Comments on: AWOL!

AWOL!

raaka — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:16:06 -0800

"Takoma, the Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin, had been in Iraq for 48 hours when he went missing on his first operation to snoop out mines... Takoma has now been missing for 48 hours and the solitary figure of Petty Officer Whitaker could be seen yesterday patting the water, calling his name and offering his favourite fish, but there was no response."

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:24:23 -0800

"..daily spruce ups.." they made a break for it at the first opportunity.

By: Wulfgar!

Wulfgar! — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:33:02 -0800

Takoma has now been missing for 48 hours and the solitary figure of Petty Officer Whitaker could be seen yesterday patting the water, calling his name and offering his favourite fish, but there was no response. As sincerly as I hope that Takoma is slicing through open waters right now, freed of military duties, I find this quote very sad. Its sad to lose a friend, and I hope that's how PO Whitaker felt.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:50:43 -0800

"Why would they go missing when they have the best food and daily spruce-ups and health checks?" Dolphins will often hang out with humans willingly for free, easy food, even returning to their trainers after escape--but never underestimate the value of freedom. Go, Takoma!

By: rough ashlar

rough ashlar — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:57:16 -0800

Takoma can't leave the planet with the mice , but at least he left the Iraq situation behind.

By: Opus Dark

Opus Dark — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:09:18 -0800

Wow. The Mother Of All Metaphors, surely.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:12:29 -0800

Takoma is just following the example of his Commander in Chief.

By: namespan

namespan — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:26:20 -0800

Ooo my little pretty one pretty one when you gonna come back Tacoma You saw the mines and you turned to run, turned to run back Tacoma Never gonna stop, give it up go back to army life always going up, going up to a higher ti-ee-yi-ed-id Mu-mu-mu-mu my Tacoma....

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:26:59 -0800

No one's mentioned the other possibility: is there any way for them to know if Takoma got a bit too close to one of those mines he's been looking for? Or he may have fallen prey to some natural predator. Did they not have a tracking device on the dolphin so they could keep track of him? Takoma could be KIA, not MIA.

By: crasspastor

crasspastor — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:40:14 -0800

Maybe there was a dolphin war he needed to attend to. Not to be confused with the equally as funny other "Dolphin War" Except maybe they are one the same. Either way, good luck and god speed Takoma!

By: 2sheets

2sheets — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:45:32 -0800

So long, and thanks for all the fish! Somebody had to say it.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:51:14 -0800

This one is so obvious...Tacoma found some sweet, sweet loving! He'll be back once he takes care of "business."

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:08:47 -0800

beautiful.

By: effugas

effugas — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:09:19 -0800

Hush, everybody. Whitaker certainly lost a friend, and it's not impossible Tacoma was KIA. Someone was out there laying the mines, you know.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:20:17 -0800

[tasteless] So long, chum. [/tasteless]

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:24:01 -0800

This one is so obvious...Tacoma found some sweet, sweet loving! He'll be back once he takes care of "business." But honey!

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:40:09 -0800

Don't worry...he's already been replaced by a patriotic pigeon.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:41:13 -0800

But honey! I emailed that fellow's URL to ASAIRS about a year ago. They felt he was a genuine "zoophile," not a prankster. Reminds me of Equus.

By: Soliloquy

Soliloquy — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:08:35 -0800

Free Takoma!

By: samuelad

samuelad — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:56:21 -0800

The cows, on the other hand, have all been accounted for.

By: Juicylicious

Juicylicious — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:11:31 -0800

the solitary figure of Petty Officer Whitaker could be seen yesterday patting the water, calling his name and offering his favourite fish, but there was no response. Poor PO Whitaker.

By: hama7

hama7 — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:07:45 -0800

Well, Tacoma came back.