While the response was moderately amusing, it should be noted (in the spirit of the Straight Dope®) that actual flensing is the process of removing the skin and blubber from a freshly slaughtered whale. The process involves using long-handles knives (actually vaguely resembling halberds) to strip the skin from the creature in very long strips (either from head to tail or in a spiral mode around the body) that can then be lowered into the try kettle for boiling and rendering into oil.
I bet you talk on your cell phone whilst driving, too. You, sir, are indeed the Antichrist.
If it makes you feel any better, I can be specific.
I still have lingering animosity towards you from here.
Variation on a Theme
A villain turned blase was Scylla
He yearned for the rep of Attila.
–But his foes were just weasly,
–He crushed them too easly.
Alas, that his life was vanilla.
Scylla’s not so much of a villain, really. Just an icon of Corrupt American Values.
Don’t see many Far Side references anymore. Don’t worry, Scylla, you’ll always be evil in my book. Well, maybe semi-evil. Or at least just mildly annoying, like, y’know, when you get a stone stuck in your shoe and spend the next half mile scraping it against the pavement in a vain attempt to dislodge it because it’s not bothersome enough to actually stop and dig it out? Kind of like that.
“You said that about all the presents!”
While the response was moderately amusing, it should be noted (in the spirit of the Straight Dope®) that actual flensing is the process of removing the skin and blubber from a freshly slaughtered whale. The process involves using long-handles knives (actually vaguely resembling halberds) to strip the skin from the creature in very long strips (either from head to tail or in a spiral mode around the body) that can then be lowered into the try kettle for boiling and rendering into oil. **
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Thank you Tom.
Cleaning by flossing :smack:
Speaking of crusading inept idiots…