# 1.7 Metre-Long Squid Approaches 8 Year Old Girl. Offers Candy. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611 "2006-03-01T14:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MsMitey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MsMitey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsMitey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/61 "2006-03-03T23:26:51Z")
If she was rescued by a guy named Slothrop, it’s all just a set-up. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/62 "2006-03-03T23:58:28Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > … Do not the Deep Ones dwell… Do not the Elder Things still raise up…? Are not there shrines.? Duh…I dunno. Are not there? Oh. :smack: Hypothetical question. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/63 "2006-03-04T00:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone else think that The Fighting Cephalopods would be a great name for a high school football team? [Grabbing Megaphones and Pom Poms] Give me a B Gimme a U Gimme a Douuuubbble K Gimma a nudder A a nudder K and an E! Whatzit spell? BUKKAKE! YAY! (Splits Jump) Woooooo ! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/64 "2006-03-04T00:17:35Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > BUKKAKE! > YAY! But-but-isn’t that the…sex thing? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/65 "2006-03-04T00:24:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > But-but-isn’t that the…sex thing? That and a dish involving rice and sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/66 "2006-03-04T01:47:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > But-but-isn’t that the…sex thing? And you know this how? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/67 "2006-03-04T01:50:07Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > [Grabbing Megaphones and Pom Poms] > > Give me a B > > Gimme a U > > Gimme a Douuuubbble K > > Gimma a nudder A a nudder K and an E! > > Whatzit spell? > BUKKAKE! > > YAY! (Splits Jump) Woooooo ! [I bukkake for justice!](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06062003.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/68 "2006-03-04T01:56:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [I bukkake for justice!](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06062003.shtml) Somebody click on that and tell me what happens… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/69 "2006-03-04T02:06:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Somebody click on that and tell me what happens… I’ve been around long enough to know not to direct-link porn, thank you. It’s work-safe unless your boss has a vendetta against Randy Milholland. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/70 "2006-03-04T02:09:06Z")
It was an attempt at humor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/71 "2006-03-04T02:11:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It was an attempt at humor. 🙂 I know. My deadpan delivery must have fooled you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/72 "2006-03-04T02:19:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I know. My deadpan delivery must have fooled you. 😛 Indeed, Sir, I am whoosed. Who the hell is Randy Milholland? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/73 "2006-03-04T02:26:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Indeed, Sir, I am whoosed. > Who the hell is Randy Milholland? This is a major hijack, but…Randy Milholland writes and draws [Something\*Positive](http://www.somethingpositive.net/index.html), which is only the very best webcomic in existence, bringing the snark for a little over four years at last count… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/74 "2006-03-04T02:31:09Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > And you know this how? :dubious: I, uh, I heard it on NPR? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/75 "2006-03-04T10:01:57Z")
> [@Runestar](#): > > Anyone else think that **The Fighting Cephalopods** would be a great name for a high school football team? My darling Marcie graduated from Evergreen College; she swears the football team was known as “The Fighting Gooieducks.” (I know I spelled it wrong, but I don’t know how to spell it correctly.) ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/76 "2006-03-04T18:19:59Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > Is this some kind of running joke? A new version of a snipe hunt? A search shows several sites with info on this thing. > What’s the Straight Dope on this? Well… they have a link to Greenpeas, and Greenpeas is fighting on their behalf. So it MUST be a real thing! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611/77 "2006-03-04T19:02:43Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > My darling Marcie graduated from Evergreen College; she swears the football team was known as “The Fighting Gooieducks.” (I know I spelled it wrong, but I don’t know how to spell it correctly.) Geoduck, and she’s right. [Cecil mentions the things over here.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_073.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611.md?page=3)