Whale Wars, anybody watch

[Tmall]

Fruck you whale! Fruck you dolfeen!

[Trip]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

What to do?

"Loan" it to Sea Shepard, and declare the loan as a tax write off.

He didn't loan it, he drove it into the Jap Whaler. The original guy who did all the round world trips was at the helm when it went down. It wasn't a moron hippy with no sea experience, it was the main guy from the beginning of Earthrace who sunk it.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Trip

He didn't loan it, he drove it into the Jap Whaler. The original guy who did all the round world trips was at the helm when it went down. It wasn't a moron hippy with no sea experience, it was the main guy from the beginning of Earthrace who sunk it.

Trust me, my accountant could figure out a way to write off my time, and the boat's time. Sea Shepherd is a 501(c)(3) charity.

All the better that the original skipper was at the helm. It's he said, Wii said, over who hit who.

This thing is a gravy train six ways to Sunday.

JC

[goof2]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Ok...Break out your tin-foil, I have a theory...

You have a boat that is designed to do one thing only, race around the world on french fry grease. It costs a shit ton to insure and maintain, and people aren't exactly lining up these days, to sponsor round the world motorboat races that have effectively 9 spectators total.

What to do?

"Loan" it to Sea Shepard, and declare the loan as a tax write off.

Hint around that if you "Have a little accident", your insurance will cover it.

Act really bummed out when Sea Shepard people crash the fucking thing into a boat made out of shit boats should be made out of (that would steel, and lots of it).

Blame it on the Japs. (It worked for Pearl Harbor, it will work now).

Lets sum up;

Japs are bad.
2.5 mil in insurance money.
Tax write off for use of an asset.
Free press for Whale humpers.

It's fucking perfect.

JC

This is kind of what I was thinking too. I didn't know that the guy who built it was at the helm, but it really doesn't change anything. The guy who built it did so with some of his money, but also a lot of donations. That gives me the impression that he isn't some Branson/Fossett billionaire with a hard-on for boats instead of balloons.

He is sitting on this boat that, as you said, is a fucking money pit. Hell, chicks don't even like it because it smells like the kitchen of a bad McDonald's and doesn't have a sunpad. He is also a certifiable tree hugger/animal nut/publicity hound so why not use the boat to help some whale-fuckers who happen to have a TV show. They screwed around for a few months dragging lines trying to foul whaler's props, but that didn't work.

Now he is sitting on this money pit boat and he is picking up dipshit by osmosis from the "Whale Wars" idiots, and failing at what he is trying to accomplish in front of a national audience on TV. Why not get the hell out of the show and get some cash in the process. The best way to convert a bunch of carbon fiber in to cash is with insurance. He gets the side benefits of additional publicity and helping the "Whale Wars" idiots.

It doesn't help that it looks like he gives it some gas (or biodiesel for fucks sake) right before the whaler gets to him.

[Curb]

Anyone watching Southpark tonight?



wish i woulda waited like 3 more minutes then Tmall's pic woulda made sense

[Ineffable]

I read an article on the boat and as said before it was doomed from the beginning with TONS of problems when they originally built it, raced it, retrofitted it then sunk it. I think the whole premise of the whale wars thing is that they are hunting in certain areas that are considered 'wildlife reserves' or whatever they call them in the ocean.

These guys are a bunch of idiots IMO. If some TV network would give me money I would totally make my own whale wars show but have a fleet of fastboats with pneumatic guns loaded with ball bearings that go after the 'activists'. That would be entertainment.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Curb

Anyone watching Southpark tonight?



wish i woulda waited like 3 more minutes then Tmall's pic woulda made sense

Wow, South park was totally relevant to this conversation.

[Tmall]

It was... They did a whale wars episode.

[Trip]

Time to bump this up, anybody watching the new season?

I love this show.

Oh, I got to admit a wrong I posted in this thread. Apparently the Ady Gil didn't ram the ship.

The Japs edited their video nicely. Notice the dramatic fucking course change to run those fuckers over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLdUISE3e8c

[Rangerscott]

Whale wars gave me diabetes. I like how they kept spraying them after ramming them.