# Holy Iceberg, Batman, the Penguin has escaped! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035 "2012-03-07T15:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/1 "2012-03-07T15:19:57Z")
[http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/03/07/10598856-penguin-scales-wall-to-escape-from-tokyo-aquarium](http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10598856-penguin-scales-wall-to-escape-from-tokyo-aquarium) > [@](#): > > The one-year-old Humboldt penguin scaled a rock wall and squeezed through a fence during a daring bid for freedom some time in the past week, sparking a penguin hunt that included a city-wide call for information on the tubby fugitive. I am not a number! I am a Free-Range Penguin! Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/2 "2012-03-07T15:28:40Z")
Amazing! I sent this on to my SO, he’ll love it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/3 "2012-03-07T16:57:32Z")
If there were four of then, I’d be especially worried. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/4 "2012-03-07T18:09:08Z")
Can’t imagine much of anything can survive in Tokyo Bay for very long. I predict a sad ending. Or maybe the pollution will just mutate it into an 80 ft tall city destroying monster-penguin. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/5 "2012-03-07T18:17:39Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Can’t imagine much of anything can survive in Tokyo Bay for very long. I predict a sad ending. > > Or maybe the pollution will just mutate it into an 80 ft tall city destroying monster-penguin. Kinda like in _The Host_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/6 "2012-03-07T18:37:08Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Or maybe the pollution will just mutate it into an 80 ft tall city destroying monster-penguin. I found a documentary about that [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZmx0jml1jk). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/7 "2012-03-07T18:44:44Z")
Have they checked the cave he escaped from? In my experience he always leaves a clue to his intentions. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/8 "2012-03-07T18:50:33Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > If there were four of then, I’d be especially worried. Coffee spit! Well played that man. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/9 "2012-03-07T19:03:52Z")
Has anyone checked Hoboken? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/10 "2012-03-07T20:33:39Z")
It can’t be that hard to find. Just look for a warehouse painted in pastel colors with a bird related pun for a name and a buch of guys running around in turtlenecks with “Henchman” written on the front. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/11 "2012-03-07T20:53:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Has anyone checked Hoboken? I’m _DYIN’!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/12 "2012-03-07T20:58:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I am not a number! I am a Free-Range Penguin! Or…[I am not a human being! I am an animal!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B33GH4nW_gM) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/13 "2012-03-07T21:10:00Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > It can’t be that hard to find. Just look for a warehouse painted in pastel colors with a bird related pun for a name and a buch of guys running around in turtlenecks with “Henchman” written on the front. That is also tilted. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/14 "2012-03-07T21:17:23Z")
My Dad used to work at a fairly large zoo in England and one of his favourite stories, from probably nearly 30 years ago now was that a kid on a family trip managed to somehow steal a penguin, and get it out under his coat. He then kept it in his wardrobe for nearly 2 weeks, wothout anyone noticing, feeding it mainly on maltesers, before it started getting too much for him, and he asked his mother what he should be feeding it, and she freaked out and called the zoo to take it back. No-one had even realised it had gone… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/15 "2012-03-08T00:42:17Z")
As a penguin, he just wanted to see the unveiling of “[Le Magnifique](http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=620992&navid=DL%7CPIT%7Chome)”, of course. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/16 "2012-03-08T03:26:50Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > It can’t be that hard to find. Just look for a warehouse painted in pastel colors with a bird related pun for a name and a buch of guys running around in turtlenecks with “Henchman” written on the front. That’s “Hench_person_”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/17 "2012-03-08T03:54:49Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Can’t imagine much of anything can survive in Tokyo Bay for very long. I predict a sad ending. > > Or maybe the pollution will just mutate it into an 80 ft tall city destroying monster-penguin. That’s too bizarre for even a science fiction [movie](http://www.imdb.com/list/3-QcBFGpzlc/). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/18 "2012-03-08T04:52:23Z")
This weeks theme ingredient on Iron Chef is… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/19 "2012-03-08T11:32:36Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Can’t imagine much of anything can survive in Tokyo Bay for very long. I predict a sad ending. > > Or maybe the pollution will just mutate it into an 80 ft tall city destroying monster-penguin. With green electric tentacles. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035/20 "2012-03-08T13:18:39Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > With green electric tentacles. And the blood can go spurting “pssshhhhhhh” in slow motion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035.md?page=2)