Thursday, August 04, 2005

Everybody Out Of The Ocean


Angry Dolphins Strafe Beachgoers, Take Coronas

Costa Rica Prohibits Swimming With Dolphins, Whales

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Costa Rican officials are prohibiting people from swimming with dolphins or whales, shutting down a growing tourism industry that has been criticized, an environmental group said Thursday.


Sigh...

4 comments:

portia said...

Whales, too? G*d damn, spoilsports.

"Angry Dolphins Strafe Beachgoers?" Cool. New word for me, Ishmael. Maybe, you should think about doing a "new word a day" link. I'm woefully behind now that Safire abandoned his "On Language" column.

I'll take that Corona with a lime.

spd rdr said...

strafe: tr.v. strafed, straf·ing, strafes:
To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft.
n.
An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
[From German (Gott) strafe (England), (God) punish (England), a common World War I slogan, from strafen, to punish, from Middle High German strfen, to contest, admonish.]

8:59 PM

KJ said...

Its always the well meaning that do the most damage. I hope PETA is going to help these dolphins and whales find new jobs. Its just like when they outlawed midget tossing in Florida.

Now what are the little people supposed to do for a living?

Noton Yalife said...

If it's anything like the stingray deal in the Caymans where you get to feed them, what I want to know is why PETA is OK with taking free food away from starving baby dolphins?