:50:44 PM Voting has been over for days, MSP is leading the pack by a solid 70% margin.
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