# Ahhh!  Jumbo squid!  Jumbo squid!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069 "2007-07-25T12:22:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/41 "2007-07-25T23:36:16Z")

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Ah, a new way to discourage masturbation: if you masturbate, giant squid will enter your house at night and sodomize you with their tentacles.  
“Killing kittens” got nothin’.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/42 "2007-07-26T00:34:54Z")

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For those puzzled by Orbital Goat Cannons–

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020&highlight=goat+orbit+cannon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020&highlight=goat+orbit+cannon)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/43 "2007-07-26T00:45:27Z")

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Take off and goat the squid from orbit, for twenty minutes.

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/44 "2007-07-26T01:13:33Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
Dare I say it??

Don’t forget the bacon salt 😃  
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Isn’t that shipped out of Seattle?

And aren’t the jumbo squid basically heading north up the coast? Like, towards Seattle?

Coincidence? I think not.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/45 "2007-07-26T01:13:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Miller]  
Me. Ever again.  
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Give it a few minutes. You’ll change your mind.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/46 "2007-07-26T01:35:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Lightray]  
Isn’t that shipped out of Seattle?

And aren’t the jumbo squid basically heading north up the coast? Like, towards Seattle?

Coincidence? I think not.  
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Isn’t that also where [Grizzlebee’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHSNwullsY) is located?

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/47 "2007-07-26T01:40:32Z")

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[QUOTE=cher3]  
Is it my imagination or is the tone at the _New York Times_ always a little gleeful when there is something weird/bad/unfortunate going on in California?  
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Hey a few shakes, a few slices & you’ve got salad…

[QUOTE=cher3]  
squidsquidsquid (I love that word.)  
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At least its not…

Squaaaab…!

As for the tentacles, now you know why Red Lobster is for the “sea-food lover in you”…

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/48 "2007-07-26T02:20:16Z")

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Suppose giant squid invade the Northwest… who would prevail – the giant squid, or Sasquatch?

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/49 "2007-07-26T03:15:17Z")

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[QUOTE=The Scrivener]  
Suppose giant squid invade the Northwest… who would prevail – the giant squid, or Sasquatch?  
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Who’s to say they would fight each other? Perhaps they would join forces to become … Sasquid!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/50 "2007-07-26T03:22:55Z")

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[QUOTE=The Scrivener]  
Suppose giant squid invade the Northwest… who would prevail – the giant squid, or Sasquatch?  
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I would bet on the [Arboreal Octopi](http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/).

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/51 "2007-07-26T05:29:17Z")

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Are these giant squid pro-hentai or anti-hentai? This is pivotal for my acceptance of the new Cthulic regime.

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**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/52 "2007-07-26T15:07:34Z")

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**Cervaise** , you are one sick bastard.  
I salute you, sir.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/53 "2007-07-27T17:39:39Z")

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[Aaaah! Robosquid!!!](http://www.instructables.com/id/EXIHDZDF3B4B1LI/)

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