View Full Version : Funny...or...not????
lottie
06-23-2007, 01:16 PM
Just been browsing the web for some scuba t-shirts. Saw one that said
"Do sharks fart in the ocean?" (yes, I have that type of sense of humour!!)
But the question is....is it true??
Lottie :)
I guess if they do they do. Maybe thats why they breach to get away from the smell.
Matt
Sarah
06-23-2007, 02:00 PM
As if their teeth weren't enough to deal with....sigh.....
acelockco
06-24-2007, 03:43 AM
Does a bear s**t in the woods?
What if its in a zoo?
Matt
Daddy-h2O
06-25-2007, 05:02 PM
I want to know what happen to all that whale poo...
acelockco
06-25-2007, 07:22 PM
Didn't you ever hear of a Poo Poo platter?
lottie
06-28-2007, 01:05 PM
Daddy-H2O - Maybe you were joking, but just found this link (via another board). One of the worst jobs Whale Feces Researcher
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0203101256a23110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
Lottie :D
acelockco
06-28-2007, 04:08 PM
That actually sounds like one of the best jobs. Think of it, you get to spend all day chasing after and watching whales. You take a net and scoop up their poop, look at it under a microscope, write a report and do it all again the next day. I am sure you would get to see whales from above and below the water. I'll take that job, a little (or really a lot) of whale poop is not going to bother me.
amtrosie
06-28-2007, 06:26 PM
I have, on many an occasion, had to "repair" Lavs on aircraft coming off of long trips. I will only say that there is a reason why the most junior mechanic (engineer, for the civilized world) has the "privelage" of this wonderful, career building experience. I will not willingly place myself in "that position", EVER!!!
acelockco
07-01-2007, 12:10 AM
Now THAT sounds like a bad job. Personally I would not take that job. The whale poo researcher job however, just let me know when I start. I have no problem chasing whales around the world in search of the great poo-pay.
What's that? You are going to pay me as well.
The Publisher
07-01-2007, 01:46 AM
Well, sperm whale puke is very lucrative.....like $20 USD a gram
http://www.abc.net.au/eyre/stories/m1176244.jpg
acelockco
07-01-2007, 02:57 AM
Your link only showed a photo, but I did a google search and found out all about the Whale Puke. That is REALLY cool. I wonder if this stuff shows up on beaches around the world, or is it only in certain locations?
VERY COOL
lottie
07-01-2007, 12:44 PM
Ace - you need to get out more :D LOL
acelockco
07-01-2007, 02:15 PM
Are you asking me? If I am ever in St. Lucia......
Maybe I just need to breathe some uncompressed air once in a while.
lottie
07-01-2007, 06:57 PM
Man, you need something.....laughing gas perhaps :D
acelockco
07-01-2007, 11:59 PM
Nitrous Oxide??
Yea' I use that for my decompression gas. For some reason no matter how the dive actually was, I always come up with a huge smile on my face and think what a great time I am having.........but what am I doing again?
Daddy-h2O
07-06-2007, 05:13 PM
Ace- you can start by practicing at Dutch Springs by gathering Bass poo!!
acelockco
07-06-2007, 07:16 PM
Well, that kind of destroys the idea of following whales around the world. Anyway I have had lots of practice, I have a large dog that likes to leave me presents in my backyard.
Wow, new product idea, The Whale Pooper Scooper!
Daddy-h2O
07-08-2007, 01:26 AM
How much does whale poo wiegh?
acelockco
07-08-2007, 04:12 AM
Depends on the size of the poo. And maybe the whale.
Daddy-h2O
07-08-2007, 01:37 PM
So then you need to design several sized whale pooper scoopers.
lottie
07-08-2007, 02:43 PM
They'd have to be big as well.....unless whale poo disintegrates as soon as it makes contact with the water..... Eew.
acelockco
07-08-2007, 03:20 PM
Well, we are going to have to take a look at the consistance of the poo. Maybe I can have special pooper scoopers for when the whales are sick too. That way we can study the sick ones.
Man, I could have an entire catalog of whale poo stuff! Special poo-proof gloves. Poo-viewers (microscope). Specimin jars and containers to hold the jars. A label kit with photos of the different types of whales on it.
Ok, maybe I am getting a little poo happy here. I mean too happy here.
lottie
07-08-2007, 03:38 PM
Special poo-proof gloves.
Er...Ace...I think you might need more than poo-proof gloves...maybe a poo-proof suit (dry or wet - your choice)
acelockco
07-08-2007, 05:10 PM
Oh yea, dry suit all the way, and a full face mask if I am going in! I am not into getting ANY poo on me! But that is the reason for the pooper-scooper. It is going to have to be remotely operated, so I can scoop poop without leaving the pilot house. I like wearing shorts and t-shirts ya know.
LOL
Daddy-h2O
07-13-2007, 03:01 AM
How about Whale Diapers!!! The starps could disolve in 24 hrs and a homing becon would activate as it breeched the surface. Then all you need is a crane to pluck it out of the water.
What would Whale Diapers smell like? :confused:
Wait for it... 3...4...5...
DEPENDS!!!!!!:eek:
acelockco
07-13-2007, 05:53 AM
hahahah
ok, that was a grenade joke....
Anyway, no dipers, they are not too good for the environment.
Mountain Dog
07-13-2007, 12:53 PM
I don't know about whale poo, but LadyDog and I saw a Goliath Grouper relieve himself in a big way. I think it was our sixth or seventh dive ever. A huge release generated a massive cloud of particulate around his bottom side.
She didn't know what was going on, so when we surfaced, LadyDog asked the DM, "what was that cloud of stuff around the grouper." When he told her, the look on her face was priceless. I was laughing so hard I almost fell off the boat.
Her favorite saying now is "We dive in a giant fish toilet." Maybe we should get that put on t-shirts.
Mountain Dog
acelockco
07-13-2007, 01:51 PM
and as Dave would say "Don't drink the water......."
lottie
07-13-2007, 11:36 PM
Getting back to the whale poo - did you know that it's an expensive commodity????
One of my friends came over from the UK for a week and he mentioned about ambergris...
Found the following website that explains it in more detail. Basically its found in whale poo (that actually floats when it comes out of the whale) and is then used as an ingredient in perfume and in pharmaceuticals and is also used as an aphrodisiac (erm...yeah...think i'll stick to chocolates..)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=2E5F81BB-E7F2-99DF-3928BF47EA6CBAC3
Oh and whale poo size - about 100 pounds in weight.........you need a ginormous pooper-scooper for that....... eeew
Daddy-h2O
07-16-2007, 01:38 AM
So now that you know what they use whale poo in, will you use those products?
lottie
07-16-2007, 01:37 PM
well, as long as the drugs work and the perfume has the desired effect.... I can't complain :D
acelockco
07-16-2007, 04:23 PM
OK, I don't get it.
You think I am strange because I want to scoop the stuff, but you believe you are normal and you put the stuff on or in your body.
Does anyone else think something is backwards here?
:eek:
Daddy-h2O
07-16-2007, 04:56 PM
Well yeah, but then why should we be the normal ones?
or
Just think of it as the circle of life, sorta
lottie
07-16-2007, 11:55 PM
It all depends on what you call normal - whats normal for you, might not be normal for me and vice versa....
acelockco
07-17-2007, 12:03 AM
Obviously
:rolleyes:
Daddy-h2O
07-17-2007, 02:33 AM
IF dancing naked in the backyard during a rain storm is wrong...then I don't want to be right...