There is a great Simpsons episode where the town tries to blow up a dead whale

...with unsurprisingly mixed results.

Then lo and behold I saw a feature on some programme the other day about how a small beach town tried to do exactly that in the 60s/70s. They thought it would create thousands of tiny pieces which would simply be picked off by scavanging birds

Just as in the Simpsons (whose writers were clearly inspired by this tale) it didn't really work and it actually sent large flesh chunks in to the air which rained down, totalling at least one car.

So, then they just buried the remains of the poor f**ker in the beach. It was really very funny.

Posted By: norway on March 13th 2013 at 09:51:03

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since 1845 there have been 29 reported shark attacks in british waters, with 5 fatalaties (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 13, 09:43:19
- I love how there is simply no explanation of why they were trying to blow up a shark (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 13, 10:06:16
  - I've just been thinking about this. I would FUCKING LOVE to have a go at blowing up a whal (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 13, 10:15:34
    - Rick Moranis is free. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 13, 10:17:14
      - Is Rick Moranis the most nineteeneightiesest man ever? I say yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 10:25:37
        
        ... (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 13, 10:28:16
      - I'm not fucking having that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 13, 10:18:19
        
        Deal with it. (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 13, 10:19:53
  - Jaws was blown up too. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 10:14:11
- Top Tip. Sharks only attack you if you're wet. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 13, 09:54:49
  - they were in a boat though. all of them. (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 13, 09:57:50
    - and, in one single year (2010) 5 britons were killed by bee stings (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 13, 09:59:10
- There is a great Simpsons episode where the town tries to blow up a dead whale (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 09:51:03
  - i think i remember seeing that (the real whale not the simspns one) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 13, 09:55:38
    - They didn't used to be - I blame cheap flights. Damn you Freddie Laker. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 13, 10:04:14
    - 1.56 ish lolf (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 13, 10:03:27
      - Ha ha (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 13, 10:14:31
      - Magnificent - the utter majesty of the youtube. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 10:10:19
      - Cor, there's some goodns here (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 13, 10:09:51

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