# Porpoises rescue Dick van Dyke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345 "2010-11-11T19:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/21 "2010-11-12T00:08:06Z")
So does this mean that England finally forgives him for his accent work in Mary Poppins? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/22 "2010-11-12T15:14:28Z")
[Story here](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/11/dick-van-dyke-porpoises-rescue) Surfing at 84 and rescued by Flipper? Way to go, Dick! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/23 "2010-11-12T15:34:44Z")
Porpoises merged **Annie-Xmas** ’s thread into this one. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/24 "2010-11-12T15:42:36Z")
So this is a dual porpoise thread now, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/25 "2010-11-12T15:45:39Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > How old must he be now? And he’s surfing? That’s either stupid :smack: or impressive 🆒 . > > ETA: He’ll be 85 next month. [Dick Van Dyke - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_van_dyke) If he fell asleep, he wasn’t surfing. He was likely lying on the surfboard, paddling around. It’s just like what happened to Flash Gordon in 10, before Arthur rescued him. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/26 "2010-11-12T16:00:19Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > So this is a dual porpoise thread now, eh? For all intensive porpoises, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/27 "2010-11-12T17:51:43Z")
I’d want to see the story in whiting. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/28 "2010-11-12T18:33:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Um, porpoises don’t have fins. :dubious: What do you call the thing that juts up on their back and often breaks the surface of the water and scares the living hell out of Yankee tourists who are busy sunburning their bodies while in the water? I’ve always called it a dorsal fin but maybe I’ve always been wrong. Maybe I’ve always been stupid, too. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/29 "2010-11-12T18:36:59Z")
Or maybe you didn’t read the whole post? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/30 "2010-11-12T18:41:20Z")
This story has been dolphinitively debunked, people. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/31 "2010-11-12T18:46:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > They must have been British porpoises who heard van Dyke speaking and realized “he’s not from around here” so they pushed him back to shore. If they’d actually seen _Mary Poppins_, they would’ve attacked. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/32 "2010-11-12T18:51:28Z")
“Oh, Rob” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/33 "2010-11-12T19:51:56Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You probably had them confused with a different species of cetacean, one that’s too broke to afford a dorsal fin: poorpoises. Or the theoretical SDMBer **Equiporpoise**. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/34 "2010-11-12T21:45:13Z")
> [@Alice the Goon](#): > > Who falls asleep on a surfboard, out in the ocean? > [@Ludovic](#): > > Spongebob Squarepants! **Ludovic** wins the coveted Post of the Day award! 😃 Yeah, I know it was posted yesterday. It’s the even more coveted _belated_ Post of the Day award. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345/35 "2010-11-16T15:36:26Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Or maybe you didn’t read the whole post? Oooops. (I did say that maybe I’ve always been stupid-----I didn’t fully appreciate how applicable that comment was.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porpoises-rescue-dick-van-dyke/560345.md?page=1)