# Hey, Libertarian--It Finally Happened! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558 "2002-07-30T17:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/1 "2002-07-30T17:33:41Z")
We’ve laughed off those “Giant Squid Scenarios” in Great Debates for the last time, I think. [They](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/020726/170/1xatp.html) finally came back to claim their stuff. Luckily for us, they forgot that they can’t breathe up here. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/2 "2002-07-30T18:13:27Z")
[Admiral Ackbar] It’s a trap! [/Admiral Ackbar] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/3 "2002-07-30T21:29:08Z")
Hey Phil - I [beat ya to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126883&highlight=Libertarian)!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/4 "2002-07-30T21:49:07Z")
Okay, what the hell is going on here??? We have giant squid washing ashore on the west coast and here on the east coast we have [50 beached pilot whales](http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20020730_whales30.23c2b.html). Is all marinelife suddenly abandoning the ocean??? ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/5 "2002-07-30T22:03:36Z")
It’s another phase in evolution. The creatures leaving the sea to walk on land. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/6 "2002-07-31T00:49:28Z")
\*Many Miles Away There’s A Shadow On A Door Of A Cottage By The Shore Of A Dark Scottish Lake \* ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/7 "2002-07-31T01:38:05Z")
Phil: Are those the ones that nobody’s ever seen alive? I note the caption calls them “jumbo” squid. Is it like shrimp where they come in medium, large, jumbo, and giant? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/8 "2002-07-31T02:29:29Z")
Well, at least “jumbo squid” isn’t an oxymoron. [sub]Or an **OxyMoron** , either.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/9 "2002-07-31T02:56:56Z")
No, **Scylla** , they aren’t. The ones washing ashore are a few feet long. The really huge ones that no one sees alive are easily ten times that size and longer. [Here’s the California ones](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020727/ap_on_re_us/brf_dying_squid_2). [Here’s one of the REALLY BIG ones](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2144379.stm). ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/10 "2002-07-31T02:59:02Z")
The sea-life is committing mass-suicide to get humans to realize they are poisoning the ocean. They may be intelligent life, but they are not very smart. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-libertarian-it-finally-happened/121558/11 "2002-07-31T03:27:18Z")
Surely, this sudden mad rush of sea creatures onto our nation’s beaches has nothing to do with [the navy’s brand spanking new super-powerful ear-pulverizing sonar](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/16/sonar.whales.glb/index.html)? Check their eardrums, is all I’m sayin’. Do squid even have ears?