# Southern right whale lands on yacht off South Africa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467 "2010-07-21T14:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/21 "2010-07-21T17:31:00Z")
“Owww . . .rouunnnnd . . .groouuuund. Yes, I shall call it. . . . Gr” “Mum! It followed us home, can we keeeeep it???” “Striking a blow for whale privacy rights everywhere. . .” ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/22 "2010-07-21T17:58:12Z")
The vuvuzela must have sounded like a whale mating call. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/23 "2010-07-21T18:02:07Z")
“Cruises, foiled again!” Yet another setback for Ahab Whale Watching. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/24 "2010-07-21T19:12:28Z")
After seeing these [pics](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38339576/ns/world_news-africa/?GT1=43001) all I can say is … “whoa!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/25 "2010-07-21T19:16:15Z")
I merged **Gangster Octopus** ’ post into this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/26 "2010-07-21T19:22:23Z")
Thanks, I didn’t see it before. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/27 "2010-07-21T19:55:59Z")
A local restaurant owner here in town was killed a few years back when this same thing happened. Very sad. But goddamned if that wasn’t the funniest local newscast ever: _somber looks all around, some close to tears_ “We…we have very sad news to report tonight. Mr. Tibbs- of Mr. Tibbs’ Ribs fame- was killed by a whale today. . .” I was doing my homework at the time. I looked up, made sure I heard right (they had a picture of a big scary looking whale on the screen) and proceeded to burst into tears because I was laughing so hard. I’m going to hell. [Link.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2236734.stm) BBC sure likes to report on whale stories. . . ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/28 "2010-07-21T20:01:04Z")
Do you think the maritime police gave a cetacean for that offense? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/29 "2010-07-22T00:58:53Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’m going to hell. > [Link.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2236734.stm) BBC sure likes to report on whale stories. . . Their Director of News Operations isn’t Japanese by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/30 "2010-07-22T05:50:54Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > A local restaurant owner here in town was killed a few years back when this same thing happened. Very sad. But goddamned if that wasn’t the funniest local newscast ever > . . . > I was doing my homework at the time. I looked up, made sure I heard right (they had a picture of a big scary looking whale on the screen) and proceeded to burst into tears because I was laughing so hard. > > I’m going to hell. I’ve decided that this is how I want to die. Gorgeous day, out sailing, not a care in the world. Hey, what’s blocking the su- AAAAAAH! _splat_ It’s over in a split second, and I get to leave a legacy of smiles and laughter. I just know at my funeral everyone will be saying “that’s exactly how phouka would have chosen to die.” I mean, so long as the whale was okay and everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467.md?page=1)