# Giant, Mysterious Cloud Of Steam At Sea: Japanese Coast Guard Warns Ships To Flee.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957 "2005-07-03T22:22:08Z")\
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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 6, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/21 "2005-07-06T01:45:33Z")

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> [@Bosda D'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> As a reward, you will be elevated into the Crimson Guard.

No, no, not the _crimson_ uniform! That’s cinematic shorthand for “I am now officially Dead Meat”! Don’t believe me?

– The Star Trek [original series] exploratory parties: Kirk, Spock, Chekhov, and one or two nameless crewmen in red.

– The Star Wars Imperial Bodyguards protecting Palpatine/Sidious. No problem Yoda had dispatching them, mmm?

– Bond Villain Stromberg’s submarine-pirating henchmen in “The Spy Who Loved Me”. You can give a thug a machine gun, but you can’t teach him how to shoot…

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/22 "2005-07-06T01:50:40Z")

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Does this mean that Japanese fishing boats can harvest precooked fish?

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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 6, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/23 "2005-07-06T02:05:32Z")

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> [@danceswithcats](#):
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> Does this mean that Japanese fishing boats can harvest precooked fish?

Do realize what this means? There’ll be a sushi shortage in Japan (since all the fish will be precooked)! Think of the investment opportunities!

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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 6, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/24 "2005-07-06T02:12:39Z")

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Yesss – and while you’re at it, take a tuna, and feed it mayonnaise! 😃

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