# Cecil has some work to do on the ignorance front **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2000, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693 "2000-01-12T11:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/1 "2000-01-12T11:24:00Z")
You guys absolutely have to see this movie. [http://www.perp.com/whale/movies/whale.qt](http://www.perp.com/whale/movies/whale.qt) Its a Quicktime Movie (.mov), its big 11.2 MB The link below has links to some smaller Real Video links if you have a shitty connection, I do recommend a full load if you can. [http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html](http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html) This video is a news reel of a totally misguided attempt at disposing of a whale that had washed ashore in the Northwest. It hard to believe that a group of people got together and this was the best they could come up with. Stupidity on a massive scale, all caught on tape for posterity. Enjoy folks. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/2 "2000-01-12T11:36:00Z")
That’s a very old piece of film, I think it happened in the late 70s or early 80s. * * * **-PIGEONMAN-** Returns!!! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **You asked for him, now he’s back!** Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/3 "2000-01-12T11:57:00Z")
Certainly could be, its my first encounter, but I’m not that in touch with “news of the wierd”. I’ll just enjoy the morbid humor I found in it :). ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/4 "2000-01-12T16:56:00Z")
“The spectators soon found themselves showered in whale blubber.” Okay, I’ll bite… THAT didn’t work, so what IS the best way to dispose of a whale carcass washed up on the shore? * * * Yer pal, Satan _ **First Place** Most Popular Poster of the 20th Century Competition As overseen by Coldfire_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/5 "2000-01-13T06:08:00Z")
Hide its suntan oil? Dr. Watson ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-has-some-work-to-do-on-the-ignorance-front/12693/6 "2000-01-12T20:05:00Z")
_Snorts Mountain Dew_ OWWWWWW! _Cough hack_ . . . Ahem. Dave Barry first brought this to our attention in one of his columns. It’s one of the internet classics. _Eyes tearing up_ Crick&Watson, you owe me for the pain and suffering of this Mountain Dew in my sinuses. – Sylence * * * I don’t have an evil side. Just a really, really apathetic one.